engrunar

See also: engruñar

Catalan

Etymology

Perhaps from engruna, although the noun could also be derived from the verb. If this is the case, the verb could be from a variant form of enrunar (“demolish”) with an intrusive g.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əŋ.ɡɾuˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eŋ.ɡɾuˈnaɾ]

Verb

engrunar (first-person singular present engruno, first-person singular preterite engruní, past participle engrunat)

1. (transitive) to crumble, to reduce to crumbs

   Synonym: esmicolar

2. (transitive) to pick off (grains)

   Synonym: esgranar

3. (figurative, transitive) to shatter, to demolish
4. (figurative, transitive) to relate in great detail

Conjugation

    Conjugation of engrunar (first conjugation)

infinitive			engrunar
gerund			engrunant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		engrunat		engrunada
		plural		engrunats		engrunades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	engruno	engrunes	engruna	engrunem	engruneu	engrunen
	imperfect	engrunava	engrunaves	engrunava	engrunàvem	engrunàveu	engrunaven
	future	engrunaré	engrunaràs	engrunarà	engrunarem	engrunareu	engrunaran
	preterite	engruní	engrunares	engrunà	engrunàrem	engrunàreu	engrunaren
	conditional	engrunaria	engrunaries	engrunaria	engrunaríem	engrunaríeu	engrunarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	engruni	engrunis	engruni	engrunem	engruneu	engrunin
	imperfect	engrunés	engrunessis	engrunés	engrunéssim	engrunéssiu	engrunessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	engruna	engruni	engrunem	engruneu	engrunin
	negative (no)	—	no engrunis	no engruni	no engrunem	no engruneu	no engrunin

Derived terms

• engrunadís

Related terms

• engruna

Further reading

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