fressar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *frictiāre, from Latin fricāre (“to rub”). Cognate with Spanish frisar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fɾəˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [fɾeˈsaɾ]

Verb

fressar (first-person singular present fresso, first-person singular preterite fressí, past participle fressat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (intransitive) to make a din
2. (intransitive) to nibble (of silkworms)
3. (intransitive) to leave behind tracks or traces (of game animals)
4. (transitive) to wear (a path)

   Quan les persones es mouen per fressar un camí nou han d'​afinar l'enginy.

   When people set out to blaze a new path, they have to sharpen their wits.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fressar (first conjugation)

infinitive			fressar
gerund			fressant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fressat		fressada
		plural		fressats		fressades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	fresso	fresses	fressa	fressem	fresseu	fressen
	imperfect	fressava	fressaves	fressava	fressàvem	fressàveu	fressaven
	future	fressaré	fressaràs	fressarà	fressarem	fressareu	fressaran
	preterite	fressí	fressares	fressà	fressàrem	fressàreu	fressaren
	conditional	fressaria	fressaries	fressaria	fressaríem	fressaríeu	fressarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	fressi	fressis	fressi	fressem	fresseu	fressin
	imperfect	fressés	fressessis	fressés	fresséssim	fresséssiu	fressessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	fressa	fressi	fressem	fresseu	fressin
	negative (no)	—	no fressis	no fressi	no fressem	no fresseu	no fressin

Derived terms

• disfressar
• fressa
• fressat

Related terms

• fregar
• fresar

Further reading

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