delectar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dēlectāre. Doublet of delitar, a popular development.

Pronunciation

Verb

delectar (first-person singular present delecto, first-person singular preterite delectí, past participle delectat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɛ/

  1. (transitive) to delight
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to delight [+ en (object) = in]

Conjugation
    Conjugation of delectar (first conjugation)
infinitive delectar
gerund delectant
past participle masculine feminine
singular delectat delectada
plural delectats delectades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present delecto delectes delecta delectem delecteu delecten
imperfect delectava delectaves delectava delectàvem delectàveu delectaven
future delectaré delectaràs delectarà delectarem delectareu delectaran
preterite delectí delectares delectà delectàrem delectàreu delectaren
conditional delectaria delectaries delectaria delectaríem delectaríeu delectarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present delecti delectis delecti delectem delecteu delectin
imperfect delectés delectessis delectés delectéssim delectéssiu delectessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós		 vostès
affirmative — delecta delecti delectem delecteu delectin
negative (no) — no delectis no delecti no delectem no delecteu no delectin

Derived terms
  • delectança

Further reading
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