bustiar

Catalan

Etymology

From bústia +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bus.tiˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [bus.tiˈaɾ]

Verb

bustiar (first-person singular present bustio, first-person singular preterite bustií, past participle bustiat)

1. (transitive) to distribute (leaflets, catalogs, circulars, etc.) by placing directly in domestic letterboxes without sending through the post

   Els nostres voluntaris han bustiat el butlletí a totes les llars. ― Our volunteers distributed the bulletin to the letterboxes of all the homes.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bustiar (first conjugation)

infinitive			bustiar
gerund			bustiant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		bustiat		bustiada
		plural		bustiats		bustiades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	bustio	busties	bustia	bustiem	bustieu	bustien
	imperfect	bustiava	bustiaves	bustiava	bustiàvem	bustiàveu	bustiaven
	future	bustiaré	bustiaràs	bustiarà	bustiarem	bustiareu	bustiaran
	preterite	bustií	bustiares	bustià	bustiàrem	bustiàreu	bustiaren
	conditional	bustiaria	bustiaries	bustiaria	bustiaríem	bustiaríeu	bustiarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	bustiï	bustiïs	bustiï	bustiem	bustieu	bustiïn
	imperfect	bustiés	bustiessis	bustiés	bustiéssim	bustiéssiu	bustiessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	bustia	bustiï	bustiem	bustieu	bustiïn
	negative (no)	—	no bustiïs	no bustiï	no bustiem	no bustieu	no bustiïn

Derived terms

• bustiada

Further reading

• “bustiar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.