remolejar
Catalan
Etymology
From remorejar (“to murmur”) via dissimilation.
Pronunciation
Verb
remolejar (first-person singular present remolejo, first-person singular preterite remolegí, past participle remolejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (intransitive) to come up with excuses, to dawdle
- (intransitive) to grumble
- 1866, Terenci Thos i Codina, Lo llibre de l'infantesa:
- Tornássen lo gegant á sa cambra, tot remolejant.
- The giant returned to his chamber, grumbling all the way.
Conjugation
Derived terms
- remoleig
Further reading
- “remolejar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “remolejar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “remolejar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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