desitjar
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the noun desig; cf. Latin dēsīderō, dēsīderāre (“long for, desire, feel the want of, miss, regret”). Possibly corresponds to a Vulgar Latin verb *dēsidiāre, itself perhaps a crossing between Latin dēsīderāre and invidiāre, from invidia. Compare Occitan desirar and Portuguese desejar, Spanish desear.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]desitjar (first-person singular present desitjo, first-person singular preterite desitgí, past participle desitjat)
- (transitive) to wish for, desire, want
- Synonym: desirar
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of desitjar (first conjugation, j-g alternation)
Related terms
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- Catalan terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Catalan terms inherited from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Catalan/a(ɾ)
- Rhymes:Catalan/a(ɾ)/3 syllables
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan verbs
- Catalan first conjugation verbs
- Catalan verbs with j-g alternation
- Catalan transitive verbs