balbucejar
Catalan
Etymology
Alteration of earlier balbuçar, from Vulgar Latin *balbūtiāre, a variant of Latin balbūtiō (“to stutter, stammer”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [bəl.βu.səˈʒa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [bəl.bu.səˈʒa]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [bal.bu.seˈd͡ʒaɾ]
Audio (Catalonia): (file)
Verb
balbucejar (first-person singular present balbucejo, first-person singular preterite balbucegí, past participle balbucejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (intransitive) to stutter, to stammer
- El locutor balbucejava i repetia monòtonament una mateixa frase.
- The speaker stammered and monotonously repeated the same phrase.
- (transitive) to stammer (out), babble, bleat out
- Balbucejava mots a mitges, tremolava.
- She stammered out words incompletely, she trembled.
Conjugation
Conjugation of balbucejar (first conjugation, j-g alternation)
| infinitive | balbucejar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | balbucejant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | balbucejat | balbucejada | |||||
| plural | balbucejats | balbucejades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | balbucejo | balbuceges | balbuceja | balbucegem | balbucegeu | balbucegen | |
| imperfect | balbucejava | balbucejaves | balbucejava | balbucejàvem | balbucejàveu | balbucejaven | |
| future | balbucejaré | balbucejaràs | balbucejarà | balbucejarem | balbucejareu | balbucejaran | |
| preterite | balbucegí | balbucejares | balbucejà | balbucejàrem | balbucejàreu | balbucejaren | |
| conditional | balbucejaria | balbucejaries | balbucejaria | balbucejaríem | balbucejaríeu | balbucejarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | balbucegi | balbucegis | balbucegi | balbucegem | balbucegeu | balbucegin | |
| imperfect | balbucegés | balbucegessis | balbucegés | balbucegéssim | balbucegéssiu | balbucegessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | balbuceja | balbucegi | balbucegem | balbucegeu | balbucegin | |
| negative (no) | — | no balbucegis | no balbucegi | no balbucegem | no balbucegeu | no balbucegin | |
Synonyms
- balbucitar
- balbotejar
Derived terms
Further reading
- “balbucejar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007