esberlar

Catalan

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from an unattested Vulgar Latin *exvirgulāre from virgula (“small rod or twig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əz.bərˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ez.beɾˈlaɾ]

Verb

esberlar (first-person singular present esberlo, first-person singular preterite esberlí, past participle esberlat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive) to cleave, to split, to splinter
2. (intransitive, reflexive) to split, to splinter

   El partit començava a esberlar-se en dues parts.

   The party started to split into two parts.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of esberlar (first conjugation)

infinitive			esberlar
gerund			esberlant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		esberlat		esberlada
		plural		esberlats		esberlades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	esberlo	esberles	esberla	esberlem	esberleu	esberlen
	imperfect	esberlava	esberlaves	esberlava	esberlàvem	esberlàveu	esberlaven
	future	esberlaré	esberlaràs	esberlarà	esberlarem	esberlareu	esberlaran
	preterite	esberlí	esberlares	esberlà	esberlàrem	esberlàreu	esberlaren
	conditional	esberlaria	esberlaries	esberlaria	esberlaríem	esberlaríeu	esberlarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	esberli	esberlis	esberli	esberlem	esberleu	esberlin
	imperfect	esberlés	esberlessis	esberlés	esberléssim	esberléssiu	esberlessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	esberla	esberli	esberlem	esberleu	esberlin
	negative (no)	—	no esberlis	no esberli	no esberlem	no esberleu	no esberlin

Derived terms

• esberla

Further reading

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