bellugar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *bullicāre (with vowel metathesis), a frequentative based on bullīre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bə.ʎuˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [be.ʎuˈɣaɾ]

Verb

bellugar (first-person singular present bellugo, first-person singular preterite belluguí, past participle bellugat)

1. (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) to move, to shift, to fidget

   Synonyms: (transitive) moure, (reflexive) moure's

   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 8, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     Sóc al balcó. Sota meu, en Batís. Camina. O millor dit, es belluga.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bellugar (first conjugation, g-gu alternation)

infinitive			bellugar
gerund			bellugant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		bellugat		bellugada
		plural		bellugats		bellugades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	bellugo	bellugues	belluga	belluguem	bellugueu	belluguen
	imperfect	bellugava	bellugaves	bellugava	bellugàvem	bellugàveu	bellugaven
	future	bellugaré	bellugaràs	bellugarà	bellugarem	bellugareu	bellugaran
	preterite	belluguí	bellugares	bellugà	bellugàrem	bellugàreu	bellugaren
	conditional	bellugaria	bellugaries	bellugaria	bellugaríem	bellugaríeu	bellugarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	bellugui	belluguis	bellugui	belluguem	bellugueu	belluguin
	imperfect	bellugués	belluguessis	bellugués	belluguéssim	belluguéssiu	belluguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	belluga	bellugui	belluguem	bellugueu	belluguin
	negative (no)	—	no belluguis	no bellugui	no belluguem	no bellugueu	no belluguin

Derived terms

• belluga
• bellugadís
• bellugadissa
• bellugó
• bellugós
• belluguejar
• belluguet

 

Further reading

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