plànyer
Appearance
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin plangō (“I bewail”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈpla.ɲə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈpla.ɲeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Northwestern) [ˈpla.ɲe]
Verb
[edit]plànyer (first-person singular present planyo, first-person singular preterite planyí, past participle plangut or planyut)
- (transitive) to feel sorry for, to pity
- Synonym: compadir
- 1932, Josep Maria de Sagarra, Vida privada:
- Una altra part de sector aristocràtic, mantenia a peu i a cavall l'austeritat de costums de Pilar; aquest sector era el que la planyia, el que deia "la pobra Pilar" i acusava el seu marit de les coses més baixes.
- Another part of the aristocratic set maintained at all costs the austerity of Pilar's customs; this was the set which pitied her, the one which said "poor Pilar" and accused her husband of the lowest things.
- (transitive) to skimp on, to use sparingly
- 1934, Joan Puig i Ferreter, Camins de França:
- —Estudiaré molt, no planyeré esforços. Aquest viatge per França, ho podeu creure, no té altre objecte que estudiar els homes, la vida.
- "I will study a lot, I won't spare any effort. This trip to France, you can trust, will not have any other aim than to study mankind, life."
- (reflexive) to complain (de about)
- Synonym: queixar-se
- 1960, Jaume Vicens i Vives, Notícia de Catalunya:
- Hi ha gent entre els nostres contemporanis que, confonent els termes de la nostra problemàtica històrica, es planyen de l'efeminament en què ha caigut Catalunya.
- There are people among our contemporaries who, confounding the terms of our historical problems, complain about the effeminacy into which Catalonia has fallen.
Conjugation
[edit]| infinitive | plànyer | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | planyent | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | plangut, planyut | planguda, planyuda | |||||
| plural | planguts, planyuts | plangudes, planyudes | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | planyo | planys | plany | planyem | planyeu | planyen | |
| imperfect | planyia | planyies | planyia | planyíem | planyíeu | planyien | |
| future | planyeré | planyeràs | planyerà | planyerem | planyereu | planyeran | |
| preterite | planyí | planyeres | planyé | planyérem | planyéreu | planyeren | |
| conditional | planyeria | planyeries | planyeria | planyeríem | planyeríeu | planyerien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | planyi | planyis | planyi | planyem | planyeu | planyin | |
| imperfect | planyés | planyessis | planyés | planyéssim | planyéssiu | planyessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | plany | planyi | planyem | planyeu | planyin | |
| negative (no) | — | no planyis | no planyi | no planyem | no planyeu | no planyin | |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “plànyer”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026