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.

Verb

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

(intransitive) to take a long time, to be long
(intransitive) to be late
(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

Conjugation of trigar (first conjugation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			trigar
present participle			trigant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		trigat		trigada
		plural		trigats		trigades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	trigo	trigues	triga	triguem	trigueu	triguen
	imperfect	trigava	trigaves	trigava	trigàvem	trigàveu	trigaven
	future	trigaré	trigaràs	trigarà	trigarem	trigareu	trigaran
	preterite	triguí	trigares	trigà	trigàrem	trigàreu	trigaren
	conditional	trigaria	trigaries	trigaria	trigaríem	trigaríeu	trigarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	trigui	triguis	trigui	triguem	trigueu	triguin
	imperfect	trigués	triguessis	trigués	triguéssim	triguéssiu	triguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
imperative		—	triga	trigui	triguem	trigueu	triguin

Synonyms

durar

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