pentinar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pectināre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pən.tiˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pen.tiˈnaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

pentinar (first-person singular present pentino, first-person singular preterite pentiní, past participle pentinat)

1. (transitive) to comb (groom with a toothed implement)
2. (transitive) to comb (search thoroughly)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pentinar (first conjugation)

infinitive			pentinar
gerund			pentinant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pentinat		pentinada
		plural		pentinats		pentinades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	pentino	pentines	pentina	pentinem	pentineu	pentinen
	imperfect	pentinava	pentinaves	pentinava	pentinàvem	pentinàveu	pentinaven
	future	pentinaré	pentinaràs	pentinarà	pentinarem	pentinareu	pentinaran
	preterite	pentiní	pentinares	pentinà	pentinàrem	pentinàreu	pentinaren
	conditional	pentinaria	pentinaries	pentinaria	pentinaríem	pentinaríeu	pentinarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	pentini	pentinis	pentini	pentinem	pentineu	pentinin
	imperfect	pentinés	pentinessis	pentinés	pentinéssim	pentinéssiu	pentinessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	pentina	pentini	pentinem	pentineu	pentinin
	negative (no)	—	no pentinis	no pentini	no pentinem	no pentineu	no pentinin

Derived terms

• qui no té feina el gat pentina

Related terms

• pinta (“comb”, noun)

Further reading

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