delectar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dēlectāre. Doublet of delitar, a popular development.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.ləkˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.lekˈtaɾ]

Verb

delectar (first-person singular present delecto, first-person singular preterite delectí, past participle delectat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive) to delight
2. (pronominal) to delight [with en ‘in’]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of delectar (first conjugation)

infinitive			delectar
gerund			delectant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		delectat		delectada
		plural		delectats		delectades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	delecto	delectes	delecta	delectem	delecteu	delecten
	imperfect	delectava	delectaves	delectava	delectàvem	delectàveu	delectaven
	future	delectaré	delectaràs	delectarà	delectarem	delectareu	delectaran
	preterite	delectí	delectares	delectà	delectàrem	delectàreu	delectaren
	conditional	delectaria	delectaries	delectaria	delectaríem	delectaríeu	delectarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	delecti	delectis	delecti	delectem	delecteu	delectin
	imperfect	delectés	delectessis	delectés	delectéssim	delectéssiu	delectessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	delecta	delecti	delectem	delecteu	delectin
	negative (no)	—	no delectis	no delecti	no delectem	no delecteu	no delectin

Derived terms

• delectança

Related terms

• delectable
• delectació
• delir
• delit

Further reading

• “delectar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.