delegar
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin delegāre, present active infinitive of dēlēgō (“I delegate”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /də.ləˈɡa/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /de.leˈɡaɾ/
- Homophone: delegà
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
delegar (first-person singular present delego, past participle delegat)
- (transitive) to delegate
Conjugation
Conjugation of delegar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | delegar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | delegant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | delegat | delegada | |||||
| plural | delegats | delegades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | delego | delegues | delega | deleguem | delegueu | deleguen | |
| imperfect | delegava | delegaves | delegava | delegàvem | delegàveu | delegaven | |
| future | delegaré | delegaràs | delegarà | delegarem | delegareu | delegaran | |
| preterite | deleguí | delegares | delegà | delegàrem | delegàreu | delegaren | |
| conditional | delegaria | delegaries | delegaria | delegaríem | delegaríeu | delegarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | delegui | deleguis | delegui | deleguem | delegueu | deleguin | |
| imperfect | delegués | deleguessis | delegués | deleguéssim | deleguéssiu | deleguessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | delega | delegui | deleguem | delegueu | deleguin | ||
Derived terms
- delegable
Related terms
- delegació
- delegat
Further reading
- “delegar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “delegar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “delegar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “delegar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin delegāre (“to delegate”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.leˈɡa(ʁ)/ [de.leˈɡa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.leˈɡa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.leˈɡa(ʁ)/ [de.leˈɡa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.leˈɡa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.lɨˈɡaɾ/ [dɨ.lɨˈɣaɾ]
Verb
delegar (first-person singular present delego, first-person singular preterite deleguei, past participle delegado)
- to delegate
Conjugation
Conjugation of delegar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | delegar | |||||
| Personal | delegar | delegares | delegar | delegarmos | delegardes | delegarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| delegando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | delegado | delegados | ||||
| Feminine | delegada | delegadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | delego | delegas | delega | delegamos | delegais | delegam |
| Imperfect | delegava | delegavas | delegava | delegávamos | delegáveis | delegavam |
| Preterite | deleguei | delegaste | delegou | delegamos1, delegámos2 | delegastes | delegaram |
| Pluperfect | delegara | delegaras | delegara | delegáramos | delegáreis | delegaram |
| Future | delegarei | delegarás | delegará | delegaremos | delegareis | delegarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| delegaria | delegarias | delegaria | delegaríamos | delegaríeis | delegariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | delegue | delegues | delegue | deleguemos | delegueis | deleguem |
| Imperfect | delegasse | delegasses | delegasse | delegássemos | delegásseis | delegassem |
| Future | delegar | delegares | delegar | delegarmos | delegardes | delegarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | delega | delegue | deleguemos | delegai | deleguem | |
| Negative (não) | não delegues | não delegue | não deleguemos | não delegueis | não deleguem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Derived terms
- delegável
Related terms
- delegação
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin delegāre, present active infinitive of dēlēgō (“to delegate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deleˈɡaɾ/ [d̪e.leˈɣ̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: de‧le‧gar
Verb
delegar (first-person singular present delego, first-person singular preterite delegué, past participle delegado)
- to delegate
Conjugation
Conjugation of delegar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | delegar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | delegando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | delegado | delegada | |||||
| plural | delegados | delegadas | |||||
| 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 | delego | delegastú delegásvos | delega | delegamos | delegáis | delegan | |
| imperfect | delegaba | delegabas | delegaba | delegábamos | delegabais | delegaban | |
| preterite | delegué | delegaste | delegó | delegamos | delegasteis | delegaron | |
| future | delegaré | delegarás | delegará | delegaremos | delegaréis | delegarán | |
| conditional | delegaría | delegarías | delegaría | delegaríamos | delegaríais | delegarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | delegue | deleguestú deleguésvos2 | delegue | deleguemos | deleguéis | deleguen | |
| imperfect (ra) | delegara | delegaras | delegara | delegáramos | delegarais | delegaran | |
| imperfect (se) | delegase | delegases | delegase | delegásemos | delegaseis | delegasen | |
| future1 | delegare | delegares | delegare | delegáremos | delegareis | delegaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | delegatú delegávos | delegue | deleguemos | delegad | deleguen | ||
| negative | no delegues | no delegue | no deleguemos | no deleguéis | no deleguen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of delegar (g-gu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive delegar | |||||||
| dative | delegarme | delegarte | delegarle, delegarse | delegarnos | delegaros | delegarles, delegarse | |
| accusative | delegarme | delegarte | delegarlo, delegarla, delegarse | delegarnos | delegaros | delegarlos, delegarlas, delegarse | |
| with gerund delegando | |||||||
| dative | delegándome | delegándote | delegándole, delegándose | delegándonos | delegándoos | delegándoles, delegándose | |
| accusative | delegándome | delegándote | delegándolo, delegándola, delegándose | delegándonos | delegándoos | delegándolos, delegándolas, delegándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative delega | |||||||
| dative | delégame | delégate | delégale | deléganos | not used | delégales | |
| accusative | delégame | delégate | delégalo, delégala | deléganos | not used | delégalos, delégalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative delegá | |||||||
| dative | delegame | delegate | delegale | deleganos | not used | delegales | |
| accusative | delegame | delegate | delegalo, delegala | deleganos | not used | delegalos, delegalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative delegue | |||||||
| dative | delégueme | not used | deléguele, deléguese | deléguenos | not used | delégueles | |
| accusative | delégueme | not used | deléguelo, deléguela, deléguese | deléguenos | not used | deléguelos, deléguelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative deleguemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | deleguémoste | deleguémosle | deleguémonos | deleguémoos | deleguémosles | |
| accusative | not used | deleguémoste | deleguémoslo, deleguémosla | deleguémonos | deleguémoos | deleguémoslos, deleguémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative delegad | |||||||
| dative | delegadme | not used | delegadle | delegadnos | delegaos | delegadles | |
| accusative | delegadme | not used | delegadlo, delegadla | delegadnos | delegaos | delegadlos, delegadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative deleguen | |||||||
| dative | deléguenme | not used | deléguenle | deléguennos | not used | deléguenles, deléguense | |
| accusative | deléguenme | not used | deléguenlo, deléguenla | deléguennos | not used | deléguenlos, deléguenlas, deléguense | |
Derived terms
- delegable
Related terms
- delegación
Further reading
- “delegar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014