remugar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan remugar, from pre-literary */rumeˈɡaɾ/, from Latin rūmigāre. Metathesis of /u/ and /e/ by influence of the prefix re- (with the semantic nuance of repetition). First attested in the early 14th c. Doublet of rumiar, a Castilianism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.muˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [re.muˈɣaɾ]

Verb

remugar (first-person singular present remugo, first-person singular preterite remuguí, past participle remugat)

1. (transitive) to ruminate (to chew cud)
2. (intransitive) to grumble, to complain in a low voice

Conjugation

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

infinitive			remugar
gerund			remugant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		remugat		remugada
		plural		remugats		remugades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	remugo	remugues	remuga	remuguem	remugueu	remuguen
	imperfect	remugava	remugaves	remugava	remugàvem	remugàveu	remugaven
	future	remugaré	remugaràs	remugarà	remugarem	remugareu	remugaran
	preterite	remuguí	remugares	remugà	remugàrem	remugàreu	remugaren
	conditional	remugaria	remugaries	remugaria	remugaríem	remugaríeu	remugarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	remugui	remuguis	remugui	remuguem	remugueu	remuguin
	imperfect	remugués	remuguessis	remugués	remuguéssim	remuguéssiu	remuguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	remuga	remugui	remuguem	remugueu	remuguin
	negative (no)	—	no remuguis	no remugui	no remuguem	no remugueu	no remuguin

Derived terms

• remuc
• remugador
• remugament
• remugant
• remugó
• remuguejar

 

Further reading

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