cinguir

cinguir

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese cingir, from Latin cingere, present active infinitive of cingō. Cognate with Portuguese cingir and Spanish ceñir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θiŋˈɡiɾ/, /siˈɲiɾ/

Verb

cinguir (first-person singular present cingo, first-person singular preterite cinguín, past participle cinguido)

1. (transitive) to encircle, girdle, adjust (clothing)
   • 1375, Antonio López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 385:

     outra cinta pequena de coyro de lobo gornida de prata que eu trago cingida

     another small band, of wolf hide, garnished with silver, that I bring adjusted [I'm wearing]

2. (transitive) to connect, unite
3. (transitive) to limit, restrict
4. (figurative) to strike

Conjugation

• Note: cingu- are changed to cing- before back vowels (o, a).

Conjugation of cinguir

	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
Infinitive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal	cinguir
personal	cinguir	cinguires	cinguir	cinguirmos	cinguirdes	cinguiren
Gerund
	cinguindo
Past participle	singular			plural
masculine	cinguido			cinguidos
feminine	cinguida			cinguidas
Indicative	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	cingo	cingues	cingue	cinguimos	cinguides	cinguen
imperfect	cinguía	cinguías	cinguía	cinguiamos	cinguiades	cinguían
preterite	cinguín	cinguiches	cinguiu	cinguimos	cinguistes	cinguiron
pluperfect	cinguira	cinguiras	cinguira	cinguiramos	cinguirades	cinguiran
future	cinguirei	cinguirás	cinguirá	cinguiremos	cinguiredes	cinguirán
conditional	cinguiría	cinguirías	cinguiría	cinguiriamos	cinguiriades	cinguirían
Subjunctive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	cinga	cingas	cinga	cingamos	cingades	cingan
preterite	cinguise	cinguises	cinguise	cinguísemos	cinguísedes	cinguisen
future	cinguir	cinguires	cinguir	cinguirmos	cinguirdes	cinguiren
Imperative	–	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative	–	cingue	cinga	cingamos	cinguide	cingan
negative	–	cingas	cinga	cingamos	cingades	cingan

Derived terms

• cinguideiro

Related terms

• cinto

References

• “cingir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “cing” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “cinguir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cinguir” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.