dragar
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /dɾəˈɡa/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /dɾaˈɡaɾ/
Etymology 1
Perhaps from drac (“dragon”) + -ar, i.e. "to devour in the manner of a dragon".
Verb
dragar (first-person singular present drago, past participle dragat)
- (transitive) to swallow, to devour
- Synonym: tragar
Conjugation
Conjugation of dragar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | dragar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | dragant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | dragat | dragada | |||||
| plural | dragats | dragades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | drago | dragues | draga | draguem | dragueu | draguen | |
| imperfect | dragava | dragaves | dragava | dragàvem | dragàveu | dragaven | |
| future | dragaré | dragaràs | dragarà | dragarem | dragareu | dragaran | |
| preterite | draguí | dragares | dragà | dragàrem | dragàreu | dragaren | |
| conditional | dragaria | dragaries | dragaria | dragaríem | dragaríeu | dragarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | dragui | draguis | dragui | draguem | dragueu | draguin | |
| imperfect | dragués | draguessis | dragués | draguéssim | draguéssiu | draguessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | draga | dragui | draguem | dragueu | draguin | ||
Derived terms
- dragador
Etymology 2
draga + -ar
Verb
dragar (first-person singular present drago, past participle dragat)
- (transitive) to dredge
Conjugation
Conjugation of dragar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | dragar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | dragant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | dragat | dragada | |||||
| plural | dragats | dragades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | drago | dragues | draga | draguem | dragueu | draguen | |
| imperfect | dragava | dragaves | dragava | dragàvem | dragàveu | dragaven | |
| future | dragaré | dragaràs | dragarà | dragarem | dragareu | dragaran | |
| preterite | draguí | dragares | dragà | dragàrem | dragàreu | dragaren | |
| conditional | dragaria | dragaries | dragaria | dragaríem | dragaríeu | dragarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | dragui | draguis | dragui | draguem | dragueu | draguin | |
| imperfect | dragués | draguessis | dragués | draguéssim | draguéssiu | draguessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | draga | dragui | draguem | dragueu | draguin | ||
Derived terms
- dragalina
- dragatge
Further reading
- “dragar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese
Verb
dragar (first-person singular present drago, first-person singular preterite draguei, past participle dragado)
- to dredge
Conjugation
Conjugation of dragar (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 | dragar | |||||
| Personal | dragar | dragares | dragar | dragarmos | dragardes | dragarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| dragando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | dragado | dragados | ||||
| Feminine | dragada | dragadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | drago | dragas | draga | dragamos | dragais | dragam |
| Imperfect | dragava | dragavas | dragava | dragávamos | dragáveis | dragavam |
| Preterite | draguei | dragaste | dragou | dragamos1, dragámos2 | dragastes | dragaram |
| Pluperfect | dragara | dragaras | dragara | dragáramos | dragáreis | dragaram |
| Future | dragarei | dragarás | dragará | dragaremos | dragareis | dragarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| dragaria | dragarias | dragaria | dragaríamos | dragaríeis | dragariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | drague | dragues | drague | draguemos | dragueis | draguem |
| Imperfect | dragasse | dragasses | dragasse | dragássemos | dragásseis | dragassem |
| Future | dragar | dragares | dragar | dragarmos | dragardes | dragarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | draga | drague | draguemos | dragai | draguem | |
| Negative (não) | não dragues | não drague | não draguemos | não dragueis | não draguem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Etymology
From draga, borrowed from French drague, from draguer, in turn borrowed from English to drag.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɾaˈɡaɾ/ [d̪ɾaˈɣ̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: dra‧gar
Verb
dragar (first-person singular present drago, first-person singular preterite dragué, past participle dragado)
- to dredge
Conjugation
Conjugation of dragar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | dragar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | dragando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | dragado | dragada | |||||
| plural | dragados | dragadas | |||||
| 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 | drago | dragastú dragásvos | draga | dragamos | dragáis | dragan | |
| imperfect | dragaba | dragabas | dragaba | dragábamos | dragabais | dragaban | |
| preterite | dragué | dragaste | dragó | dragamos | dragasteis | dragaron | |
| future | dragaré | dragarás | dragará | dragaremos | dragaréis | dragarán | |
| conditional | dragaría | dragarías | dragaría | dragaríamos | dragaríais | dragarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | drague | draguestú draguésvos2 | drague | draguemos | draguéis | draguen | |
| imperfect (ra) | dragara | dragaras | dragara | dragáramos | dragarais | dragaran | |
| imperfect (se) | dragase | dragases | dragase | dragásemos | dragaseis | dragasen | |
| future1 | dragare | dragares | dragare | dragáremos | dragareis | dragaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | dragatú dragávos | drague | draguemos | dragad | draguen | ||
| negative | no dragues | no drague | no draguemos | no draguéis | no draguen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of dragar (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 dragar | |||||||
| dative | dragarme | dragarte | dragarle, dragarse | dragarnos | dragaros | dragarles, dragarse | |
| accusative | dragarme | dragarte | dragarlo, dragarla, dragarse | dragarnos | dragaros | dragarlos, dragarlas, dragarse | |
| with gerund dragando | |||||||
| dative | dragándome | dragándote | dragándole, dragándose | dragándonos | dragándoos | dragándoles, dragándose | |
| accusative | dragándome | dragándote | dragándolo, dragándola, dragándose | dragándonos | dragándoos | dragándolos, dragándolas, dragándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative draga | |||||||
| dative | drágame | drágate | drágale | dráganos | not used | drágales | |
| accusative | drágame | drágate | drágalo, drágala | dráganos | not used | drágalos, drágalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative dragá | |||||||
| dative | dragame | dragate | dragale | draganos | not used | dragales | |
| accusative | dragame | dragate | dragalo, dragala | draganos | not used | dragalos, dragalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative drague | |||||||
| dative | drágueme | not used | dráguele, dráguese | dráguenos | not used | drágueles | |
| accusative | drágueme | not used | dráguelo, dráguela, dráguese | dráguenos | not used | dráguelos, dráguelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative draguemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | draguémoste | draguémosle | draguémonos | draguémoos | draguémosles | |
| accusative | not used | draguémoste | draguémoslo, draguémosla | draguémonos | draguémoos | draguémoslos, draguémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative dragad | |||||||
| dative | dragadme | not used | dragadle | dragadnos | dragaos | dragadles | |
| accusative | dragadme | not used | dragadlo, dragadla | dragadnos | dragaos | dragadlos, dragadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative draguen | |||||||
| dative | dráguenme | not used | dráguenle | dráguennos | not used | dráguenles, dráguense | |
| accusative | dráguenme | not used | dráguenlo, dráguenla | dráguennos | not used | dráguenlos, dráguenlas, dráguense | |
Further reading
- “dragar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014