engalgar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /enɡalˈɡaɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡalˈɣ̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: en‧gal‧gar
Etymology 1
From en- + galgo (“greyhound”) + -ar.
Verb
engalgar (first-person singular present engalgo, first-person singular preterite engalgué, past participle engalgado)
- to coax the greyhound into chasing
Conjugation
Conjugation of engalgar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | engalgar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | engalgando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | engalgado | engalgada | |||||
plural | engalgados | engalgadas | |||||
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 | engalgo | engalgastú engalgásvos | engalga | engalgamos | engalgáis | engalgan | |
imperfect | engalgaba | engalgabas | engalgaba | engalgábamos | engalgabais | engalgaban | |
preterite | engalgué | engalgaste | engalgó | engalgamos | engalgasteis | engalgaron | |
future | engalgaré | engalgarás | engalgará | engalgaremos | engalgaréis | engalgarán | |
conditional | engalgaría | engalgarías | engalgaría | engalgaríamos | engalgaríais | engalgarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | engalgue | engalguestú engalguésvos2 | engalgue | engalguemos | engalguéis | engalguen | |
imperfect (ra) | engalgara | engalgaras | engalgara | engalgáramos | engalgarais | engalgaran | |
imperfect (se) | engalgase | engalgases | engalgase | engalgásemos | engalgaseis | engalgasen | |
future1 | engalgare | engalgares | engalgare | engalgáremos | engalgareis | engalgaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | engalgatú engalgávos | engalgue | engalguemos | engalgad | engalguen | ||
negative | no engalgues | no engalgue | no engalguemos | no engalguéis | no engalguen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Etymology 2
From en- + galga + -ar.
Verb
engalgar (first-person singular present engalgo, first-person singular preterite engalgué, past participle engalgado)
- to chock
Conjugation
Conjugation of engalgar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | engalgar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | engalgando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | engalgado | engalgada | |||||
plural | engalgados | engalgadas | |||||
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 | engalgo | engalgastú engalgásvos | engalga | engalgamos | engalgáis | engalgan | |
imperfect | engalgaba | engalgabas | engalgaba | engalgábamos | engalgabais | engalgaban | |
preterite | engalgué | engalgaste | engalgó | engalgamos | engalgasteis | engalgaron | |
future | engalgaré | engalgarás | engalgará | engalgaremos | engalgaréis | engalgarán | |
conditional | engalgaría | engalgarías | engalgaría | engalgaríamos | engalgaríais | engalgarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | engalgue | engalguestú engalguésvos2 | engalgue | engalguemos | engalguéis | engalguen | |
imperfect (ra) | engalgara | engalgaras | engalgara | engalgáramos | engalgarais | engalgaran | |
imperfect (se) | engalgase | engalgases | engalgase | engalgásemos | engalgaseis | engalgasen | |
future1 | engalgare | engalgares | engalgare | engalgáremos | engalgareis | engalgaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | engalgatú engalgávos | engalgue | engalguemos | engalgad | engalguen | ||
negative | no engalgues | no engalgue | no engalguemos | no engalguéis | no engalguen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “engalgar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014