empalagar
Spanish
Etymology
From em- + piélago + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /empalaˈɡaɾ/ [ẽm.pa.laˈɣ̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: em‧pa‧la‧gar
Verb
empalagar (first-person singular present empalago, first-person singular preterite empalagué, past participle empalagado)
- to sicken (cause to feel sick)
- to cloy from consuming sugary food
Conjugation
Conjugation of empalagar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | empalagar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | empalagando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | empalagado | empalagada | |||||
| plural | empalagados | empalagadas | |||||
| 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 | empalago | empalagastú empalagásvos | empalaga | empalagamos | empalagáis | empalagan | |
| imperfect | empalagaba | empalagabas | empalagaba | empalagábamos | empalagabais | empalagaban | |
| preterite | empalagué | empalagaste | empalagó | empalagamos | empalagasteis | empalagaron | |
| future | empalagaré | empalagarás | empalagará | empalagaremos | empalagaréis | empalagarán | |
| conditional | empalagaría | empalagarías | empalagaría | empalagaríamos | empalagaríais | empalagarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | empalague | empalaguestú empalaguésvos2 | empalague | empalaguemos | empalaguéis | empalaguen | |
| imperfect (ra) | empalagara | empalagaras | empalagara | empalagáramos | empalagarais | empalagaran | |
| imperfect (se) | empalagase | empalagases | empalagase | empalagásemos | empalagaseis | empalagasen | |
| future1 | empalagare | empalagares | empalagare | empalagáremos | empalagareis | empalagaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | empalagatú empalagávos | empalague | empalaguemos | empalagad | empalaguen | ||
| negative | no empalagues | no empalague | no empalaguemos | no empalaguéis | no empalaguen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Related terms
- empalagoso
Further reading
- “empalagar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014