agringar
Spanish
Etymology
From a- + gringo + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɡɾinˈɡaɾ/ [a.ɣ̞ɾĩŋˈɡaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧grin‧gar
Verb
agringar (first-person singular present agringo, first-person singular preterite agringué, past participle agringado) (Latin America)
- (transitive) to assimilate into gringo (Anglo-American) culture, to Americanize
- (reflexive) to become a gringo (American)
Conjugation
Conjugation of agringar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | agringar | ||||||
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gerund | agringando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | agringado | agringada | |||||
plural | agringados | agringadas | |||||
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 | agringo | agringastú agringásvos | agringa | agringamos | agringáis | agringan | |
imperfect | agringaba | agringabas | agringaba | agringábamos | agringabais | agringaban | |
preterite | agringué | agringaste | agringó | agringamos | agringasteis | agringaron | |
future | agringaré | agringarás | agringará | agringaremos | agringaréis | agringarán | |
conditional | agringaría | agringarías | agringaría | agringaríamos | agringaríais | agringarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | agringue | agringuestú agringuésvos2 | agringue | agringuemos | agringuéis | agringuen | |
imperfect (ra) | agringara | agringaras | agringara | agringáramos | agringarais | agringaran | |
imperfect (se) | agringase | agringases | agringase | agringásemos | agringaseis | agringasen | |
future1 | agringare | agringares | agringare | agringáremos | agringareis | agringaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | agringatú agringávos | agringue | agringuemos | agringad | agringuen | ||
negative | no agringues | no agringue | no agringuemos | no agringuéis | no agringuen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “agringarse”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014