covar

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Etymology

Inherited from Latin cubāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

covar (first-person singular present covo, first-person singular preterite coví, past participle covat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /o/

  1. (transitive) to brood, to incubate
    Synonym: incubar
    covar un projecte ― to incubate a project
  2. (intransitive) (food) to become too pasty or dry after having been left out of the heat for too long
    l'arròs s'havia covat ― rice had become untasty

Conjugation

    Conjugation of covar (first conjugation)
infinitive covar
gerund covant
past participle masculine feminine
singular covat covada
plural covats covades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present covo coves cova covem coveu coven
imperfect covava covaves covava covàvem covàveu covaven
future covaré covaràs covarà covarem covareu covaran
preterite coví covares covà covàrem covàreu covaren
conditional covaria covaries covaria covaríem covaríeu covarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present covi covis covi covem coveu covin
imperfect covés covessis covés covéssim covéssiu covessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — cova covi covem coveu covin
negative (no) — no covis no covi no covem no coveu no covin

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