grapejar

Catalan

Etymology

From grapa (“paw”) +‎ -ejar. First attested in 1803.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ɡɾə.pəˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡɾa.peˈd͡ʒaɾ]

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Verb

grapejar (first-person singular present grapejo, first-person singular preterite grapegí, past participle grapejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (colloquial) to touch carelessly, to grope, to feel up

   Synonym: (dialectal) manyuclar

2. (music) to play an instrument poorly

Conjugation

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

infinitive			grapejar
gerund			grapejant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		grapejat		grapejada
		plural		grapejats		grapejades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	grapejo	grapeges	grapeja	grapegem	grapegeu	grapegen
	imperfect	grapejava	grapejaves	grapejava	grapejàvem	grapejàveu	grapejaven
	future	grapejaré	grapejaràs	grapejarà	grapejarem	grapejareu	grapejaran
	preterite	grapegí	grapejares	grapejà	grapejàrem	grapejàreu	grapejaren
	conditional	grapejaria	grapejaries	grapejaria	grapejaríem	grapejaríeu	grapejarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	grapegi	grapegis	grapegi	grapegem	grapegeu	grapegin
	imperfect	grapegés	grapegessis	grapegés	grapegéssim	grapegéssiu	grapegessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	grapeja	grapegi	grapegem	grapegeu	grapegin
	negative (no)	—	no grapegis	no grapegi	no grapegem	no grapegeu	no grapegin

Related terms

• grapejat

Further reading

• “grapejar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “grapejar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “grapejar”, 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