lloar
Catalan
Etymology
From a variant of Lua error in Module:etymology at line 150: Old Occitan (pro) is not set as an ancestor of Catalan (ca) in Module:languages/data/2. The ancestor of Catalan is Old Catalan (roa-oca). (compare Occitan lausar), from Latin laudāre, present active infinitive of laudō (compare French louer, Spanish loar).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ʎuˈa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ʎoˈa]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ʎoˈaɾ]
- Homophone: lloà
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
lloar (first-person singular present lloo, first-person singular preterite lloí, past participle lloat)
- (transitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to praise
Conjugation
Related terms
Further reading
- “lloar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “lloar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “lloar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “lloar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.