trepitjar

Catalan

Etymology

Apparently from dialectal trapitx (“olive oil press”), which may represent a Mozarabic development of Byzantine Greek *τραπήτιον (*trapḗtion), a diminutive of trapētus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [tɾə.piˈd͡ʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [tɾe.piˈd͡ʒaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

trepitjar (first-person singular present trepitjo, first-person singular preterite trepitgí, past participle trepitjat)

1. to tread on, to step on

   Synonyms: petjar, peucalcigar

   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 5, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     Amb la bota vaig trepitjar el peu despullat, udols de dolor van escampar-se pel bosc.

     With my boot I stepped on the shoeless foot; screams of pain filled the woods.

2. to crush underfoot, trample

   Synonyms: esclafar, trepollar

3. (winemaking) to tread grapes to make wine

   Synonym: follar

4. (figurative) to trample, to walk all over

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trepitjar (first conjugation, j-g alternation)

infinitive			trepitjar
gerund			trepitjant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		trepitjat		trepitjada
		plural		trepitjats		trepitjades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	trepitjo	trepitges	trepitja	trepitgem	trepitgeu	trepitgen
	imperfect	trepitjava	trepitjaves	trepitjava	trepitjàvem	trepitjàveu	trepitjaven
	future	trepitjaré	trepitjaràs	trepitjarà	trepitjarem	trepitjareu	trepitjaran
	preterite	trepitgí	trepitjares	trepitjà	trepitjàrem	trepitjàreu	trepitjaren
	conditional	trepitjaria	trepitjaries	trepitjaria	trepitjaríem	trepitjaríeu	trepitjarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	trepitgi	trepitgis	trepitgi	trepitgem	trepitgeu	trepitgin
	imperfect	trepitgés	trepitgessis	trepitgés	trepitgéssim	trepitgéssiu	trepitgessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	trepitja	trepitgi	trepitgem	trepitgeu	trepitgin
	negative (no)	—	no trepitgis	no trepitgi	no trepitgem	no trepitgeu	no trepitgin

Derived terms

• trepig
• trepitjada
• trepitjaneu

Further reading

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