chalêr

See also: chaler

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Latin calēre, present active infinitive of caleō (I heat). Compare French chaloir, Occitan caler.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tsa.lēr/

Verb

chalêr

  1. (impersonal, reflexive, sé chalêr) to bother, to worry
    • 1733, André Blanc, La Goutte
      Quand bien ne vos chôt ren, de les gens de ma sôrta, je vodrê bien povêr fâre uvrir voutra pôrta
      Even though you do not care about the people of my kind, I would like to open your doors

Usage notes

  • This verb conjugates as falêr, it is nowadays mainly surviving under its present indicative form in the common phrase o/il mè chôt (I care about, I am concerned with).

Conjugation

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