rovellar

Catalan

Etymology

From rovell (“rust”) +‎ -ar. First attested in 1696. Compare Occitan rovilhar, French rouiller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ru.βəˈʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ro.vəˈʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ro.veˈʎaɾ]

Verb

rovellar (first-person singular present rovello, first-person singular preterite rovellí, past participle rovellat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive) to rust

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rovellar (first conjugation)

infinitive			rovellar
gerund			rovellant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rovellat		rovellada
		plural		rovellats		rovellades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	rovello	rovelles	rovella	rovellem	rovelleu	rovellen
	imperfect	rovellava	rovellaves	rovellava	rovellàvem	rovellàveu	rovellaven
	future	rovellaré	rovellaràs	rovellarà	rovellarem	rovellareu	rovellaran
	preterite	rovellí	rovellares	rovellà	rovellàrem	rovellàreu	rovellaren
	conditional	rovellaria	rovellaries	rovellaria	rovellaríem	rovellaríeu	rovellarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	rovelli	rovellis	rovelli	rovellem	rovelleu	rovellin
	imperfect	rovellés	rovellessis	rovellés	rovelléssim	rovelléssiu	rovellessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	rovella	rovelli	rovellem	rovelleu	rovellin
	negative (no)	—	no rovellis	no rovelli	no rovellem	no rovelleu	no rovellin

See also

• oxidar

Further reading

• “rovellar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “rovellar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “rovellar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.