entercar

Catalan

Etymology

From en- +‎ terc +‎ -ar, from a pre-Romance source such as Proto-Celtic *terkos (“scarce, meagre”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ən.tərˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [en.teɾˈkaɾ]

Verb

entercar (first-person singular present enterco, first-person singular preterite enterquí, past participle entercat); root stress: (Central, Balearic) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/

1. (transitive) to make stiff or taut
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to become stiff or taut

Conjugation

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

infinitive			entercar
gerund			entercant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		entercat		entercada
		plural		entercats		entercades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	enterco	enterques	enterca	enterquem	enterqueu	enterquen
	imperfect	entercava	entercaves	entercava	entercàvem	entercàveu	entercaven
	future	entercaré	entercaràs	entercarà	entercarem	entercareu	entercaran
	preterite	enterquí	entercares	entercà	entercàrem	entercàreu	entercaren
	conditional	entercaria	entercaries	entercaria	entercaríem	entercaríeu	entercarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	enterqui	enterquis	enterqui	enterquem	enterqueu	enterquin
	imperfect	enterqués	enterquessis	enterqués	enterquéssim	enterquéssiu	enterquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	enterca	enterqui	enterquem	enterqueu	enterquin
	negative (no)	—	no enterquis	no enterqui	no enterquem	no enterqueu	no enterquin

Derived terms

• enterc
• entercament

Further reading

• “entercar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Verb

entercar

1. only used in se ... entercar, syntactic variant of entercarse