balbotejar

Catalan

Etymology

From balb in its earlier sense of "stammering".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [bəl.βu.təˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [bəl.bo.təˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [bal.bo.teˈd͡ʒaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [bal.βo.teˈʒa]

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Verb

balbotejar (first-person singular present balbotejo, first-person singular preterite balbotegí, past participle balbotejat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic) /ə/; (Central) /ɛ/; (Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

1. (intransitive) to babble, to stutter

   Els nadons comencen a balbotejar a partir dels sis o set mesos.

   Infants start babbling at six or seven months.

   Balbotejava com un adolescent.

   He babbled like an adolescent.

2. (transitive) to babble (out), to bleat (out), to stammer (out)

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of balbotejar (first conjugation, j-g alternation)

infinitive			balbotejar
gerund			balbotejant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		balbotejat		balbotejada
		plural		balbotejats		balbotejades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	balbotejo	balboteges	balboteja	balbotegem	balbotegeu	balbotegen
	imperfect	balbotejava	balbotejaves	balbotejava	balbotejàvem	balbotejàveu	balbotejaven
	future	balbotejaré	balbotejaràs	balbotejarà	balbotejarem	balbotejareu	balbotejaran
	preterite	balbotegí	balbotejares	balbotejà	balbotejàrem	balbotejàreu	balbotejaren
	conditional	balbotejaria	balbotejaries	balbotejaria	balbotejaríem	balbotejaríeu	balbotejarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	balbotegi	balbotegis	balbotegi	balbotegem	balbotegeu	balbotegin
	imperfect	balbotegés	balbotegessis	balbotegés	balbotegéssim	balbotegéssiu	balbotegessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	balboteja	balbotegi	balbotegem	balbotegeu	balbotegin
	negative (no)	—	no balbotegis	no balbotegi	no balbotegem	no balbotegeu	no balbotegin

Synonyms

• balbucejar
• balbucitar

Derived terms

• balboteig

Related terms

• balbuç

Further reading

• “balbotejar”, 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