gatinar

Catalan

Etymology

From gat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ɡə.tiˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡa.tiˈnaɾ]

Verb

gatinar (first-person singular present gatino, first-person singular preterite gatiní, past participle gatinat)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to have kittens

   Synonym: gatonar

   • 1905, Caterina Albert Paradís, Solitut:

     En el Barranch gatinà quatre gatets pardos y esquerps com ella.

     In the gully she had a litter of four kittens brown and feral like her.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gatinar (first conjugation)

infinitive			gatinar
gerund			gatinant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		gatinat		gatinada
		plural		gatinats		gatinades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	gatino	gatines	gatina	gatinem	gatineu	gatinen
	imperfect	gatinava	gatinaves	gatinava	gatinàvem	gatinàveu	gatinaven
	future	gatinaré	gatinaràs	gatinarà	gatinarem	gatinareu	gatinaran
	preterite	gatiní	gatinares	gatinà	gatinàrem	gatinàreu	gatinaren
	conditional	gatinaria	gatinaries	gatinaria	gatinaríem	gatinaríeu	gatinarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	gatini	gatinis	gatini	gatinem	gatineu	gatinin
	imperfect	gatinés	gatinessis	gatinés	gatinéssim	gatinéssiu	gatinessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	gatina	gatini	gatinem	gatineu	gatinin
	negative (no)	—	no gatinis	no gatini	no gatinem	no gatineu	no gatinin

Derived terms

• gatinada

Further reading

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