escaure
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *excadĕre. By surface analysis, es- + caure.
Pronunciation
Verb
escaure (first-person singular present escaic, first-person singular preterite escaiguí, past participle escaigut)
- (intransitive) to suit (to be suitable or apt)
- Synonym: convenir
- si escau ― if it's appropriate; if applicable
- (reflexive) to happen to be (somewhere) (to be at by chance)
- (reflexive) to fall on (to occur on a particular day)
Conjugation
Conjugation of escaure (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)
| infinitive | escaure | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | escaient | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | escaigut | escaiguda | |||||
| plural | escaiguts | escaigudes | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | escaic | escaus | escau | escaiem | escaieu | escauen | |
| imperfect | esqueia | esqueies | esqueia | esquèiem | esquèieu | esqueien | |
| future | escauré | escauràs | escaurà | escaurem | escaureu | escauran | |
| preterite | escaiguí | escaigueres | escaigué | escaiguérem | escaiguéreu | escaigueren | |
| conditional | escauria | escauries | escauria | escauríem | escauríeu | escaurien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | escaigui | escaiguis | escaigui | escaiguem | escaigueu | escaiguin | |
| imperfect | escaigués | escaiguessis | escaigués | escaiguéssim | escaiguéssiu | escaiguessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | escau | escaigui | escaiguem | escaieu | escaiguin | |
| negative (no) | — | no escaiguis | no escaigui | no escaiguem | no escaigueu | no escaiguin | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “escaure”, 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