aombrar

Catalan

Etymology

Either inherited from Latin adumbrāre (“to overshadow”) or composed from a- +‎ ombra +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.umˈbɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.omˈbɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.omˈbɾaɾ]

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Verb

aombrar (first-person singular present aombro, first-person singular preterite aombrí, past participle aombrat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to cast into shadow, to darken, to shade, to overshadow

   Synonym: enfosquir

2. (transitive) to frighten

   Synonyms: astorar, espantar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aombrar (first conjugation)

infinitive			aombrar
gerund			aombrant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aombrat		aombrada
		plural		aombrats		aombrades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	aombro	aombres	aombra	aombrem	aombreu	aombren
	imperfect	aombrava	aombraves	aombrava	aombràvem	aombràveu	aombraven
	future	aombraré	aombraràs	aombrarà	aombrarem	aombrareu	aombraran
	preterite	aombrí	aombrares	aombrà	aombràrem	aombràreu	aombraren
	conditional	aombraria	aombraries	aombraria	aombraríem	aombraríeu	aombrarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	aombri	aombris	aombri	aombrem	aombreu	aombrin
	imperfect	aombrés	aombressis	aombrés	aombréssim	aombréssiu	aombressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	aombra	aombri	aombrem	aombreu	aombrin
	negative (no)	—	no aombris	no aombri	no aombrem	no aombreu	no aombrin

Further reading

• “aombrar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007