mossegar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin morsicāre. Compare Spanish moscar (to hollow out).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [mu.səˈɣa]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [mo.səˈɣa]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [mo.seˈɣaɾ]
  • (file)
  • Homophone: mossegà
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

mossegar (first-person singular present mossego, first-person singular preterite mosseguí, past participle mossegat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

  1. (transitive) to bite (seize or cut by clamping the teeth)
  2. (figurative, transitive) to run down, to trash
  3. (colloquial, transitive) to gouge (make excessive profit off of)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • mos (bite, mouthful)

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mo.seˈɡa(ʁ)/ [mo.seˈɡa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /mo.seˈɡa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /mo.seˈɡa(ʁ)/ [mo.seˈɡa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mo.seˈɡa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mu.sɨˈɡaɾ/ [mu.sɨˈɣaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mu.sɨˈɡa.ɾi/ [mu.sɨˈɣa.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: mos‧se‧gar

Verb

mossegar (first-person singular present mossego, first-person singular preterite mosseguei, past participle mossegado)

  1. (transitive) Alternative form of morsegar

Conjugation

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