regatejar

Catalan

Etymology

From regatar +‎ -ejar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.ɣə.təˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.ɣa.teˈd͡ʒaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

regatejar (first-person singular present regatejo, first-person singular preterite regategí, past participle regatejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive) to haggle over
2. (transitive, figurative) to skimp (on)

   Synonym: escatimar

3. (transitive, sports) to dribble

   Synonyms: driblar, passejar

Conjugation

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

infinitive			regatejar
gerund			regatejant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		regatejat		regatejada
		plural		regatejats		regatejades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	regatejo	regateges	regateja	regategem	regategeu	regategen
	imperfect	regatejava	regatejaves	regatejava	regatejàvem	regatejàveu	regatejaven
	future	regatejaré	regatejaràs	regatejarà	regatejarem	regatejareu	regatejaran
	preterite	regategí	regatejares	regatejà	regatejàrem	regatejàreu	regatejaren
	conditional	regatejaria	regatejaries	regatejaria	regatejaríem	regatejaríeu	regatejarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	regategi	regategis	regategi	regategem	regategeu	regategin
	imperfect	regategés	regategessis	regategés	regategéssim	regategéssiu	regategessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	regateja	regategi	regategem	regategeu	regategin
	negative (no)	—	no regategis	no regategi	no regategem	no regategeu	no regategin

Derived terms

• regateig
• regatejador

Further reading

• “regatejar”, 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