Conjugation of resoldre

Resoldre means “to solve, resolve, settle” and, in (formal/legal) language, “to decide or rule.” It covers a practical problem, a mathematical exercise, a doubt, a dispute, or an administrative proceeding. English speakers should not model it on Spanish resolver: Catalan has neither present diphthongs nor a participle in -uelto.

Its principal parts are resolc – resolia – resolguí – resoldré – resolgui – resolgués – resolt. These reveal three important changes: a velar -g- family, a future stem resoldr-, and the short irregular participle resolt. No productive tense is missing; the challenge is choosing the right stem rather than filling gaps.

Nonfinite forms

The gerund is resolent, without d or g. The participle is resolt, not resolgut, resolut, or Spanish resuelto. After haver it normally remains invariant (les hem resolt); as an adjective or passive participle it agrees (una incidència resolta; dos casos resolts).

Indicative: simple and periphrastic tenses

Present resol is both third-person indicative and second-person singular imperative; the surrounding clause distinguishes them. The d of the infinitive is absent in resolc, resols, and resolia but returns in future and conditional resoldr-. The simple past is (formal/literary) in most Central usage, whereas the periphrastic past is neutral in speech.

Compound tenses

All compound forms use haver + resolt. The past anterior and periphrastic vaig/vas/va/vam/vau/van haver resolt are now mostly (formal/literary). The characteristic everyday collocation tenir una cosa resolta uses resolt adjectivally and therefore permits agreement: Ja tenim resoltes les reserves.

Subjunctive and imperative

The velar stem resolgu- runs through the general-standard subjunctive, following the wider pattern described under velar stems. The restricted (regional/formal) periphrastic subjunctives are vagi/vagis/vagi/vàgim/vàgiu/vagin resoldre and vagi... haver resolt. With affirmative commands, object pronouns follow the verb (resol-ho); with negatives, they precede it (no ho resolguis).

Objects, decisions, and semantic contrasts

In its everyday senses, resoldre is transitive: resoldre un problema, un dubte, un enigma, una avaria, un conflicte. The direct object becomes el, la, els, les, or neutral ho. English often uses a particle verb—“sort it out”—where Catalan simply places the clitic before a finite verb or after an infinitive or affirmative command: ho resoldrem; podem resoldre-ho; resol-ho.

In (formal/legal/administrative) language, resoldre can mean “decide, rule on, issue a resolution”: el tribunal resol el recurs; l'administració resol que.... The subject is the deciding body, while the case or request is the direct object. Resoldre a favor de / en contra de identifies the beneficiary or adverse party. This is more institutional than everyday decidir.

Pronominal resoldre's means “to be resolved” or presents the outcome without naming an agent: El malentès es va resoldre parlant. This is not a free substitute for transitive resoldre. Compare la tècnica va resoldre l'error with l'error es va resoldre. In the second sentence, l'error is the thing resolved, not an agent acting reflexively.

Solucionar overlaps with practical “solve,” and decidir overlaps with “decide,” but resoldre spans both domains. Aclarir un dubte is often more conversational than resoldre un dubte; resoldre una equació and resoldre un recurs are fixed, precise collocations.

(Regional: Valencian) standard present subjunctive forms are resolga, resolgues, resolga, resolguem, resolgueu, resolguen, with imperfect resolguera.... Central resolgui / resolgués is the baseline. No major standard uses Spanish-style present diphthongs.

Common Mistakes

Key Takeaways

Anchor resoldre with resolc, resolgu-, resoldr- and resolt. Keep the participle unchanged after haver, attach object clitics only where Catalan syntax requires them, and reserve pronominal resoldre's for an outcome presented without an external agent. Spanish resolver does not supply the Catalan paradigm.