muntar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *montāre, from Latin montem (“mountain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [munˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [munˈtaɾ]
• Homophone: muntà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

muntar (first-person singular present munto, first-person singular preterite muntí, past participle muntat)

1. (intransitive, transitive) to go up

   Synonym: pujar

   Antonym: baixar

2. (intransitive, with a; transitive) to ride (to transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, a bicycle, etc.)

   Synonym: (to ride a horse) cavalcar

3. (transitive) to set up (to ready something for use)

   Synonym: armar

   Antonym: desmuntar

4. (transitive) to set up (to found, to start)

   Synonym: establir

   Antonym: desmuntar

5. (cooking, transitive) to beat, to whip

   Synonym: batre

Conjugation

infinitive			muntar
gerund			muntant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		muntat		muntada
		plural		muntats		muntades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	munto	muntes	munta	muntem	munteu	munten
	imperfect	muntava	muntaves	muntava	muntàvem	muntàveu	muntaven
	future	muntaré	muntaràs	muntarà	muntarem	muntareu	muntaran
	preterite	muntí	muntares	muntà	muntàrem	muntàreu	muntaren
	conditional	muntaria	muntaries	muntaria	muntaríem	muntaríeu	muntarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	munti	muntis	munti	muntem	munteu	muntin
	imperfect	muntés	muntessis	muntés	muntéssim	muntéssiu	muntessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	munta	munti	muntem	munteu	muntin
	negative (no)	—	no muntis	no munti	no muntem	no munteu	no muntin

    Conjugation of muntar (first conjugation)

Derived terms

• desmuntar
• muntacàrregues
• muntada
• muntador
• muntadura
• muntament
• muntant
• muntaplats
• muntatge
• remuntar

Related terms

• munt

Further reading

• “muntar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “muntar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “muntar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “muntar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mundr, from Proto-Germanic *mundraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mendʰ- (“see; strive; long for; be zealous for; be lively”).

Adjective

muntar

1. industrious

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuntar/

Noun

muntar f

1. Alternative form of muinter

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	muntarL	muntairL	muntaraH
vocative	muntarL	muntairL	muntaraH
accusative	muntairN	muntairL	muntaraH
genitive	muntaireH	muntarL	muntarN
dative	muntairL	muntaraib	muntaraib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of muntar

radical	lenition	nasalization
muntar also mmuntar after a proclitic ending in a vowel	muntar pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Romansch

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *montāre, from Latin montem (“mountain”).

Verb

muntar

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) to go up