venjar
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan venjar, from Latin vindicāre. Doublet of vindicar, a borrowing from Latin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [bəɲˈʒa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [vəɲˈʒa]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [veɲˈd͡ʒaɾ]
Audio (Barcelona): (file) - Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
venjar (first-person singular present venjo, first-person singular preterite vengí, past participle venjat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
- (transitive) to avenge
- (pronominal) to take revenge [with de ‘on, for’]
- 1934, Joan Puig i Ferreter, Camins de França:
- Així es venjava de la mica més de sort que jo tenia amb les dones, comparada amb la desgràcia d'ell
- Thus he took revenge for the little bit more luck that I had with women, compared to his misfortune.
Conjugation
Conjugation of venjar (first conjugation, j-g alternation)
| infinitive | venjar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | venjant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | venjat | venjada | |||||
| plural | venjats | venjades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | venjo | venges | venja | vengem | vengeu | vengen | |
| imperfect | venjava | venjaves | venjava | venjàvem | venjàveu | venjaven | |
| future | venjaré | venjaràs | venjarà | venjarem | venjareu | venjaran | |
| preterite | vengí | venjares | venjà | venjàrem | venjàreu | venjaren | |
| conditional | venjaria | venjaries | venjaria | venjaríem | venjaríeu | venjarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | vengi | vengis | vengi | vengem | vengeu | vengin | |
| imperfect | vengés | vengessis | vengés | vengéssim | vengéssiu | vengessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | venja | vengi | vengem | vengeu | vengin | |
| negative (no) | — | no vengis | no vengi | no vengem | no vengeu | no vengin | |
Derived terms
References
- “venjar”, 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
- “venjar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “venjar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “venjar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Latin vindicāre. Closely related to Old French and Anglo-Norman vengier.
Verb
venjar