enrampar
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
enrampar (first-person singular present enrampo, first-person singular preterite enrampí, past participle enrampat)
- (transitive) to cramp
- (transitive) to shock (give an electric shock to)
- (transitive, pronominal) to cramp
- (transitive, pronominal) to get a shock
- 1990, Miquel Àngel Riera, Illa Flaubert:
- Engegà el televisor no sense por d'enrampar-se i, al cap d'un instant, del fons d'aquella pantalla de costats arrodonits varen emergir unes formes grises que no deixà acabar de definir.
- He turned on the television, not without fear of getting a shock, and, after a moment, from the bottom of that screen with rounded sides some ill-defined grey forms emerged.
Conjugation
Conjugation of enrampar (first conjugation)
Derived terms
- enrampada
- enrampament
Further reading
- “enrampar”, 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