trigar

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare the variant trichar, Occitan trigar), from Late Latin trīcāre (compare French tricher, Italian treccare), from Latin trīcārī, present active infinitive of trīcor (make difficult ties, trifle, dally, play tricks, behave in an evasive manner), from trīcae.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /tɾiˈɡa/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /tɾiˈɡaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

trigar (first-person singular present trigo, past participle trigat)

  1. (intransitive) to take a long time, to be long
  2. (intransitive) to be late
  3. (transitive) to take (a certain amount of time)

Usage notes

The main difference between trigar and durar when used transitively is that the former signifies some event that one has to wait for, while the latter signifies an ongoing action.

Conjugation

Synonyms


Occitan

Verb

trigar

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