garlar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin garrulāre, denominal from Latin garrulus (“overly talkative”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ɡərˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ɡaɾˈlaɾ]

Verb

garlar (first-person singular present garlo, first-person singular preterite garlí, past participle garlat)

1. to chatter, prattle

   Synonym: xerrar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of garlar (first conjugation)

infinitive			garlar
gerund			garlant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		garlat		garlada
		plural		garlats		garlades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	garlo	garles	garla	garlem	garleu	garlen
	imperfect	garlava	garlaves	garlava	garlàvem	garlàveu	garlaven
	future	garlaré	garlaràs	garlarà	garlarem	garlareu	garlaran
	preterite	garlí	garlares	garlà	garlàrem	garlàreu	garlaren
	conditional	garlaria	garlaries	garlaria	garlaríem	garlaríeu	garlarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	garli	garlis	garli	garlem	garleu	garlin
	imperfect	garlés	garlessis	garlés	garléssim	garléssiu	garlessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	garla	garli	garlem	garleu	garlin
	negative (no)	—	no garlis	no garli	no garlem	no garleu	no garlin

Derived terms

• garlaire
• garleries

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin garrulāre, denominal from Latin garrulus (“overly talkative”). The verb ultimately replaced Latin garrīre (“to chatter, prattle, waffle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɾˈlaɾ/ [ɡaɾˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: gar‧lar

Verb

garlar (first-person singular present garlo, first-person singular preterite garlé, past participle garlado)

1. to waffle; to talk nonstop

Conjugation

    Conjugation of garlar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			garlar
gerund			garlando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		garlado		garlada
		plural		garlados		garladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	garlo	garlastú garlásvos	garla	garlamos	garláis	garlan
	imperfect	garlaba	garlabas	garlaba	garlábamos	garlabais	garlaban
	preterite	garlé	garlaste	garló	garlamos	garlasteis	garlaron
	future	garlaré	garlarás	garlará	garlaremos	garlaréis	garlarán
	conditional	garlaría	garlarías	garlaría	garlaríamos	garlaríais	garlarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	garle	garlestú garlésvos2	garle	garlemos	garléis	garlen
	imperfect (ra)	garlara	garlaras	garlara	garláramos	garlarais	garlaran
	imperfect (se)	garlase	garlases	garlase	garlásemos	garlaseis	garlasen
	future1	garlare	garlares	garlare	garláremos	garlareis	garlaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		garlatú garlávos	garle	garlemos	garlad	garlen
	negative		no garles	no garle	no garlemos	no garléis	no garlen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “garlar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014