menjar

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Etymology

Inherited from Latin mandūcāre. Compare French manger and Italian mangiare.

Pronunciation

Verb

menjar (first-person singular present menjo, first-person singular preterite mengí, past participle menjat); root stress: (Central, Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

  1. (intransitive) to eat something solid
    (idiomatic) menjar en el mateix plat ― to be very good friends (an idiom, literally to eat on the same plate)
  2. (transitive, usually reflexive) to eat (something)
    (idiomatic) menjar-se les ungles ― to bite one's nails
    (idiomatic) menjar-se amb els ulls algú o alguna cosa ― to look avidly somebody or something (an idiom, literally to eat with the eyes)
    (idiomatic) menjar-se algú a petons ― to hug and kiss somebody extensively (an idiom, literally to eat somebody kiss by kiss)
  3. (transitive, usually reflexive) to consume, to deplete (something)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of menjar (first conjugation, j-g alternation)
infinitive menjar
gerund menjant
past participle masculine feminine
singular menjat menjada
plural menjats menjades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present menjo menges menja mengem mengeu mengen
imperfect menjava menjaves menjava menjàvem menjàveu menjaven
future menjaré menjaràs menjarà menjarem menjareu menjaran
preterite mengí menjares menjà menjàrem menjàreu menjaren
conditional menjaria menjaries menjaria menjaríem menjaríeu menjarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present mengi mengis mengi mengem mengeu mengin
imperfect mengés mengessis mengés mengéssim mengéssiu mengessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — menja mengi mengem mengeu mengin
negative (no) — no mengis no mengi no mengem no mengeu no mengin

Derived terms

Noun

menjar m (plural menjars)

  1. food

Derived terms

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