boxejar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish boxear, from English box. Equivalent to boxa +‎ -ejar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [buk.səˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [bok.səˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [bok.seˈd͡ʒaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [bok.seˈʒa]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

boxejar (first-person singular present boxejo, first-person singular preterite boxegí, past participle boxejat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic) /ə/; (Central) /ɛ/; (Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

1. (intransitive) to box (participate in boxing)

   Synonym: boxar

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of boxejar (first conjugation, j-g alternation)

infinitive			boxejar
gerund			boxejant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		boxejat		boxejada
		plural		boxejats		boxejades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	boxejo	boxeges	boxeja	boxegem	boxegeu	boxegen
	imperfect	boxejava	boxejaves	boxejava	boxejàvem	boxejàveu	boxejaven
	future	boxejaré	boxejaràs	boxejarà	boxejarem	boxejareu	boxejaran
	preterite	boxegí	boxejares	boxejà	boxejàrem	boxejàreu	boxejaren
	conditional	boxejaria	boxejaries	boxejaria	boxejaríem	boxejaríeu	boxejarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	boxegi	boxegis	boxegi	boxegem	boxegeu	boxegin
	imperfect	boxegés	boxegessis	boxegés	boxegéssim	boxegéssiu	boxegessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	boxeja	boxegi	boxegem	boxegeu	boxegin
	negative (no)	—	no boxegis	no boxegi	no boxegem	no boxegeu	no boxegin

Derived terms

• boxejador

Further reading

• “boxejar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007