motejar

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [mu.təˈʒa]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [mo.təˈʒa]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [mo.teˈd͡ʒaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Etymology 1

From mot (word) + -ejar.

Verb

motejar (first-person singular present motejo, first-person singular preterite motegí, past participle motejat)

  1. (transitive) to call names; to nickname
    Synonym: motiuejar
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • moteig
  • motejador
  • motejaire
  • motejament

Etymology 2

From mota (fleck, spot) + -ejar.

Verb

motejar (first-person singular present motejo, first-person singular preterite motegí, past participle motejat)

  1. (especially of cloth) (transitive, Valencia) to fleck, to spot
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • motejat

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mo.teˈʒa(ʁ)/ [mo.teˈʒa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /mo.teˈʒa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /mo.teˈʒa(ʁ)/ [mo.teˈʒa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mo.teˈʒa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mu.tɨˈʒaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mu.tɨˈʒa.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: mo‧te‧jar

Verb

motejar (first-person singular present motejo, first-person singular preterite motejei, past participle motejado)

  1. to joke, banter
  2. to mock, ridicule

Conjugation

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moteˈxaɾ/ [mo.t̪eˈxaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: mo‧te‧jar

Verb

motejar (first-person singular present motejo, first-person singular preterite motejé, past participle motejado)

  1. (transitive) to nickname (to give a nickname to)

Conjugation

Further reading

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