covar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cubāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuˈβa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koˈva]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koˈvaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

covar (first-person singular present covo, first-person singular preterite coví, past participle covat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to brood, to incubate

   Synonym: incubar

   covar un projecte ― to incubate a project

2. (intransitive) (food) to become too pasty or dry after having been left out of the heat for too long

   l'arròs s'havia covat ― rice had become untasty

Conjugation

    Conjugation of covar (first conjugation)

infinitive			covar
gerund			covant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		covat		covada
		plural		covats		covades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	covo	coves	cova	covem	coveu	coven
	imperfect	covava	covaves	covava	covàvem	covàveu	covaven
	future	covaré	covaràs	covarà	covarem	covareu	covaran
	preterite	coví	covares	covà	covàrem	covàreu	covaren
	conditional	covaria	covaries	covaria	covaríem	covaríeu	covarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	covi	covis	covi	covem	coveu	covin
	imperfect	covés	covessis	covés	covéssim	covéssiu	covessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	cova	covi	covem	coveu	covin
	negative (no)	—	no covis	no covi	no covem	no coveu	no covin

Derived terms

• covament
• covera

Further reading

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