muntar

Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *monto, *montāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [munˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [munˈtaɾ]
• Homophone: muntà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

muntar (first-person singular present munto, first-person singular preterite muntí, past participle muntat)

1. (intransitive, transitive) to go up

   Synonym: pujar

   Antonym: baixar

2. (intransitive, with a; transitive) to ride (to transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, a bicycle, etc.)

   Synonym: (to ride a horse) cavalcar

3. (transitive) to set up (to ready something for use)

   Synonym: armar

   Antonym: desmuntar

4. (transitive) to set up (to found, to start)

   Synonym: establir

   Antonym: desmuntar

5. (cooking, transitive) to beat, to whip

   Synonym: batre

Derived terms

• desmuntar
• muntacàrregues
• muntada
• muntador
• muntadura
• muntament
• muntant
• muntaplats
• muntatge
• remuntar

 

Related terms

• munt

Further reading

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

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Old High German

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Germanic *mundraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mendʰ- (“see; strive; long for; be zealous for; be lively”).

Adjective

muntar

1. industrious

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Romansch

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin mōns (“mountain”); compare French monter (“to go up, climb, mount, ascend”), Italian montare.

Verb

muntar

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) to go up