agreujar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *aggreviāre, *aggraviāre, variant form(s) of Latin aggravō. Equivalent to a- +‎ greu +‎ -jar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.ɣɾəwˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [a.ɣɾewˈd͡ʒaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

agreujar (first-person singular present agreujo, first-person singular preterite agreugí, past participle agreujat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive) to aggravate, to worsen
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to worsen (get worse)
3. (transitive) to insult, to affront

Conjugation

    Conjugation of agreujar (first conjugation, j-g alternation)

infinitive			agreujar
gerund			agreujant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		agreujat		agreujada
		plural		agreujats		agreujades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	agreujo	agreuges	agreuja	agreugem	agreugeu	agreugen
	imperfect	agreujava	agreujaves	agreujava	agreujàvem	agreujàveu	agreujaven
	future	agreujaré	agreujaràs	agreujarà	agreujarem	agreujareu	agreujaran
	preterite	agreugí	agreujares	agreujà	agreujàrem	agreujàreu	agreujaren
	conditional	agreujaria	agreujaries	agreujaria	agreujaríem	agreujaríeu	agreujarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	agreugi	agreugis	agreugi	agreugem	agreugeu	agreugin
	imperfect	agreugés	agreugessis	agreugés	agreugéssim	agreugéssiu	agreugessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	agreuja	agreugi	agreugem	agreugeu	agreugin
	negative (no)	—	no agreugis	no agreugi	no agreugem	no agreugeu	no agreugin

Synonyms

• (worsen): empitjorar

Derived terms

• agreujament
• agreujant
• greuge

 

Further reading

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