plomar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pluˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ploˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ploˈmaɾ]

Etymology 1

From plom +‎ -ar.

Verb

plomar (first-person singular present plomo, first-person singular preterite plomí, past participle plomat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to attach lead weights to
2. (transitive) to seal with lead

Etymology 2

From ploma +‎ -ar.

Verb

plomar (first-person singular present plomo, first-person singular preterite plomí, past participle plomat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to pluck

   Synonyms: esplomar, esplomissar

2. (transitive, figurative) to fleece

   Synonym: pelar

3. (intransitive) to fledge, to grow feathers

   Synonym: esplomissar-se

Conjugation

    Conjugation of plomar (first conjugation)

infinitive			plomar
gerund			plomant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		plomat		plomada
		plural		plomats		plomades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	plomo	plomes	ploma	plomem	plomeu	plomen
	imperfect	plomava	plomaves	plomava	plomàvem	plomàveu	plomaven
	future	plomaré	plomaràs	plomarà	plomarem	plomareu	plomaran
	preterite	plomí	plomares	plomà	plomàrem	plomàreu	plomaren
	conditional	plomaria	plomaries	plomaria	plomaríem	plomaríeu	plomarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	plomi	plomis	plomi	plomem	plomeu	plomin
	imperfect	plomés	plomessis	plomés	ploméssim	ploméssiu	plomessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	ploma	plomi	plomem	plomeu	plomin
	negative (no)	—	no plomis	no plomi	no plomem	no plomeu	no plomin

Further reading

• “plomar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “plomar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “plomar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “plomar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.