bressar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *bertiāre, from Gaulish *berta (compare Old Irish bert (“bundle”)). Cognate with French bercer, Occitan breçar and Spanish brezar and brizar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bɾəˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [bɾeˈsaɾ]
• Hyphenation: bres‧sar

Verb

bressar (first-person singular present bresso, first-person singular preterite bressí, past participle bressat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/ (transitive)

1. to cradle
2. to rock (to move gently back and forth)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bressar (first conjugation)

infinitive			bressar
gerund			bressant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		bressat		bressada
		plural		bressats		bressades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	bresso	bresses	bressa	bressem	bresseu	bressen
	imperfect	bressava	bressaves	bressava	bressàvem	bressàveu	bressaven
	future	bressaré	bressaràs	bressarà	bressarem	bressareu	bressaran
	preterite	bressí	bressares	bressà	bressàrem	bressàreu	bressaren
	conditional	bressaria	bressaries	bressaria	bressaríem	bressaríeu	bressarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	bressi	bressis	bressi	bressem	bresseu	bressin
	imperfect	bressés	bressessis	bressés	bresséssim	bresséssiu	bressessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	bressa	bressi	bressem	bresseu	bressin
	negative (no)	—	no bressis	no bressi	no bressem	no bresseu	no bressin

Synonyms

• abressar, agrunsar, balancejar, baldar, bressolar, engrunsar, gronsar, gronxar, gronxejar, gronxolar (Northern), ninar (Alguerese)

Related terms

• bressol, bres, bressola, cuna

Further reading

• “bressar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bressar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “bressar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bressar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.