raure

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan raure, from Latin rādere. First attested in the 13th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈraw.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈraw.ɾe]

Verb

raure (first-person singular present rac, first-person singular preterite raguí, past participle ragut or ras)

1. (transitive) to shave, scrape
2. (anar a raure) to end up
3. (intransitive) to lie, abide

   Ací rau el problema. ― Herein lies the problem.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of raure (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			raure
gerund			raent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ragut, ras		raguda, rasa
		plural		raguts, rasos		ragudes, rases
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	rac	raus	rau	raem	raeu	rauen
	imperfect	raïa	raïes	raïa	raíem	raíeu	raïen
	future	rauré	rauràs	raurà	raurem	raureu	rauran
	preterite	raguí	ragueres	ragué	raguérem	raguéreu	ragueren
	conditional	rauria	rauries	rauria	rauríem	rauríeu	raurien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	ragui	raguis	ragui	raguem	ragueu	raguin
	imperfect	ragués	raguessis	ragués	raguéssim	raguéssiu	raguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	rau	ragui	raguem	raeu	raguin
	negative (no)	—	no raguis	no ragui	no raguem	no ragueu	no raguin

Related terms

• raïssa
• raor
• ras
• rasar
• rascar
• rasura

Further reading

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