esbrinar

Catalan

Etymology

From es- +‎ bri +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əz.bɾiˈna]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ez.bɾiˈnaɾ]
Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

esbrinar (first-person singular present esbrino, first-person singular preterite esbriní, past participle esbrinat)

to husk (remove the husks from)
(figurative) to find out, to discover
(figurative) to determine, to ascertain, to figure out
- 2019 August 16, “Trump vol comprar Groenlàndia a Dinamarca”, in El Periódico‎:
  El president dels EUA, Donald Trump, ha demanat als seus assessors a la Casa Blanca que esbrinin si és possible comprar Groenlàndia a Dinamarca, segons informa diversos mitjans nord-americans.
  The president of the USA, Donald Trump, has asked his advisers at the White House to determine if it's possible to buy Greenland from Denmark, according to various American media.

Conjugation

Conjugation of esbrinar (first conjugation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			esbrinar
gerund			esbrinant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		esbrinat		esbrinada
		plural		esbrinats		esbrinades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	esbrino	esbrines	esbrina	esbrinem	esbrineu	esbrinen
	imperfect	esbrinava	esbrinaves	esbrinava	esbrinàvem	esbrinàveu	esbrinaven
	future	esbrinaré	esbrinaràs	esbrinarà	esbrinarem	esbrinareu	esbrinaran
	preterite	esbriní	esbrinares	esbrinà	esbrinàrem	esbrinàreu	esbrinaren
	conditional	esbrinaria	esbrinaries	esbrinaria	esbrinaríem	esbrinaríeu	esbrinarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	esbrini	esbrinis	esbrini	esbrinem	esbrineu	esbrinin
	imperfect	esbrinés	esbrinessis	esbrinés	esbrinéssim	esbrinéssiu	esbrinessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	esbrina	esbrini	esbrinem	esbrineu	esbrinin
	negative (no)	—	no esbrinis	no esbrini	no esbrinem	no esbrineu	no esbrinin

Derived terms

esbrinament

Further reading

“esbrinar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“esbrinar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“esbrinar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“esbrinar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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