colegir
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin colligō, colligere. Compare the inherited doublet coger.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koleˈxiɾ/ [ko.leˈxiɾ]
- Rhymes: -iɾ
- Syllabification: co‧le‧gir
Verb
colegir (first-person singular present colijo, first-person singular preterite colegí, past participle colegido)
- (rare) to infer or conclude, gather, work out, deduce
Conjugation
Conjugation of colegir (e-i alternation; g-j alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | colegir | ||||||
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gerund | coligiendo | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | colegido | colegida | |||||
plural | colegidos | colegidas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | colijo | coligestú colegísvos | colige | colegimos | colegís | coligen | |
imperfect | colegía | colegías | colegía | colegíamos | colegíais | colegían | |
preterite | colegí | colegiste | coligió | colegimos | colegisteis | coligieron | |
future | colegiré | colegirás | colegirá | colegiremos | colegiréis | colegirán | |
conditional | colegiría | colegirías | colegiría | colegiríamos | colegiríais | colegirían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | colija | colijastú colijásvos2 | colija | colijamos | colijáis | colijan | |
imperfect (ra) | coligiera | coligieras | coligiera | coligiéramos | coligierais | coligieran | |
imperfect (se) | coligiese | coligieses | coligiese | coligiésemos | coligieseis | coligiesen | |
future1 | coligiere | coligieres | coligiere | coligiéremos | coligiereis | coligieren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | coligetú colegívos | colija | colijamos | colegid | colijan | ||
negative | no colijas | no colija | no colijamos | no colijáis | no colijan |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of colegir (e-i alternation; g-j alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive colegir | |||||||
dative | colegirme | colegirte | colegirle, colegirse | colegirnos | colegiros | colegirles, colegirse | |
accusative | colegirme | colegirte | colegirlo, colegirla, colegirse | colegirnos | colegiros | colegirlos, colegirlas, colegirse | |
with gerund coligiendo | |||||||
dative | coligiéndome | coligiéndote | coligiéndole, coligiéndose | coligiéndonos | coligiéndoos | coligiéndoles, coligiéndose | |
accusative | coligiéndome | coligiéndote | coligiéndolo, coligiéndola, coligiéndose | coligiéndonos | coligiéndoos | coligiéndolos, coligiéndolas, coligiéndose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative colige | |||||||
dative | colígeme | colígete | colígele | colígenos | not used | colígeles | |
accusative | colígeme | colígete | colígelo, colígela | colígenos | not used | colígelos, colígelas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative colegí | |||||||
dative | colegime | colegite | colegile | coleginos | not used | colegiles | |
accusative | colegime | colegite | colegilo, colegila | coleginos | not used | colegilos, colegilas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative colija | |||||||
dative | colíjame | not used | colíjale, colíjase | colíjanos | not used | colíjales | |
accusative | colíjame | not used | colíjalo, colíjala, colíjase | colíjanos | not used | colíjalos, colíjalas | |
with first-person plural imperative colijamos | |||||||
dative | not used | colijámoste | colijámosle | colijámonos | colijámoos | colijámosles | |
accusative | not used | colijámoste | colijámoslo, colijámosla | colijámonos | colijámoos | colijámoslos, colijámoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative colegid | |||||||
dative | colegidme | not used | colegidle | colegidnos | colegíos | colegidles | |
accusative | colegidme | not used | colegidlo, colegidla | colegidnos | colegíos | colegidlos, colegidlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative colijan | |||||||
dative | colíjanme | not used | colíjanle | colíjannos | not used | colíjanles, colíjanse | |
accusative | colíjanme | not used | colíjanlo, colíjanla | colíjannos | not used | colíjanlos, colíjanlas, colíjanse |
Related terms
- coger
- colección
- coleccionar
- colectar
Further reading
- “colegir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014