Conjugation of trencar in Catalan
trencarto breakregular
Present
Actions happening now or habitually.
| Person | Conjugation | |
|---|---|---|
| jo | trenco | |
| tu | trenques | |
| ell/ella/vostè | trenca | |
| nosaltres | trenquem | |
| vosaltres | trenqueu | |
| ells/elles/vostès | trenquen |
Common mistakes in the Present
- vosaltres
trencautrenqueuSome dialects (Balearic) use -au; in central Catalan the standard vocative/you-plural form is trenceu (ending -eu).
Passat simplesimple past
Completed actions in the past.
| Person | Conjugation | |
|---|---|---|
| jo | trenquí | |
| tu | trenquares | |
| ell/ella/vostè | trencà | |
| nosaltres | trencàrem | |
| vosaltres | trencàreu | |
| ells/elles/vostès | trencaren |
Imperfetimperfect
Ongoing or habitual actions in the past.
| Person | Conjugation | |
|---|---|---|
| jo | trencava | |
| tu | trencaves | |
| ell/ella/vostè | trencava | |
| nosaltres | trencàvem | |
| vosaltres | trencàveu | |
| ells/elles/vostès | trencaven |
Common mistakes in the Imperfet
- nosaltres
trencavemtrencàvemThe stressed vowel in the first-person-plural imperfect carries a grave accent: trencàvem.
Futur simplefuture
Actions that will happen.
| Person | Conjugation | |
|---|---|---|
| jo | trencaré | |
| tu | trencaràs | |
| ell/ella/vostè | trencarà | |
| nosaltres | trencarem | |
| vosaltres | trencareu | |
| ells/elles/vostès | trencaran |
Condicionalconditional
Actions that would happen under some condition.
| Person | Conjugation | |
|---|---|---|
| jo | trencaria | |
| tu | trencaries | |
| ell/ella/vostè | trencaria | |
| nosaltres | trencaríem | |
| vosaltres | trencaríeu | |
| ells/elles/vostès | trencarien |
Subjuntiu presentpresent subjunctive
Wishes, doubts and possibilities in the present.
| Person | Conjugation | |
|---|---|---|
| jo | trenqui | |
| tu | trenquis | |
| ell/ella/vostè | trenqui | |
| nosaltres | trenquem | |
| vosaltres | trenqueu | |
| ells/elles/vostès | trenquin |
Subjuntiu imperfetimperfect subjunctive
Hypothetical or unreal situations in the past.
| Person | Conjugation | |
|---|---|---|
| jo | trenqués | |
| tu | trenquessis | |
| ell/ella/vostè | trenqués | |
| nosaltres | trenquéssim | |
| vosaltres | trenquéssiu | |
| ells/elles/vostès | trenquessin |
Common mistakes in the Subjuntiu imperfet
- jo
trencéstrenquésLearners sometimes form the past-subjunctive with -és; for trencar the common/standard form preserving the /k/ sound is trenqués.
Imperatiuimperative
Commands and requests.
| Person | Conjugation | |
|---|---|---|
| tu | trenca | |
| ell/ella/vostè | trenqui | |
| nosaltres | trenquem | |
| vosaltres | trenqueu | |
| ells/elles/vostès | trenquin |
Common mistakes in the Imperatiu
- ell/ella/vostè
trencatrenquiFor the formal 'you' (vostè) the imperative uses the present-subjunctive form trenqui (not the familiar tu-form trenca).
Gerundi
The -ing form used for ongoing action.
| Person | Conjugation | |
|---|---|---|
| jo | trencant | |
| tu | trencant | |
| ell/ella/vostè | trencant | |
| nosaltres | trencant | |
| vosaltres | trencant | |
| ells/elles/vostès | trencant |
Participi passatpast participle
The form used in compound tenses and the passive.
| Person | Conjugation | |
|---|---|---|
| jo | trencat | |
| tu | trencat | |
| ell/ella/vostè | trencat | |
| nosaltres | trencats | |
| vosaltres | trencats | |
| ells/elles/vostès | trencats |
trencar — frequently asked questions
Is trencar a regular verb?
Yes — trencar is a regular Catalan verb, so it follows the standard endings for its group.
What does trencar mean?
trencar is a Catalan verb meaning "to break".