menjar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mandūcāre. Compare French manger and Italian mangiare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [məɲˈʒa]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [meɲˈd͡ʒaɾ]
  • (file)

Verb

menjar (first-person singular present menjo, first-person singular preterite mengí, past participle menjat); root stress: (Central, Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

  1. (intransitive) to eat something solid
    (idiomatic) menjar en el mateix platto be very good friends (an idiom, literally to eat on the same plate)
  2. (transitive, usually reflexive) to eat (something)
    (idiomatic) menjar-se les unglesto bite one's nails
    (idiomatic) menjar-se amb els ulls algú o alguna cosato look avidly somebody or something (an idiom, literally to eat with the eyes)
    (idiomatic) menjar-se algú a petonsto hug and kiss somebody extensively (an idiom, literally to eat somebody kiss by kiss)
  3. (transitive, usually reflexive) to consume, to deplete (something)

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Noun

menjar m (plural menjars)

  1. food

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