fraguar
Ladino
Verb
fraguar (Latin spelling)
- to build, construct
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish [Term?], from Latin fabricāre, present active infinitive of fabricō. Doublet of the borrowing fabricar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɾaˈɡwaɾ/ [fɾaˈɣ̞waɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: fra‧guar
Verb
fraguar (first-person singular present fraguo, first-person singular preterite fragüé, past participle fraguado)
- to forge
- (figuratively) to conceive of, to hatch
- Synonyms: idear, discurrir
- 2017 December 11, “La agenda del cerebro del ‘procés’: “Si anunciamos referéndum, se ha de hacer sí o sí””, in El País:
- Jové anotó en esa libreta —una Moleskine negra— reflexiones personales y políticas, y detalló el contenido de reuniones al más alto nivel que ilustran cómo se ha fraguado el desafío independentista.
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- (intransitive) to set
Conjugation
Conjugation of fraguar (gu-gü alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | fraguar | ||||||
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gerund | fraguando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | fraguado | fraguada | |||||
plural | fraguados | fraguadas | |||||
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 | fraguo | fraguastú fraguásvos | fragua | fraguamos | fraguáis | fraguan | |
imperfect | fraguaba | fraguabas | fraguaba | fraguábamos | fraguabais | fraguaban | |
preterite | fragüé | fraguaste | fraguó | fraguamos | fraguasteis | fraguaron | |
future | fraguaré | fraguarás | fraguará | fraguaremos | fraguaréis | fraguarán | |
conditional | fraguaría | fraguarías | fraguaría | fraguaríamos | fraguaríais | fraguarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | fragüe | fragüestú fragüésvos2 | fragüe | fragüemos | fragüéis | fragüen | |
imperfect (ra) | fraguara | fraguaras | fraguara | fraguáramos | fraguarais | fraguaran | |
imperfect (se) | fraguase | fraguases | fraguase | fraguásemos | fraguaseis | fraguasen | |
future1 | fraguare | fraguares | fraguare | fraguáremos | fraguareis | fraguaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | fraguatú fraguávos | fragüe | fragüemos | fraguad | fragüen | ||
negative | no fragües | no fragüe | no fragüemos | no fragüéis | no fragüen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of fraguar (gu-gü alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive fraguar | |||||||
dative | fraguarme | fraguarte | fraguarle, fraguarse | fraguarnos | fraguaros | fraguarles, fraguarse | |
accusative | fraguarme | fraguarte | fraguarlo, fraguarla, fraguarse | fraguarnos | fraguaros | fraguarlos, fraguarlas, fraguarse | |
with gerund fraguando | |||||||
dative | fraguándome | fraguándote | fraguándole, fraguándose | fraguándonos | fraguándoos | fraguándoles, fraguándose | |
accusative | fraguándome | fraguándote | fraguándolo, fraguándola, fraguándose | fraguándonos | fraguándoos | fraguándolos, fraguándolas, fraguándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative fragua | |||||||
dative | fráguame | fráguate | fráguale | fráguanos | not used | fráguales | |
accusative | fráguame | fráguate | frágualo, fráguala | fráguanos | not used | frágualos, frágualas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative fraguá | |||||||
dative | fraguame | fraguate | fraguale | fraguanos | not used | fraguales | |
accusative | fraguame | fraguate | fragualo, fraguala | fraguanos | not used | fragualos, fragualas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative fragüe | |||||||
dative | frágüeme | not used | frágüele, frágüese | frágüenos | not used | frágüeles | |
accusative | frágüeme | not used | frágüelo, frágüela, frágüese | frágüenos | not used | frágüelos, frágüelas | |
with first-person plural imperative fragüemos | |||||||
dative | not used | fragüémoste | fragüémosle | fragüémonos | fragüémoos | fragüémosles | |
accusative | not used | fragüémoste | fragüémoslo, fragüémosla | fragüémonos | fragüémoos | fragüémoslos, fragüémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative fraguad | |||||||
dative | fraguadme | not used | fraguadle | fraguadnos | fraguaos | fraguadles | |
accusative | fraguadme | not used | fraguadlo, fraguadla | fraguadnos | fraguaos | fraguadlos, fraguadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative fragüen | |||||||
dative | frágüenme | not used | frágüenle | frágüennos | not used | frágüenles, frágüense | |
accusative | frágüenme | not used | frágüenlo, frágüenla | frágüennos | not used | frágüenlos, frágüenlas, frágüense |
Related terms
- fragua
- orfebre
- forja
- fábrica
Further reading
- “fraguar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014