brandar

See also: Brandar

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan brandar, from brand, from Vulgar Latin *brandus, from Frankish *brand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bɾənˈda]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [bɾanˈdaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

brandar (first-person singular present brando, first-person singular preterite brandí, past participle brandat)

1. (transitive) to brandish (to move a weapon back and forth)

   Synonyms: brandejar, brandir

2. (transitive) to toll (to ring a bell)
3. (intransitive) to rock, to oscillate; to move about

Derived terms

• blandar
• brandejar

 

Further reading

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

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Faroese

Verb

brandar

1. (poetic, kvæði) it shines (the sun), 2nd and 3rd person singular present of branda

Conjugation

Conjugation of branda (group v-30)
infinitive	branda
supine	brandað
participle (a6)1	brandandi	brandaður
	present	past
first singular	brandi	brandaði
second singular	brandar	brandaði
third singular	brandar	brandaði
plural	branda	brandaðu
	imperative
singular	branda!
plural	brandið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Derived terms

Out of the poem "Grímur Kamban" by J.H.O Djurhuus:

• morgunsól á fjøllum brandar - "the morning sun on the mountains shines" (the rising sun shines on the mountains)

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Icelandic

Noun

1. indefinite nominative plural of brandur