gatejar

Catalan

Etymology

From gat (“cat”) +‎ -ejar. First attested in 1653.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ɡə.təˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡa.teˈd͡ʒaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ɡa.teˈʒa]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Verb

gatejar (first-person singular present gatejo, first-person singular preterite gategí, past participle gatejat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic) /ə/; (Central) /ɛ/; (Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

1. (intransitive) to crawl

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of gatejar (first conjugation, j-g alternation)

infinitive			gatejar
gerund			gatejant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		gatejat		gatejada
		plural		gatejats		gatejades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	gatejo	gateges	gateja	gategem	gategeu	gategen
	imperfect	gatejava	gatejaves	gatejava	gatejàvem	gatejàveu	gatejaven
	future	gatejaré	gatejaràs	gatejarà	gatejarem	gatejareu	gatejaran
	preterite	gategí	gatejares	gatejà	gatejàrem	gatejàreu	gatejaren
	conditional	gatejaria	gatejaries	gatejaria	gatejaríem	gatejaríeu	gatejarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	gategi	gategis	gategi	gategem	gategeu	gategin
	imperfect	gategés	gategessis	gategés	gategéssim	gategéssiu	gategessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	gateja	gategi	gategem	gategeu	gategin
	negative (no)	—	no gategis	no gategi	no gategem	no gategeu	no gategin

Further reading

• “gatejar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “gatejar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “gatejar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)