gallardir

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Etymology

From gallard (“elegant, graceful”) +‎ -ir.

Verb

gallardir (first-person singular present gallardeixo, first-person singular preterite gallardí, past participle gallardit)

1. (intransitive, Mallorca) to become elegant
   • 1993, Pau Faner, Mal camí i bon senyor:

     De sobte Flora va avançar des de la vorera, com si l'aigua fos de gel, i a cada passa que feia es redreçava i era més àgil, les seves carns guanyaven fermesa, les seves faccions gallardia, i enjovenia a la vista.

     Suddenly Flora advanced from the shore, as if the water were ice, and with each step she took she straightened up and was more agile, her flesh gained firmness, her features grew more elegant, and her face youthified.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gallardir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			gallardir
gerund			gallardint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		gallardit		gallardida
		plural		gallardits		gallardides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	gallardeixo	gallardeixes	gallardeix	gallardim	gallardiu	gallardeixen
	imperfect	gallardia	gallardies	gallardia	gallardíem	gallardíeu	gallardien
	future	gallardiré	gallardiràs	gallardirà	gallardirem	gallardireu	gallardiran
	preterite	gallardí	gallardires	gallardí	gallardírem	gallardíreu	gallardiren
	conditional	gallardiria	gallardiries	gallardiria	gallardiríem	gallardiríeu	gallardirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	gallardeixi	gallardeixis	gallardeixi	gallardim	gallardiu	gallardeixin
	imperfect	gallardís	gallardissis	gallardís	gallardíssim	gallardíssiu	gallardissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	gallardeix	gallardeixi	gallardim	gallardiu	gallardeixin
	negative (no)	—	no gallardeixis	no gallardeixi	no gallardim	no gallardiu	no gallardeixin

Further reading

• “gallardir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.