# arpejar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From arpa +‎ -ejar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ər.pəˈʒa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [aɾ.peˈd͡ʒaɾ]
* Homophone: arpejà
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

arpejar (first-person singular present arpejo, first-person singular preterite arpegí, past participle arpejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
* (transitive) to claw, to scratch
    Synonyms: arpellejar, escatar, esgarrapar, fregar, grapar, gratar, raspar, rautar
* (intransitive) to be nearby

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | arpejar | arpejar | arpejar | arpejar | arpejar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | arpejant | arpejant | arpejant | arpejant | arpejant |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | arpejat | arpejat | arpejada | arpejada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | arpejats | arpejats | arpejades | arpejades |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| indicative | present | arpejo | arpeges | arpeja | arpegem | arpegeu | arpegen |
| indicative | imperfect | arpejava | arpejaves | arpejava | arpejàvem | arpejàveu | arpejaven |
| indicative | future | arpejaré | arpejaràs | arpejarà | arpejarem | arpejareu | arpejaran |
| indicative | preterite | arpegí | arpejares | arpejà | arpejàrem | arpejàreu | arpejaren |
| indicative | conditional | arpejaria | arpejaries | arpejaria | arpejaríem | arpejaríeu | arpejarien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | arpegi | arpegis | arpegi | arpegem | arpegeu | arpegin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | arpegés | arpegessis | arpegés | arpegéssim | arpegéssiu | arpegessin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | arpeja | arpegi | arpegem | arpegeu | arpegin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no arpegis | no arpegi | no arpegem | no arpegeu | no arpegin |

### Further reading

* “arpejar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “arpejar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
* “arpejar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “arpejar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

### Anagrams

* rapejar

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aʁ.peˈʒa(ʁ)/ [ah.peˈʒa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /aʁ.peˈʒa(ʁ)/ [ah.peˈʒa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /aɾ.peˈʒa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /aʁ.peˈʒa(ʁ)/ [aχ.peˈʒa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aɻ.peˈʒa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐɾ.pɨˈʒaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐɾ.pɨˈʒaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐɾ.pɨˈʒa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: ar‧pe‧jar

### Verb

arpejar (first-person singular present arpejo, first-person singular preterite arpejei, past participle arpejado)
* (music, transitive) to arpeggiate (play (a chord) as an arpeggio)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.