alenar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin alēnāre, metathesized from Latin anhēlāre. Compare French halener.

Verb

alenar (first-person singular present aleno, first-person singular preterite alení, past participle alenat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. to breathe

   Synonym: respirar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alenar (first conjugation)

infinitive			alenar
gerund			alenant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		alenat		alenada
		plural		alenats		alenades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	aleno	alenes	alena	alenem	aleneu	alenen
	imperfect	alenava	alenaves	alenava	alenàvem	alenàveu	alenaven
	future	alenaré	alenaràs	alenarà	alenarem	alenareu	alenaran
	preterite	alení	alenares	alenà	alenàrem	alenàreu	alenaren
	conditional	alenaria	alenaries	alenaria	alenaríem	alenaríeu	alenarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	aleni	alenis	aleni	alenem	aleneu	alenin
	imperfect	alenés	alenessis	alenés	alenéssim	alenéssiu	alenessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	alena	aleni	alenem	aleneu	alenin
	negative (no)	—	no alenis	no aleni	no alenem	no aleneu	no alenin

Related terms

• alè

Further reading

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

Occitan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Occitan alenar, from Early Medieval Latin alēnāre, metathesized from Latin anhēlāre. Compare French halener.

Pronunciation

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Verb

alenar

1. to breathe

   Synonym: respirar

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		alenar			aver alenat
gerund		alenant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		alenat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	aleni	alenas	alena	alenam	alenatz	alenan
	imperfect	alenavi	alenavas	alenava	alenàvem	alenàvetz	alenavan
	preterite	alenèri	alenères	alenèt	alenèrem	alenèretz	alenèron
	future	alenarai	alenaràs	alenarà	alenarem	alenaretz	alenaràn
	conditional	alenariái	alenariás	alenariá	alenariam	alenariatz	alenarián
	conditional 2nd form1	alenèra	alenèras	alenèra	aleneram	aleneratz	alenèran
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	alene	alenes	alene	alenem	alenetz	alenen
	imperfect	alenèssi	alenèsses	alenèsse	alenèssem	alenèssetz	alenèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			alena		alenem	alenatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		alenar			aver alenat
gerund		alenant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		alenat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	alene	alenes	alena	alenam	alenatz	alenon
	imperfect	alenave	alenaves	alenava	alenaviam	alenaviatz	alenavon
	preterite	alenere	aleneres	alenet	alenem	alenetz	aleneron
	future	alenarai	alenaràs	alenará	alenarem	alenaretz	alenarán
	conditional	alenariá	alenariás	alenariá	alenariam	alenariatz	alenarián
	conditional 2nd form1	alenèra	alenèras	alenèra	aleneram	aleneratz	alenèran
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	alene	alenes	alene	alenassiam	alenassiatz	alenon
	imperfect	alenesse	alenesses	alenesse	alenessiam	alenessiatz	alenesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			alena		alenassiam	alenatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		alenar			aver alenat
gerund		alenant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		alenat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	aleni	alenas	alena	alenam	alenatz	alenan
	imperfect	alenavi	alenavas	alenava	alenàvam	alenàvatz	alenavan
	preterite	alenèi	alenès	alenè	alenèm	alenètz	alenèn
	future	alenarèi	alenaràs	alenarà	alenaram	alenaratz	alenaràn
	conditional	alenarí	alenarés	alenaré	alenarem	alenaretz	alenarén
	conditional 2nd form1	alenèra	alenèras	alenèra	aleneram	aleneratz	alenèran
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	aleni	alenes	alene	alenem	alenetz	alenen
	imperfect	alenèssi	alenèsses	alenèsse	alenèssem	alenèssetz	alenèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			alena		alenem	alenatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		alenar			aver alenat
gerund		alenant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		alenat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	alene	alenas	alena	alenam	alenatz	alenan
	imperfect	alenava	alenavas	alenava	alenàvam	alenàvatz	alenavan
	preterite	alenei	aleneras	alenet	alenèram	alenèratz	aleneran
	future	alenarai	alenaràs	alenará	alenarem	alenaretz	alenarán
	conditional	alenariá	alenariàs	alenariá	alenariam	alenariatz	alenarián
	conditional 2nd form1	alenèra	alenèras	alenèra	aleneram	aleneratz	alenèran
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	alene	alenes	alene	alenem	alenetz	alenen
	imperfect	alenèsse	alenèsses	alenèsse	alenèssem	alenèssetz	alenèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			alena		alenem	alenatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		alenar			aver alenat
gerund		alenant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		alenat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	alene	alenes	alena	alenam	alenatz	alenan
	imperfect	alenavi	alenavas	alenava	alenàvem	alenàvetz	alenavan
	preterite	alenère	alenères	alenèt	aleneriam	aleneriatz	alenèron
	future	alenarai	alenaràs	alenarà	alenarem	alenaretz	alenaràn
	conditional	alenariáu	alenariás	alenariá	alenariam	alenariatz	alenarián
	conditional 2nd form1	alenèra	alenèras	alenèra	aleneram	aleneratz	alenèran
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	alene	alenes	alene	alenem	alenetz	alenan
	imperfect	alenèsse	alenèsses	alenèsse	alenessiam	alenessiatz	alenèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			alena		alenem	alenatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• alen