balbotejar
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From balb in its earlier sense of "stammering".
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Central) [bəl.βu.təˈʒa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [bəl.bo.təˈʒa]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [bal.bo.teˈd͡ʒaɾ]
Verb[edit]
balbotejar (first-person singular present balbotejo, first-person singular preterite balbotegí, past participle balbotejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (intransitive) to babble, to stutter
- Els nadons comencen a balbotejar a partir dels sis o set mesos.
- Infants start babbling at six or seven months.
- Balbotejava com un adolescent.
- He babbled like an adolescent.
- (transitive) to babble (out), to bleat (out), to stammer (out)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of balbotejar (first conjugation, j-g alternation)
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Further reading[edit]
- “balbotejar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.