deterger
See also: déterger
English
Etymology
deterge + -er
Noun
deterger (plural detergers)
- (obsolete) Any substance used for cleaning a wound.
Middle French
Etymology
From Latin detergere.
Verb
deterger
- (transitive) to deterge
Descendants
- French: déterger
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin detergēre, present active infinitive of dētergeō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deteɾˈxeɾ/ [d̪e.t̪eɾˈxeɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: de‧ter‧ger
Verb
deterger (first-person singular present deterjo, first-person singular preterite detergí, past participle detergido)
- (transitive, rare) to cleanse, deterge
Conjugation
Conjugation of deterger (g-j alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | deterger | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | detergiendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | detergido | detergida | |||||
| plural | detergidos | detergidas | |||||
| 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 | deterjo | detergestú detergésvos | deterge | detergemos | detergéis | detergen | |
| imperfect | detergía | detergías | detergía | detergíamos | detergíais | detergían | |
| preterite | detergí | detergiste | detergió | detergimos | detergisteis | detergieron | |
| future | detergeré | detergerás | detergerá | detergeremos | detergeréis | detergerán | |
| conditional | detergería | detergerías | detergería | detergeríamos | detergeríais | detergerían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | deterja | deterjastú deterjásvos2 | deterja | deterjamos | deterjáis | deterjan | |
| imperfect (ra) | detergiera | detergieras | detergiera | detergiéramos | detergierais | detergieran | |
| imperfect (se) | detergiese | detergieses | detergiese | detergiésemos | detergieseis | detergiesen | |
| future1 | detergiere | detergieres | detergiere | detergiéremos | detergiereis | detergieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | detergetú detergévos | deterja | deterjamos | deterged | deterjan | ||
| negative | no deterjas | no deterja | no deterjamos | no deterjáis | no deterjan | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Related terms
- detergente
Further reading
- “deterger”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014