treure

Catalan

Alternative forms

• traure (Western)
• trer, traer (medieval variants)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan traure, apparently from a Vulgar Latin *tracĕre (for the sound-changes, compare Latin dīcĕre > Catalan diure), from Latin trahere, from Proto-Indo-European *tragʰ- (“to draw, drag”). First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɾɛw.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈtɾew.ɾe]

Verb

treure (first-person singular present trec or trac, first-person singular preterite traguí, past participle tret); root stress: (Central, Balearic) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/

1. to take out, take off, take down
2. to take away, carry out, carry away
3. to remove
4. to withdraw
5. to bring out
6. to stick out

   Va treure el cap per la finestra.

   He stuck his head out the window.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of treure (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			treure
gerund			traient
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tret		treta
		plural		trets		tretes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	trec, trac	treus, traus	treu, trau	traiem	traieu	treuen, trauen
	imperfect	treia	treies	treia	trèiem	trèieu	treien
	future	trauré	trauràs	traurà	traurem	traureu	trauran
	preterite	traguí	tragueres	tragué	traguérem	traguéreu	tragueren
	conditional	trauria	trauries	trauria	trauríem	trauríeu	traurien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	tregui	treguis	tregui	traguem	tragueu	treguin
	imperfect	tragués	traguessis	tragués	traguéssim	traguéssiu	traguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	treu, trau	tregui	traguem	traieu	treguin
	negative (no)	—	no treguis	no tregui	no traguem	no tragueu	no treguin

Related terms

• atreure
• contreure
• extreure
• retreure
• tracció
• tractor
• tret
• treta
• treu

 

Further reading

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

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Verb

treure

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of treuren