balbucejar

Alteration of earlier balbuçar, from Vulgar Latin *balbūtiāre, a variant of Latin balbūtiō (“to stutter, stammer”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bəl.βu.səˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [bəl.bu.səˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [bal.bu.seˈd͡ʒaɾ]

balbucejar (first-person singular present balbucejo, first-person singular preterite balbucegí, past participle balbucejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (intransitive) to stutter, to stammer

   El locutor balbucejava i repetia monòtonament una mateixa frase.

   The speaker stammered and monotonously repeated the same phrase.

2. (transitive) to stammer (out), babble, bleat out

   Balbucejava mots a mitges, tremolava.

   She stammered out words incompletely, she trembled.

• balbucitar
• balbotejar

• balbuceig

• “balbucejar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.