mossegar
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Latin morsicāre. Compare Spanish moscar (“to hollow out”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Central) [mu.səˈɣa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [mo.səˈɣa]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [mo.seˈɣaɾ]
Audio (file) - Homophone: mossegà
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb[edit]
mossegar (first-person singular present mossego, first-person singular preterite mosseguí, past participle mossegat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (transitive) to bite (seize or cut by clamping the teeth)
- (figurative, transitive) to run down, to trash
- (colloquial, transitive) to gouge (make excessive profit off of)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of mossegar (first conjugation, g-gu alternation)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- mos (“bite, mouthful”)
Further reading[edit]
- “mossegar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “mossegar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “mossegar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “mossegar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: mos‧se‧gar
Verb[edit]
mossegar (first-person singular present mossego, first-person singular preterite mosseguei, past participle mossegado)
- (transitive) Alternative form of morsegar
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of mossegar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
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