empetitir
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
empetitir (first-person singular present empetiteixo, first-person singular preterite empetití, past participle empetitit)
- (transitive) to make smaller or appear to make smaller, to shrink
- (intransitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to grow smaller, to shrink
- (figurative, transitive) to trivialize, to downplay
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of empetitir (third conjugation, with -eix-)
Synonyms[edit]
- (make/become smaller): enxiquir
- (downplay): minimitzar
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “empetitir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.