# mossegar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin morsicāre. Same as in Aragonese mosegar. Compare as well with Spanish moscar (“to hollow out”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [mu.səˈɣa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [mo.səˈɣa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [mo.seˈɣaɾ]
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: mossegà
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

mossegar (first-person singular present mossego, first-person singular preterite mosseguí, past participle mossegat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
* (transitive) to bite (seize or cut by clamping the teeth)
* (figurative, transitive) to run down, to trash
* (colloquial, transitive) to gouge (make excessive profit off of)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | mossegar | mossegar | mossegar | mossegar | mossegar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | mossegant | mossegant | mossegant | mossegant | mossegant |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | mossegat | mossegat | mossegada | mossegada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | mossegats | mossegats | mossegades | mossegades |
| 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 | mossego | mossegues | mossega | mosseguem | mossegueu | mosseguen |
| indicative | imperfect | mossegava | mossegaves | mossegava | mossegàvem | mossegàveu | mossegaven |
| indicative | future | mossegaré | mossegaràs | mossegarà | mossegarem | mossegareu | mossegaran |
| indicative | preterite | mosseguí | mossegares | mossegà | mossegàrem | mossegàreu | mossegaren |
| indicative | conditional | mossegaria | mossegaries | mossegaria | mossegaríem | mossegaríeu | mossegarien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | mossegui | mosseguis | mossegui | mosseguem | mossegueu | mosseguin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | mossegués | mosseguessis | mossegués | mosseguéssim | mosseguéssiu | mosseguessin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | mossega | mossegui | mosseguem | mossegueu | mosseguin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no mosseguis | no mossegui | no mosseguem | no mossegueu | no mosseguin |

#### Derived terms

* mossega
* mossegada
* mossegador

#### Related terms

* mos (“bite, mouthful”)

### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /mo.seˈɡa(ʁ)/ [mo.seˈɡa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /mo.seˈɡa(ʁ)/ [mo.seˈɡa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /mo.seˈɡa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /mo.seˈɡa(ʁ)/ [mo.seˈɡa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /mo.seˈɡa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mu.sɨˈɡaɾ/ [mu.sɨˈɣaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /mu.sɨˈɡaɾ/ [mu.sɨˈɣaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /mu.sɨˈɡa.ɾi/ [mu.sɨˈɣa.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: mos‧se‧gar

### Verb

mossegar (first-person singular present mossego, first-person singular preterite mosseguei, past participle mossegado)
* (transitive) Alternative form of morsegar

#### Conjugation

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