quallar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan quayllar, from Vulgar Latin quāglāre, from Latin coāgulāre. Compare Occitan calhar, French cailler, Spanish cuajar. Doublet of coagular, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kwəˈʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kwaˈʎaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [kwaˈʎa]

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Verb

quallar (first-person singular present quallo, first-person singular preterite quallí, past participle quallat)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to curdle; to coagulate

   Synonym: brossar

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of quallar (first conjugation)

infinitive			quallar
gerund			quallant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		quallat		quallada
		plural		quallats		quallades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	quallo	qualles	qualla	quallem	qualleu	quallen
	imperfect	quallava	quallaves	quallava	quallàvem	quallàveu	quallaven
	future	quallaré	quallaràs	quallarà	quallarem	quallareu	quallaran
	preterite	quallí	quallares	quallà	quallàrem	quallàreu	quallaren
	conditional	quallaria	quallaries	quallaria	quallaríem	quallaríeu	quallarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	qualli	quallis	qualli	quallem	qualleu	quallin
	imperfect	quallés	quallessis	quallés	qualléssim	qualléssiu	quallessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	qualla	qualli	quallem	qualleu	quallin
	negative (no)	—	no quallis	no qualli	no quallem	no qualleu	no quallin

Derived terms

• quallada
• quallallet

Related terms

• coagular
• coler
• quall

References

• “quallar”, 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
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “quallar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)