enjoncar

Catalan

Etymology

From en- +‎ jonc (“reed”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [əɲ.ʒuŋˈka]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əɲ.ʒoŋˈka]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [eɲ.d͡ʒoŋˈkaɾ]
Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

enjoncar (first-person singular present enjonco, first-person singular preterite enjonquí, past participle enjoncat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /o/

(transitive) to cover the soil with reeds
(transitive) to garnish with reeds
(figurative, transitive) to embroil (to draw into a situation)
Synonyms: embrancar, embolicar, enredar
(figurative, intransitive) to embroil oneself (to draw into a situation)
Synonyms: embrancar-se, embolicar-se, enredar-se

Conjugation

Conjugation of enjoncar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			enjoncar
gerund			enjoncant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		enjoncat		enjoncada
		plural		enjoncats		enjoncades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	enjonco	enjonques	enjonca	enjonquem	enjonqueu	enjonquen
	imperfect	enjoncava	enjoncaves	enjoncava	enjoncàvem	enjoncàveu	enjoncaven
	future	enjoncaré	enjoncaràs	enjoncarà	enjoncarem	enjoncareu	enjoncaran
	preterite	enjonquí	enjoncares	enjoncà	enjoncàrem	enjoncàreu	enjoncaren
	conditional	enjoncaria	enjoncaries	enjoncaria	enjoncaríem	enjoncaríeu	enjoncarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	enjonqui	enjonquis	enjonqui	enjonquem	enjonqueu	enjonquin
	imperfect	enjonqués	enjonquessis	enjonqués	enjonquéssim	enjonquéssiu	enjonquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	enjonca	enjonqui	enjonquem	enjonqueu	enjonquin
	negative (no)	—	no enjonquis	no enjonqui	no enjonquem	no enjonqueu	no enjonquin

Further reading

“enjoncar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“enjoncar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
“enjoncar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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