gronxar

Catalan

Alternative forms

gronsar

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cronticāre, northern variation of Vulgar Latin *crontiare, from a Proto-Celtic or Pre-Indo-European root.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [ɡɾuɲˈʃa]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ɡɾoɲˈʃa]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ɡɾoɲˈt͡ʃaɾ]

Verb

gronxar (first-person singular present gronxo, first-person singular preterite gronxí, past participle gronxat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /o/

(transitive) to swing, to rock
(intransitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to swing, to sway, to rock back and forth
- (Can we date this quote?), Joan Maragall, Les roses franques‎:
  He vist unes rosas^[sic] d'un vermell pujat d'un vermell negrós d'un vermell morat. / Penjaven gronxantse del mur d'un jardí / ningú les pot heure no 's poden cullir.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of gronxar (first conjugation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			gronxar
gerund			gronxant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		gronxat		gronxada
		plural		gronxats		gronxades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	gronxo	gronxes	gronxa	gronxem	gronxeu	gronxen
	imperfect	gronxava	gronxaves	gronxava	gronxàvem	gronxàveu	gronxaven
	future	gronxaré	gronxaràs	gronxarà	gronxarem	gronxareu	gronxaran
	preterite	gronxí	gronxares	gronxà	gronxàrem	gronxàreu	gronxaren
	conditional	gronxaria	gronxaries	gronxaria	gronxaríem	gronxaríeu	gronxarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	gronxi	gronxis	gronxi	gronxem	gronxeu	gronxin
	imperfect	gronxés	gronxessis	gronxés	gronxéssim	gronxéssiu	gronxessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	gronxa	gronxi	gronxem	gronxeu	gronxin
	negative (no)	—	no gronxis	no gronxi	no gronxem	no gronxeu	no gronxin

Derived terms

gronxador