alargar
Ladino
Verb
alargar (Latin spelling)
- to lengthen, elongate
Mirandese
Verb
alargar (first-person singular present indicative alargo, past participle alargado)
- to widen
Alternative forms
- alhargar
Portuguese
Etymology
From a- + largo (“wide”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.laʁˈɡa(ʁ)/ [a.laɦˈɡa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.laɾˈɡa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.laʁˈɡa(ʁ)/ [a.laʁˈɡa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.laɻˈɡa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.lɐɾˈɡaɾ/ [ɐ.lɐɾˈɣaɾ]
- Hyphenation: a‧lar‧gar
Verb
alargar (first-person singular present alargo, first-person singular preterite alarguei, past participle alargado)
- to widen (to make or become wider or broader)
- Antonym: estreitar
- Alargaram o canal com uma draga.
- They widened the canal with a dredge.
- Synonym: extender
- to increase the scope or extent of
- Alarguei a rede de área local da minha casa.
- I enlarged my house’s local area network.
- Synonyms: ampliar, aumentar, extender
Conjugation
Conjugation of alargar (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 | alargar | |||||
| Personal | alargar | alargares | alargar | alargarmos | alargardes | alargarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| alargando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | alargado | alargados | ||||
| Feminine | alargada | alargadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | alargo | alargas | alarga | alargamos | alargais | alargam |
| Imperfect | alargava | alargavas | alargava | alargávamos | alargáveis | alargavam |
| Preterite | alarguei | alargaste | alargou | alargamos1, alargámos2 | alargastes | alargaram |
| Pluperfect | alargara | alargaras | alargara | alargáramos | alargáreis | alargaram |
| Future | alargarei | alargarás | alargará | alargaremos | alargareis | alargarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| alargaria | alargarias | alargaria | alargaríamos | alargaríeis | alargariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | alargue | alargues | alargue | alarguemos | alargueis | alarguem |
| Imperfect | alargasse | alargasses | alargasse | alargássemos | alargásseis | alargassem |
| Future | alargar | alargares | alargar | alargarmos | alargardes | alargarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | alarga | alargue | alarguemos | alargai | alarguem | |
| Negative (não) | não alargues | não alargue | não alarguemos | não alargueis | não alarguem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Related terms
- alargado
- alargador
- alargamento
- largo
Spanish
Etymology
From a- + largo (“long”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alaɾˈɡaɾ/ [a.laɾˈɣ̞aɾ]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧lar‧gar
Verb
alargar (first-person singular present alargo, first-person singular preterite alargué, past participle alargado)
- to lengthen
- 2 November 2009, ABC.es, Francisco de Andrés, Los fantasmas de Ceaucescu:
- Además, los encausados «logran alargar los procesos» de modo indefinido, y, cuando llegan las penas «muchos saben cómo dejarlas en suspenso», se queja el Fiscal anticorrupción rumano.
- However, the accused "can lengthen the proceedings" indefinitely, and, when the sentencing comes, "many know how to put them on hold", complains the Romanian anti-corruption prosecutor.
- Synonym: elongar
- 2 November 2009, ABC.es, Francisco de Andrés, Los fantasmas de Ceaucescu:
- to stretch, to extend
Conjugation
Conjugation of alargar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | alargar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | alargando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | alargado | alargada | |||||
| plural | alargados | alargadas | |||||
| 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 | alargo | alargastú alargásvos | alarga | alargamos | alargáis | alargan | |
| imperfect | alargaba | alargabas | alargaba | alargábamos | alargabais | alargaban | |
| preterite | alargué | alargaste | alargó | alargamos | alargasteis | alargaron | |
| future | alargaré | alargarás | alargará | alargaremos | alargaréis | alargarán | |
| conditional | alargaría | alargarías | alargaría | alargaríamos | alargaríais | alargarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | alargue | alarguestú alarguésvos2 | alargue | alarguemos | alarguéis | alarguen | |
| imperfect (ra) | alargara | alargaras | alargara | alargáramos | alargarais | alargaran | |
| imperfect (se) | alargase | alargases | alargase | alargásemos | alargaseis | alargasen | |
| future1 | alargare | alargares | alargare | alargáremos | alargareis | alargaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | alargatú alargávos | alargue | alarguemos | alargad | alarguen | ||
| negative | no alargues | no alargue | no alarguemos | no alarguéis | no alarguen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of alargar (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 alargar | |||||||
| dative | alargarme | alargarte | alargarle, alargarse | alargarnos | alargaros | alargarles, alargarse | |
| accusative | alargarme | alargarte | alargarlo, alargarla, alargarse | alargarnos | alargaros | alargarlos, alargarlas, alargarse | |
| with gerund alargando | |||||||
| dative | alargándome | alargándote | alargándole, alargándose | alargándonos | alargándoos | alargándoles, alargándose | |
| accusative | alargándome | alargándote | alargándolo, alargándola, alargándose | alargándonos | alargándoos | alargándolos, alargándolas, alargándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative alarga | |||||||
| dative | alárgame | alárgate | alárgale | alárganos | not used | alárgales | |
| accusative | alárgame | alárgate | alárgalo, alárgala | alárganos | not used | alárgalos, alárgalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative alargá | |||||||
| dative | alargame | alargate | alargale | alarganos | not used | alargales | |
| accusative | alargame | alargate | alargalo, alargala | alarganos | not used | alargalos, alargalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative alargue | |||||||
| dative | alárgueme | not used | alárguele, alárguese | alárguenos | not used | alárgueles | |
| accusative | alárgueme | not used | alárguelo, alárguela, alárguese | alárguenos | not used | alárguelos, alárguelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative alarguemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | alarguémoste | alarguémosle | alarguémonos | alarguémoos | alarguémosles | |
| accusative | not used | alarguémoste | alarguémoslo, alarguémosla | alarguémonos | alarguémoos | alarguémoslos, alarguémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative alargad | |||||||
| dative | alargadme | not used | alargadle | alargadnos | alargaos | alargadles | |
| accusative | alargadme | not used | alargadlo, alargadla | alargadnos | alargaos | alargadlos, alargadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative alarguen | |||||||
| dative | alárguenme | not used | alárguenle | alárguennos | not used | alárguenles, alárguense | |
| accusative | alárguenme | not used | alárguenlo, alárguenla | alárguennos | not used | alárguenlos, alárguenlas, alárguense | |
Derived terms
- alargador
- alargamiento
- alargarse
Further reading
- “alargar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014