clacar

Catalan

Etymology

From clac (“sound of two objects colliding”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kləˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [klaˈkaɾ]

Verb

clacar (first-person singular present claco, first-person singular preterite claquí, past participle clacat)(intransitive)

1. to chatter, to gossip

   Synonyms: xerrar, garlar

2. (of geese) to honk

Conjugation

    Conjugation of clacar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			clacar
gerund			clacant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		clacat		clacada
		plural		clacats		clacades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	claco	claques	claca	claquem	claqueu	claquen
	imperfect	clacava	clacaves	clacava	clacàvem	clacàveu	clacaven
	future	clacaré	clacaràs	clacarà	clacarem	clacareu	clacaran
	preterite	claquí	clacares	clacà	clacàrem	clacàreu	clacaren
	conditional	clacaria	clacaries	clacaria	clacaríem	clacaríeu	clacarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	claqui	claquis	claqui	claquem	claqueu	claquin
	imperfect	claqués	claquessis	claqués	claquéssim	claquéssiu	claquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	claca	claqui	claquem	claqueu	claquin
	negative (no)	—	no claquis	no claqui	no claquem	no claqueu	no claquin

Derived terms

• claca
• claquera

Further reading

• “clacar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024