gatejar
Catalan
Etymology
From gat (“cat”) + -ejar. First attested in 1653.[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
gatejar (first-person singular present gatejo, first-person singular preterite gategí, past participle gatejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (intransitive) to crawl
Conjugation
Conjugation of gatejar (first conjugation, j-g alternation)
| infinitive | gatejar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | gatejant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | gatejat | gatejada | |||||
| plural | gatejats | gatejades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | gatejo | gateges | gateja | gategem | gategeu | gategen | |
| imperfect | gatejava | gatejaves | gatejava | gatejàvem | gatejàveu | gatejaven | |
| future | gatejaré | gatejaràs | gatejarà | gatejarem | gatejareu | gatejaran | |
| preterite | gategí | gatejares | gatejà | gatejàrem | gatejàreu | gatejaren | |
| conditional | gatejaria | gatejaries | gatejaria | gatejaríem | gatejaríeu | gatejarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | gategi | gategis | gategi | gategem | gategeu | gategin | |
| imperfect | gategés | gategessis | gategés | gategéssim | gategéssiu | gategessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | gateja | gategi | gategem | gategeu | gategin | |
| negative (no) | — | no gategis | no gategi | no gategem | no gategeu | no gategin | |
References
- ^ “gatejar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
Further reading
- “gatejar”, 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
- “gatejar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “gatejar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.