enrampar

Catalan

Etymology

From en- + rampa + -ar.

Pronunciation

Verb

enrampar (first-person singular present enrampo, first-person singular preterite enrampí, past participle enrampat)

  1. (transitive) to cramp
  2. (transitive) to shock (give an electric shock to)
  3. (transitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to cramp
  4. (transitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to get a shock
    • 1990, Miquel Àngel Riera, Illa Flaubert:
      Engegà el televisor no sense por d'enrampar-se i, al cap d'un instant, del fons d'aquella pantalla de costats arrodonits varen emergir unes formes grises que no deixà acabar de definir.
      He turned on the television, not without fear of getting a shock, and, after a moment, from the bottom of that screen with rounded sides some ill-defined grey forms emerged.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • enrampada
  • enrampament

Further reading

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