carbassejar

Catalan

Etymology

From carabassejar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kər.bə.səˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [kaɾ.ba.seˈd͡ʒaɾ]

Verb

carbassejar (first-person singular present carbassejo, first-person singular preterite carbassegí, past participle carbassejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (intransitive) to resemble a pumpkin
2. (transitive) to fail (exam, course, etc.), to flunk out
3. (transitive) to stand up, to jilt

   Synonym: donar carbassa

Conjugation

    Conjugation of carbassejar (first conjugation, j-g alternation)

infinitive			carbassejar
gerund			carbassejant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		carbassejat		carbassejada
		plural		carbassejats		carbassejades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	carbassejo	carbasseges	carbasseja	carbassegem	carbassegeu	carbassegen
	imperfect	carbassejava	carbassejaves	carbassejava	carbassejàvem	carbassejàveu	carbassejaven
	future	carbassejaré	carbassejaràs	carbassejarà	carbassejarem	carbassejareu	carbassejaran
	preterite	carbassegí	carbassejares	carbassejà	carbassejàrem	carbassejàreu	carbassejaren
	conditional	carbassejaria	carbassejaries	carbassejaria	carbassejaríem	carbassejaríeu	carbassejarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	carbassegi	carbassegis	carbassegi	carbassegem	carbassegeu	carbassegin
	imperfect	carbassegés	carbassegessis	carbassegés	carbassegéssim	carbassegéssiu	carbassegessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	carbasseja	carbassegi	carbassegem	carbassegeu	carbassegin
	negative (no)	—	no carbassegis	no carbassegi	no carbassegem	no carbassegeu	no carbassegin

Related terms

• carbassaire

Further reading

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