ajornar

Catalan

Etymology

From a- +‎ jorn +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ə.ʒurˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.ʒorˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.d͡ʒoɾˈnaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [a.ʒorˈna]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Homophone: ajornà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

ajornar (first-person singular present ajorno, first-person singular preterite ajorní, past participle ajornat); root stress: (Northern) /u/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /o/

1. (transitive) to adjourn
2. (transitive) to postpone

   Synonym: posposar

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of ajornar (first conjugation)

infinitive			ajornar
gerund			ajornant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ajornat		ajornada
		plural		ajornats		ajornades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	ajorno	ajornes	ajorna	ajornem	ajorneu	ajornen
	imperfect	ajornava	ajornaves	ajornava	ajornàvem	ajornàveu	ajornaven
	future	ajornaré	ajornaràs	ajornarà	ajornarem	ajornareu	ajornaran
	preterite	ajorní	ajornares	ajornà	ajornàrem	ajornàreu	ajornaren
	conditional	ajornaria	ajornaries	ajornaria	ajornaríem	ajornaríeu	ajornarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	ajorni	ajornis	ajorni	ajornem	ajorneu	ajornin
	imperfect	ajornés	ajornessis	ajornés	ajornéssim	ajornéssiu	ajornessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	ajorna	ajorni	ajornem	ajorneu	ajornin
	negative (no)	—	no ajornis	no ajorni	no ajornem	no ajorneu	no ajornin

Derived terms

• ajornament

Further reading

• “ajornar”, 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

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English adjourn, French adjourner, Italian aggiornare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʒorˈnar/, /ad͡ʒorˈnar/

Verb

ajornar (present tense ajornas, past tense ajornis, future tense ajornos, imperative ajornez, conditional ajornus)

1. to adjourn, postpone, defer

Conjugation

Conjugation of ajornar

		present		past		future
infinitive		ajornar		ajornir		ajornor
tense		ajornas		ajornis		ajornos
conditional		ajornus		—		—
imperative		ajornez		—		—
adjective active participle		ajornanta		ajorninta		ajornonta
adverbial active participle		ajornante		ajorninte		ajornonte
nominal active participle	singular	ajornanto		ajorninto		ajornonto
	plural	ajornanti		ajorninti		ajornonti
adjective passive participle		ajornata		ajornita		ajornota
adverbial passive participle		ajornate		ajornite		ajornote
nominal passive participle	singular	ajornato		ajornito		ajornoto
	plural	ajornati		ajorniti		ajornoti