detenir

See also: détenir

Catalan

Alternative forms

• detindre

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dētinēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.təˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [de.teˈniɾ]

Verb

detenir (first-person singular present detinc, first-person singular preterite detinguí, past participle detingut); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive) to stop, to block
2. (transitive) to detain
   • 2017 January 4, Julia Camacho, “Detinguda la meitat de la plantilla dela Guàrdia Civil per narcotràfic”, in El Periódico‎^[1]:

     Els veïns d'Isla Mayor (Sevilla), un petit municipi a la riba del riu Guadalquivir, fa dies que estan en estat de xoc després de saber que la meitat de la plantilla de la caserna de la Guàrdia Civil, començant pel sergent, està detinguda per narcotràfic

     The residents of Isla Mayor (Sevilla), a small municipality on the bank of the Guadalquivir river, have been in a state of shock for days after learning that half of the staff of the Guardia Civil's barracks, starting with the sergeant, is detained for drug trafficking.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of detenir (third conjugation, without -eix-, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			detenir
gerund			detenint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		detingut		detinguda
		plural		detinguts		detingudes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	detinc	detens	deté	detenim	deteniu	detenen
	imperfect	detenia	detenies	detenia	deteníem	deteníeu	detenien
	future	detindré	detindràs	detindrà	detindrem	detindreu	detindran
	preterite	detinguí	detingueres	detingué	detinguérem	detinguéreu	detingueren
	conditional	detindria	detindries	detindria	detindríem	detindríeu	detindrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	detingui	detinguis	detingui	detinguem	detingueu	detinguin
	imperfect	detingués	detinguessis	detingués	detinguéssim	detinguéssiu	detinguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	detén, detingues	detingui	detinguem	deteniu, detingueu	detinguin
	negative (no)	—	no detinguis	no detingui	no detinguem	no detingueu	no detinguin

Related terms

• detenció

Further reading

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

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin detinere, present active infinitive of detineo.

Verb

detenir

1. to detain (to keep as a prisoner; to not allow to leave)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem detien distinct from the unstressed stem deten, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of detenir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		detenir			avoir detenu
gerund		en detenant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		detenant
past participle		detenu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	detieng, detien	detiens	detient	detenons	detenez	detienent
	imperfect	detenoie, deteneie	detenoies, deteneies	detenoit, deteneit	deteniiens, deteniens	deteniiez, deteniez	detenoient, deteneient
	preterite	detin	detenis	detint	detenimes	detenistes	detindrent, detinrent
	future	detendrai	detendras	detendra	detendrons	detendroiz, detendreiz, detendrez	detendront
	conditional	detendroie, detendreie	detendroies, detendreies	detendroit, detendreit	detendriiens, detendriens	detendriiez, detendriez	detendroient, detendreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	detiegne	detiegnes	detiegne	detiegniens, detiegnons	detiegniez	detiegnent
	imperfect	detenisse	detenisses	detenist	detenissons, detenissiens	detenissoiz, detenissez, detenissiez	detenissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	detien	—	detenons	detenez	—

Descendants

• → English: detain
• French: détenir

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (detenir, supplement)