encongir
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish encoger.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]encongir (first-person singular present encongeixo, first-person singular preterite encongí, past participle encongit)
- (transitive, reflexive) to shrink, to shorten
- encongir-se d'espatlles ― to shrug
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of encongir (third conjugation, with -eix-)
Further reading
[edit]- “encongir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “encongir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “encongir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.