maldar
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Catalan meldar, from Medieval Latin meletō, from Ancient Greek μελετάω (meletáō). Cognate with Ladino meldar (“to read”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]maldar (first-person singular present maldo, first-person singular preterite maldí, past participle maldat)
- (intransitive) to make an effort, to strive
- 2021 February 16, Joan Safont, “50 per cent”, in El Temps, number 1914, →ISSN, page 8:
- Per amargor dels jutges que van maldar per decidir quan es votava i sorpresa de les forces que volien retardar-les, l'independentisme no ha reculat, sinó que s'ha mantingut i ha aconseguit fins i tot un objectiu llargament anhelat, el 50 per cent de vots…
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of maldar (first conjugation)
infinitive | maldar | ||||||
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gerund | maldant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | maldat | maldada | |||||
plural | maldats | maldades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | maldo | maldes | malda | maldem | maldeu | malden | |
imperfect | maldava | maldaves | maldava | maldàvem | maldàveu | maldaven | |
future | maldaré | maldaràs | maldarà | maldarem | maldareu | maldaran | |
preterite | maldí | maldares | maldà | maldàrem | maldàreu | maldaren | |
conditional | maldaria | maldaries | maldaria | maldaríem | maldaríeu | maldarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | maldi | maldis | maldi | maldem | maldeu | maldin | |
imperfect | maldés | maldessis | maldés | maldéssim | maldéssiu | maldessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | malda | maldi | maldem | maldeu | maldin | |
negative (no) | — | no maldis | no maldi | no maldem | no maldeu | no maldin |
Further reading
[edit]- “maldar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “maldar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “maldar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
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