xerrar

Catalan

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, compare Aragonese charrar and Occitan charrar, with almost the same pronunciation, and Spanish charlar.

Pronunciation

Verb

xerrar (first-person singular present xerro, first-person singular preterite xerrí, past participle xerrat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

  1. (intransitive) to chat, to chatter
  2. (transitive) to blab, to let slip, to reveal
    Va xerrar que havia tengut un fill amb un torero.
    She let slip that she had had a son with a bullfighter.
  3. (intransitive) to chatter, to chirp (of birds)
    Synonym: xerrotejar
    Els lloros xerren molt. ― Parrots chatter a lot.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of xerrar (first conjugation)
infinitive xerrar
gerund xerrant
past participle masculine feminine
singular xerrat xerrada
plural xerrats xerrades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present xerro xerres xerra xerrem xerreu xerren
imperfect xerrava xerraves xerrava xerràvem xerràveu xerraven
future xerraré xerraràs xerrarà xerrarem xerrareu xerraran
preterite xerrí xerrares xerrà xerràrem xerràreu xerraren
conditional xerraria xerraries xerraria xerraríem xerraríeu xerrarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present xerri xerris xerri xerrem xerreu xerrin
imperfect xerrés xerressis xerrés xerréssim xerréssiu xerressin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — xerra xerri xerrem xerreu xerrin
negative (no) — no xerris no xerri no xerrem no xerreu no xerrin

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