envesprir

Catalan

Etymology

From en- +‎ vespre +‎ -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əm.bəsˈpɾi]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əɱ.vəsˈpɾi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [eɱ.vesˈpɾiɾ]

Verb

envesprir (first-person singular present envespreixo, first-person singular preterite envesprí, past participle envesprit)

1. (intransitive) to grow dark, to dusk
   • 1938, Ferran Soldevila, Hores angleses:

     Quan el tren ha arrencat de Dover, s'envespria ràpidament. La boirina, molt suau, contribuïa a obscurir el paisatge; els túnels se succeïen. Després de tot el que he hagut d'escoltar aquests darrers dies sobre el clima anglès i la mancança de sol, em feia l'efecte que m'endinsava de mica en mica sota una volta fumosa i que ja no en tornaria a sortir fins a la primavera.

     When the train shot out of Dover, dusk fell rapidly. The mist, very light, contributed to dimming the landscape; one tunnel followed another. After everything that I'd heard over these past days about the English climate and the lack of sun, it had the effect that I was little by little entering a smoky vault and wouldn't come out again until spring.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of envesprir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			envesprir
gerund			envesprint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		envesprit		envesprida
		plural		envesprits		envesprides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	envespreixo	envespreixes	envespreix	envesprim	envespriu	envespreixen
	imperfect	envespria	envespries	envespria	envespríem	envespríeu	envesprien
	future	envespriré	envespriràs	envesprirà	envesprirem	envesprireu	envespriran
	preterite	envesprí	envesprires	envesprí	envesprírem	envespríreu	envespriren
	conditional	envespriria	envespriries	envespriria	envespriríem	envespriríeu	envespririen
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	envespreixi	envespreixis	envespreixi	envesprim	envespriu	envespreixin
	imperfect	envesprís	envesprissis	envesprís	envespríssim	envespríssiu	envesprissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	envespreix	envespreixi	envesprim	envespriu	envespreixin
	negative (no)	—	no envespreixis	no envespreixi	no envesprim	no envespriu	no envespreixin

Further reading

• “envesprir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.