regateig

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from regatejar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rə.ɣəˈtɛt͡ʃ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rə.ɣəˈtət͡ʃ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.ɣaˈtet͡ʃ]

Noun

regateig m (plural regateigs or regatejos)

1. bargain
   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 5, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     Érem com un parell de fenicis que han gastat totes les energies en un regateig més teatral que real.

     We were like a pair of Phoenicians who had spent all their energy in a bargain that was more theatrical than real.

Further reading

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