allegar
See also: al·legar
Latin
Verb
allegar
- first-person singular future passive indicative of allegō
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin applicāre, present active infinitive of applicō. Compare the doublets aplegar and aplicar.
Verb
allegar (first-person singular present allego, first-person singular preterite allegué, past participle allegado)
- (transitive) to collect, gather, collect up, bring together
- 1870, Carlos Ramírez de Arellano, El licenciado Pedro de La-Gasca, Chapter 6:
- algún afán por allegar riquezas
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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- (reflexive) to adopt (an idea, ideology etc.)
- (reflexive) to approach
- (reflexive) to arrive, reach, get to
- 1926, Roberto Arlt, "Los trabajos y los días", in El juguete rabioso
- —El señor Souza dice que se allegue dentro de media hora.
- 1926, Roberto Arlt, "Los trabajos y los días", in El juguete rabioso
Conjugation
Conjugation of allegar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | allegar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | allegando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | allegado | allegada | |||||
| plural | allegados | allegadas | |||||
| 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 | allego | allegastú allegásvos | allega | allegamos | allegáis | allegan | |
| imperfect | allegaba | allegabas | allegaba | allegábamos | allegabais | allegaban | |
| preterite | allegué | allegaste | allegó | allegamos | allegasteis | allegaron | |
| future | allegaré | allegarás | allegará | allegaremos | allegaréis | allegarán | |
| conditional | allegaría | allegarías | allegaría | allegaríamos | allegaríais | allegarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | allegue | alleguestú alleguésvos2 | allegue | alleguemos | alleguéis | alleguen | |
| imperfect (ra) | allegara | allegaras | allegara | allegáramos | allegarais | allegaran | |
| imperfect (se) | allegase | allegases | allegase | allegásemos | allegaseis | allegasen | |
| future1 | allegare | allegares | allegare | allegáremos | allegareis | allegaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | allegatú allegávos | allegue | alleguemos | allegad | alleguen | ||
| negative | no allegues | no allegue | no alleguemos | no alleguéis | no alleguen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of allegar (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 allegar | |||||||
| dative | allegarme | allegarte | allegarle, allegarse | allegarnos | allegaros | allegarles, allegarse | |
| accusative | allegarme | allegarte | allegarlo, allegarla, allegarse | allegarnos | allegaros | allegarlos, allegarlas, allegarse | |
| with gerund allegando | |||||||
| dative | allegándome | allegándote | allegándole, allegándose | allegándonos | allegándoos | allegándoles, allegándose | |
| accusative | allegándome | allegándote | allegándolo, allegándola, allegándose | allegándonos | allegándoos | allegándolos, allegándolas, allegándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative allega | |||||||
| dative | allégame | allégate | allégale | alléganos | not used | allégales | |
| accusative | allégame | allégate | allégalo, allégala | alléganos | not used | allégalos, allégalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative allegá | |||||||
| dative | allegame | allegate | allegale | alleganos | not used | allegales | |
| accusative | allegame | allegate | allegalo, allegala | alleganos | not used | allegalos, allegalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative allegue | |||||||
| dative | allégueme | not used | alléguele, alléguese | alléguenos | not used | allégueles | |
| accusative | allégueme | not used | alléguelo, alléguela, alléguese | alléguenos | not used | alléguelos, alléguelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative alleguemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | alleguémoste | alleguémosle | alleguémonos | alleguémoos | alleguémosles | |
| accusative | not used | alleguémoste | alleguémoslo, alleguémosla | alleguémonos | alleguémoos | alleguémoslos, alleguémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative allegad | |||||||
| dative | allegadme | not used | allegadle | allegadnos | allegaos | allegadles | |
| accusative | allegadme | not used | allegadlo, allegadla | allegadnos | allegaos | allegadlos, allegadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative alleguen | |||||||
| dative | alléguenme | not used | alléguenle | alléguennos | not used | alléguenles, alléguense | |
| accusative | alléguenme | not used | alléguenlo, alléguenla | alléguennos | not used | alléguenlos, alléguenlas, alléguense | |
Related terms
- allegado
- allegador
- llegar
Further reading
- “allegar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014