xapotejar
Catalan
Etymology
From xopar + -ejar, with alteration of the vowels.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ʃə.pu.təˈʒa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ʃə.po.təˈʒa]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [t͡ʃa.po.teˈd͡ʒaɾ]
Verb
xapotejar (first-person singular present xapotejo, first-person singular preterite xapotegí, past participle xapotejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (intransitive) to splash about
- Synonym: xipollejar
Conjugation
Conjugation of xapotejar (first conjugation, j-g alternation)
Further reading
- “xapotejar”, 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