masticar

Borrowed from Latin masticāre. Doublet of mastegar, which is inherited.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)
• Homophone: masticà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

masticar (first-person singular present mastico, first-person singular preterite mastiquí, past participle masticat)

1. (transitive) to chew

   Synonym: mastegar

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

• trascami, trascamí

• IPA^(key): /mas.tiˈkar/

masticar

1. to chew

Borrowed from Latin masticāre. The word mascar derives from the same source, but is a direct descendant while masticar is a later loanword. Cognate with English masticate.

• IPA^(key): /mastiˈkaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mas‧ti‧car

masticar (first-person singular present mastico, first-person singular preterite mastiqué, past participle masticado)

1. to chew
2. to think (about an idea)

• “masticar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28