liquar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin liquāre. The graphic design sense is borrowed from English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [liˈkwa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [liˈkwaɾ]

Verb

liquar (first-person singular present liquo, first-person singular preterite liqüí, past participle liquat)

1. (transitive) to juice, to liquefy
2. (metallurgy) to liquate
3. (computing, transitive) to liquefy (to distort an image)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of liquar (first conjugation, qu-qü alternation)

infinitive			liquar
gerund			liquant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		liquat		liquada
		plural		liquats		liquades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	liquo	liqües	liqua	liqüem	liqüeu	liqüen
	imperfect	liquava	liquaves	liquava	liquàvem	liquàveu	liquaven
	future	liquaré	liquaràs	liquarà	liquarem	liquareu	liquaran
	preterite	liqüí	liquares	liquà	liquàrem	liquàreu	liquaren
	conditional	liquaria	liquaries	liquaria	liquaríem	liquaríeu	liquarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	liqüi	liqüis	liqüi	liqüem	liqüeu	liqüin
	imperfect	liqüés	liqüessis	liqüés	liqüéssim	liqüéssiu	liqüessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	liqua	liqüi	liqüem	liqüeu	liqüin
	negative (no)	—	no liqüis	no liqüi	no liqüem	no liqüeu	no liqüin

Derived terms

• liquadora

Related terms

• liquació

See also

• liqüefer

Further reading

• “liquar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.