cartejar

Catalan

Etymology

From carta +‎ -ejar.

Verb

cartejar (first-person singular present cartejo, first-person singular preterite cartegí, past participle cartejat)

1. (transitive, archaic) to leaf through, to skim

   Synonyms: fullejar, escartejar

2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to correspond (communicate via letter)

   Synonym: lletrejar-se

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cartejar (first conjugation, j-g alternation)

infinitive			cartejar
gerund			cartejant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cartejat		cartejada
		plural		cartejats		cartejades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cartejo	carteges	carteja	cartegem	cartegeu	cartegen
	imperfect	cartejava	cartejaves	cartejava	cartejàvem	cartejàveu	cartejaven
	future	cartejaré	cartejaràs	cartejarà	cartejarem	cartejareu	cartejaran
	preterite	cartegí	cartejares	cartejà	cartejàrem	cartejàreu	cartejaren
	conditional	cartejaria	cartejaries	cartejaria	cartejaríem	cartejaríeu	cartejarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cartegi	cartegis	cartegi	cartegem	cartegeu	cartegin
	imperfect	cartegés	cartegessis	cartegés	cartegéssim	cartegéssiu	cartegessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	carteja	cartegi	cartegem	cartegeu	cartegin
	negative (no)	—	no cartegis	no cartegi	no cartegem	no cartegeu	no cartegin

Derived terms

• carteig

Further reading

• “cartejar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024