rosegar

Catalan

Alternative forms

roegar

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan rosegar, from Vulgar Latin *rōsicāre, frequentative based on Latin rōdere, whence obsolete Catalan roure.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [ru.zəˈɣa]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ro.zəˈɣa]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ro.zeˈɣaɾ]
Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

rosegar (first-person singular present rosego, first-person singular preterite roseguí, past participle rosegat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

to gnaw, to nibble
Una fura ha rosegat els cables.
A ferret gnawed the cables.
to eat away at
La curiositat la rosegava.
Curiosity was gnawing at her.

Conjugation

Conjugation of rosegar (first conjugation, g-gu alternation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			rosegar
gerund			rosegant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rosegat		rosegada
		plural		rosegats		rosegades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	rosego	rosegues	rosega	roseguem	rosegueu	roseguen
	imperfect	rosegava	rosegaves	rosegava	rosegàvem	rosegàveu	rosegaven
	future	rosegaré	rosegaràs	rosegarà	rosegarem	rosegareu	rosegaran
	preterite	roseguí	rosegares	rosegà	rosegàrem	rosegàreu	rosegaren
	conditional	rosegaria	rosegaries	rosegaria	rosegaríem	rosegaríeu	rosegarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	rosegui	roseguis	rosegui	roseguem	rosegueu	roseguin
	imperfect	rosegués	roseguessis	rosegués	roseguéssim	roseguéssiu	roseguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	rosega	rosegui	roseguem	rosegueu	roseguin
	negative (no)	—	no roseguis	no rosegui	no roseguem	no rosegueu	no roseguin

Derived terms

References

“rosegar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“rosegar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan rosegar~rozegar, from Vulgar Latin *rosicāre, a frequentative based on Latin rōdere, whence Old Occitan roire.

Pronunciation

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Verb

rosegar

to gnaw

Conjugation

Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		rosegar			aver rosegat
gerund		rosegant			*use gerund of aver* + past participle**
past participle		rosegat			—
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	rosegui	rosegas	rosega	rosegam	rosegatz	rosegan
	imperfect	rosegavi	rosegavas	rosegava	rosegàvem	rosegàvetz	rosegavan
	preterite	roseguèri	roseguères	roseguèt	roseguèrem	roseguèretz	roseguèron
	future	rosegarai	rosegaràs	rosegarà	rosegarem	rosegaretz	rosegaràn
	conditional	rosegariái	rosegariás	rosegariá	rosegariam	rosegariatz	rosegarián
	conditional 2nd form¹	roseguèra	roseguèras	roseguèra	rosegueram	rosegueratz	roseguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	rosegue	rosegues	rosegue	roseguem	roseguetz	roseguen
	imperfect	roseguèssi	roseguèsses	roseguèsse	roseguèssem	roseguèssetz	roseguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
imperative			rosega		roseguem	rosegatz	¹Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		rosegar			aver rosegat
gerund		rosegant			*use gerund of aver* + past participle**
past participle		rosegat			—
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	rosegue	rosegues	rosega	rosegam	rosegatz	rosegon
	imperfect	rosegave	rosegaves	rosegava	rosegaviam	rosegaviatz	rosegavon
	preterite	roseguere	rosegueres	roseguet	roseguem	roseguetz	rosegueron
	future	rosegarai	rosegaràs	rosegará	rosegarem	rosegaretz	rosegarán
	conditional	rosegariá	rosegariás	rosegariá	rosegariam	rosegariatz	rosegarián
	conditional 2nd form¹	roseguèra	roseguèras	roseguèra	rosegueram	rosegueratz	roseguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	rosegue	rosegues	rosegue	rosegassiam	rosegassiatz	rosegon
	imperfect	roseguesse	roseguesses	roseguesse	roseguessiam	roseguessiatz	roseguesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
imperative			rosega		rosegassiam	rosegatz	¹Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		rosegar			aver rosegat
gerund		rosegant			*use gerund of aver* + past participle**
past participle		rosegat			—
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	rosegui	rosegas	rosega	rosegam	rosegatz	rosegan
	imperfect	rosegavi	rosegavas	rosegava	rosegàvam	rosegàvatz	rosegavan
	preterite	roseguèi	roseguès	roseguè	roseguèm	roseguètz	roseguèn
	future	rosegarèi	rosegaràs	rosegarà	rosegaram	rosegaratz	rosegaràn
	conditional	rosegarí	rosegarés	rosegaré	rosegarem	rosegaretz	rosegarén
	conditional 2nd form¹	roseguèra	roseguèras	roseguèra	rosegueram	rosegueratz	roseguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	rosegui	rosegues	rosegue	roseguem	roseguetz	roseguen
	imperfect	roseguèssi	roseguèsses	roseguèsse	roseguèssem	roseguèssetz	roseguèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
imperative			rosega		roseguem	rosegatz	¹Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		rosegar			aver rosegat
gerund		rosegant			*use gerund of aver* + past participle**
past participle		rosegat			—
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	rosegue	rosegas	rosega	rosegam	rosegatz	rosegan
	imperfect	rosegava	rosegavas	rosegava	rosegàvam	rosegàvatz	rosegavan
	preterite	roseguei	rosegueras	roseguet	roseguèram	roseguèratz	rosegueran
	future	rosegarai	rosegaràs	rosegará	rosegarem	rosegaretz	rosegarán
	conditional	rosegariá	rosegariàs	rosegariá	rosegariam	rosegariatz	rosegarián
	conditional 2nd form¹	roseguèra	roseguèras	roseguèra	rosegueram	rosegueratz	roseguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	rosegue	rosegues	rosegue	roseguem	roseguetz	roseguen
	imperfect	roseguèsse	roseguèsses	roseguèsse	roseguèssem	roseguèssetz	roseguèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
imperative			rosega		roseguem	rosegatz	¹Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		rosegar			aver rosegat
gerund		rosegant			*use gerund of aver* + past participle**
past participle		rosegat			—
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	rosegue	rosegues	rosega	rosegam	rosegatz	rosegan
	imperfect	rosegavi	rosegavas	rosegava	rosegàvem	rosegàvetz	rosegavan
	preterite	roseguère	roseguères	roseguèt	rosegueriam	rosegueriatz	roseguèron
	future	rosegarai	rosegaràs	rosegarà	rosegarem	rosegaretz	rosegaràn
	conditional	rosegariáu	rosegariás	rosegariá	rosegariam	rosegariatz	rosegarián
	conditional 2nd form¹	roseguèra	roseguèras	roseguèra	rosegueram	rosegueratz	roseguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	rosegue	rosegues	rosegue	roseguem	roseguetz	rosegan
	imperfect	roseguèsse	roseguèsses	roseguèsse	roseguessiam	roseguessiatz	roseguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
imperative			rosega		roseguem	rosegatz	¹Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Derived terms

rosegaire
rosegador
rosegadís
rosegon

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