femar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin femāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fəˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [feˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

femar (first-person singular present femo, first-person singular preterite femí, past participle femat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive) to fertilise with manure

Conjugation

    Conjugation of femar (first conjugation)

infinitive			femar
gerund			femant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		femat		femada
		plural		femats		femades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	femo	femes	fema	femem	femeu	femen
	imperfect	femava	femaves	femava	femàvem	femàveu	femaven
	future	femaré	femaràs	femarà	femarem	femareu	femaran
	preterite	femí	femares	femà	femàrem	femàreu	femaren
	conditional	femaria	femaries	femaria	femaríem	femaríeu	femarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	femi	femis	femi	femem	femeu	femin
	imperfect	femés	femessis	femés	feméssim	feméssiu	femessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	fema	femi	femem	femeu	femin
	negative (no)	—	no femis	no femi	no femem	no femeu	no femin

Related terms

• fem

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feˈmaɾ/ [feˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fe‧mar

Verb

femar (first-person singular present femo, first-person singular preterite femé, past participle femado)

1. (Aragon, transitive) to fertilise with manure

Conjugation

    Conjugation of femar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			femar
gerund			femando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		femado		femada
		plural		femados		femadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	femo	femastú femásvos	fema	femamos	femáis	feman
	imperfect	femaba	femabas	femaba	femábamos	femabais	femaban
	preterite	femé	femaste	femó	femamos	femasteis	femaron
	future	femaré	femarás	femará	femaremos	femaréis	femarán
	conditional	femaría	femarías	femaría	femaríamos	femaríais	femarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	feme	femestú femésvos2	feme	fememos	feméis	femen
	imperfect (ra)	femara	femaras	femara	femáramos	femarais	femaran
	imperfect (se)	femase	femases	femase	femásemos	femaseis	femasen
	future1	femare	femares	femare	femáremos	femareis	femaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		fematú femávos	feme	fememos	femad	femen
	negative		no femes	no feme	no fememos	no feméis	no femen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Related terms

• fimo

 

Further reading

• “femar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28