romandre

See also: romandré

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan romanir (compare Occitan remàner), from Vulgar Latin *remanĕre, as a variant, with change in conjugation, of Latin remanēre. Compare Old French remaindre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ruˈman.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [roˈman.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [roˈman.dɾe]

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Verb

romandre (first-person singular present romanc, first-person singular preterite romanguí, past participle romàs)

1. to remain, to stay

   Synonym: quedar-se

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of romandre (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			romandre
gerund			romanent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		romàs		romasa
		plural		romasos		romases
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	romanc	romans	roman	romanem	romaneu	romanen
	imperfect	romania	romanies	romania	romaníem	romaníeu	romanien
	future	romandré	romandràs	romandrà	romandrem	romandreu	romandran
	preterite	romanguí	romangueres	romangué	romanguérem	romanguéreu	romangueren
	conditional	romandria	romandries	romandria	romandríem	romandríeu	romandrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	romangui	romanguis	romangui	romanguem	romangueu	romanguin
	imperfect	romangués	romanguessis	romangués	romanguéssim	romanguéssiu	romanguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	roman	romangui	romanguem	romaneu	romanguin
	negative (no)	—	no romanguis	no romangui	no romanguem	no romangueu	no romanguin

Related terms

• romanència
• romanent

Further reading

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