netejar

== Catalan == === Etymology === Restructuring, based on net (“clean”), of Old Catalan nedejar, from Vulgar Latin *nitidiāre, a verb based on Latin nitidus (“shining, polished”), which subsequently came to mean 'clean'. For similar restructurings, cf. Occitan netejar and French nettoyer (replacing Old Occitan nedejar and Old French noiier). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [nə.təˈʒa] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ne.teˈd͡ʒaɾ] Rhymes: -a(ɾ) === Verb === netejar (first-person singular present netejo, first-person singular preterite netegí, past participle netejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/ (transitive) to clean ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== netegies neteja netejador netejament netejavidres ==== Related terms ==== net === Further reading === “netejar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “netejar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “netejar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Occitan == === Etymology === Restructuring, based on net (“clean”), of Old Occitan nedejar (which survives in regional usage), from Vulgar Latin *nitidiāre, a verb based on Latin nitidus (“shining, polished”), which subsequently came to mean 'clean'. For similar restructurings, cf. Catalan netejar and French nettoyer (replacing Old Catalan nedejar and Old French noiier). === Pronunciation === === Verb === netejar to clean ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== net