vessar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin versāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [bəˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vəˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [veˈsaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [beˈsa]

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

vessar (first-person singular present vesso, first-person singular preterite vessí, past participle vessat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

1. (intransitive) to spill, to overflow
2. (transitive) to spill
3. (transitive) to cause to spill, to shed

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of vessar (first conjugation)

infinitive			vessar
gerund			vessant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		vessat		vessada
		plural		vessats		vessades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	vesso	vesses	vessa	vessem	vesseu	vessen
	imperfect	vessava	vessaves	vessava	vessàvem	vessàveu	vessaven
	future	vessaré	vessaràs	vessarà	vessarem	vessareu	vessaran
	preterite	vessí	vessares	vessà	vessàrem	vessàreu	vessaren
	conditional	vessaria	vessaries	vessaria	vessaríem	vessaríeu	vessarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	vessi	vessis	vessi	vessem	vesseu	vessin
	imperfect	vessés	vessessis	vessés	vesséssim	vesséssiu	vessessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	vessa	vessi	vessem	vesseu	vessin
	negative (no)	—	no vessis	no vessi	no vessem	no vesseu	no vessin

Derived terms

• vessament
• vessar molta tinta

Further reading

• “vessar”, 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