orejar

Catalan

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-

Proto-Indo-European *-r

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsr̥h₂

Proto-Hellenic *auhrā

Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra)bor.

Latin aura

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Latin -izāre

Vulgar Latin *aurizāre

Catalan orejar

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *aurizāre. Equivalent to ora +‎ -ejar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [u.ɾəˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [o.ɾəˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [o.ɾeˈd͡ʒaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [o.ɾeˈʒa]

Verb

orejar (first-person singular present orejo, first-person singular preterite oregí, past participle orejat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic) /ə/; (Central) /ɛ/; (Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

1. (transitive) to air

   Synonym: airejar

2. (reflexive) to get some fresh air

   Synonym: tocar s'oratge (Mallorca)

Conjugation

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

infinitive			orejar
gerund			orejant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		orejat		orejada
		plural		orejats		orejades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	orejo	oreges	oreja	oregem	oregeu	oregen
	imperfect	orejava	orejaves	orejava	orejàvem	orejàveu	orejaven
	future	orejaré	orejaràs	orejarà	orejarem	orejareu	orejaran
	preterite	oregí	orejares	orejà	orejàrem	orejàreu	orejaren
	conditional	orejaria	orejaries	orejaria	orejaríem	orejaríeu	orejarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	oregi	oregis	oregi	oregem	oregeu	oregin
	imperfect	oregés	oregessis	oregés	oregéssim	oregéssiu	oregessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	oreja	oregi	oregem	oregeu	oregin
	negative (no)	—	no oregis	no oregi	no oregem	no oregeu	no oregin

Related terms

• oreig

Further reading

• “orejar”, 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
• “orejar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “orejar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “orejar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)