arraconar

Catalan

Etymology

From a- +‎ racó (“corner”) +‎ -ar. Compare Spanish arrinconar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.rə.kuˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.rə.koˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.ra.koˈnaɾ]

Verb

arraconar (first-person singular present arracono, first-person singular preterite arraconí, past participle arraconat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to put in a corner, to set aside
2. (transitive) to retire, shelve
3. (transitive) to abandon
4. (transitive) to save, reserve (set aside for later use)

   Synonym: estalviar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arraconar (first conjugation)

infinitive			arraconar
gerund			arraconant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		arraconat		arraconada
		plural		arraconats		arraconades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	arracono	arracones	arracona	arraconem	arraconeu	arraconen
	imperfect	arraconava	arraconaves	arraconava	arraconàvem	arraconàveu	arraconaven
	future	arraconaré	arraconaràs	arraconarà	arraconarem	arraconareu	arraconaran
	preterite	arraconí	arraconares	arraconà	arraconàrem	arraconàreu	arraconaren
	conditional	arraconaria	arraconaries	arraconaria	arraconaríem	arraconaríeu	arraconarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	arraconi	arraconis	arraconi	arraconem	arraconeu	arraconin
	imperfect	arraconés	arraconessis	arraconés	arraconéssim	arraconéssiu	arraconessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	arracona	arraconi	arraconem	arraconeu	arraconin
	negative (no)	—	no arraconis	no arraconi	no arraconem	no arraconeu	no arraconin

Further reading

• “arraconar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “arraconar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024