florejar

Catalan

Etymology

From flor +‎ -ejar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [flu.ɾəˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [flo.ɾəˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [flo.ɾeˈd͡ʒaɾ]

Verb

florejar (first-person singular present florejo, first-person singular preterite floregí, past participle florejat)

1. (intransitive) to bloom, to be in flower

   Synonym: florir

2. (intransitive, fencing) to brandish
3. (transitive) to adorn with flowers
4. (transitive, figurative, music) to ornament
5. (transitive) to take the best part of
6. (transitive, Valencia) to catcall

   Synonym: tirar floretes

Conjugation

    Conjugation of florejar (first conjugation, j-g alternation)

infinitive			florejar
gerund			florejant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		florejat		florejada
		plural		florejats		florejades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	florejo	floreges	floreja	floregem	floregeu	floregen
	imperfect	florejava	florejaves	florejava	florejàvem	florejàveu	florejaven
	future	florejaré	florejaràs	florejarà	florejarem	florejareu	florejaran
	preterite	floregí	florejares	florejà	florejàrem	florejàreu	florejaren
	conditional	florejaria	florejaries	florejaria	florejaríem	florejaríeu	florejarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	floregi	floregis	floregi	floregem	floregeu	floregin
	imperfect	floregés	floregessis	floregés	floregéssim	floregéssiu	floregessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	floreja	floregi	floregem	floregeu	floregin
	negative (no)	—	no floregis	no floregi	no floregem	no floregeu	no floregin

Derived terms

• floreig

Further reading

• “florejar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.