menjar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mandūcāre. Compare French manger and Italian mangiare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [məɲˈʒa]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [meɲˈd͡ʒaɾ]
  • (file)

Verb

menjar (first-person singular present menjo, first-person singular preterite mengí, past participle menjat); root stress: (Central, Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

  1. (intransitive) to eat something solid
    (idiomatic) menjar en el mateix plat ― to be very good friends (an idiom, literally to eat on the same plate)
  2. (transitive, usually reflexive) to eat (something)
    (idiomatic) menjar-se les ungles ― to bite one's nails
    (idiomatic) menjar-se amb els ulls algú o alguna cosa ― to look avidly somebody or something (an idiom, literally to eat with the eyes)
    (idiomatic) menjar-se algú a petons ― to hug and kiss somebody extensively (an idiom, literally to eat somebody kiss by kiss)
  3. (transitive, usually reflexive) to consume, to deplete (something)

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Noun

menjar m (plural menjars)

  1. food

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