piular

Catalan

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. The internet sense is a semantic loan from English tweet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [piwˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [piwˈlaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Verb

piular (first-person singular present piulo, first-person singular preterite piulí, past participle piulat)

1. (intransitive) to tweet (make a bird sound)

   Synonyms: piulejar, piuar

2. (intransitive, informal, Internet) to tweet (post a microblogging message)

   Synonyms: tweetar, tuitar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of piular (first conjugation)

infinitive			piular
gerund			piulant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		piulat		piulada
		plural		piulats		piulades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	piulo	piules	piula	piulem	piuleu	piulen
	imperfect	piulava	piulaves	piulava	piulàvem	piulàveu	piulaven
	future	piularé	piularàs	piularà	piularem	piulareu	piularan
	preterite	piulí	piulares	piulà	piulàrem	piulàreu	piularen
	conditional	piularia	piularies	piularia	piularíem	piularíeu	piularien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	piuli	piulis	piuli	piulem	piuleu	piulin
	imperfect	piulés	piulessis	piulés	piuléssim	piuléssiu	piulessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	piula	piuli	piulem	piuleu	piulin
	negative (no)	—	no piulis	no piuli	no piulem	no piuleu	no piulin

Derived terms

• piulada
• repiular

Related terms

• piu

Further reading

• “piular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.