plaure

See also: plauré

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan plaer, plaser (or formed analogically from the conjugated form plau), related to Old Occitan plazer and its variants, from Latin placēre. See also plaer (“pleasure”). Compare Occitan and French plaire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈplaw.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈplaw.ɾe]

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• Rhymes: -awɾe

Verb

plaure (first-person singular present plac, first-person singular preterite plaguí, past participle plagut)

1. to please
2. to satisfy

Conjugation

    Conjugation of plaure (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			plaure
gerund			plaent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		plagut		plaguda
		plural		plaguts		plagudes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	plac	plaus	plau	plaem	plaeu	plauen
	imperfect	plaïa	plaïes	plaïa	plaíem	plaíeu	plaïen
	future	plauré	plauràs	plaurà	plaurem	plaureu	plauran
	preterite	plaguí	plagueres	plagué	plaguérem	plaguéreu	plagueren
	conditional	plauria	plauries	plauria	plauríem	plauríeu	plaurien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	plagui	plaguis	plagui	plaguem	plagueu	plaguin
	imperfect	plagués	plaguessis	plagués	plaguéssim	plaguéssiu	plaguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	plau	plagui	plaguem	plaeu	plaguin
	negative (no)	—	no plaguis	no plagui	no plaguem	no plagueu	no plaguin

Synonyms

• agradar
• complaure

Derived terms

• si et plau
• si us plau

Related terms

• complaure
• plaer