alongar
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese alongar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from a- + longo + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [aloŋˈɡaɾ]
Verb
alongar (first-person singular present alongo, first-person singular preterite alongei, past participle alongado)
- (transitive) to lengthen, to elongate
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to move away
Conjugation
Conjugation of alongar
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| impersonal | alongar | |||||
| personal | alongar | alongares | alongar | alongarmos | alongardes | alongaren |
| Gerund | ||||||
| alongando | ||||||
| Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
| masculine | alongado | alongados | ||||
| feminine | alongada | alongadas | ||||
| Indicative | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | alongo | alongas | alonga | alongamos | alongades | alongan |
| imperfect | alongaba | alongabas | alongaba | alongabamos | alongabades | alongaban |
| preterite | alongei | alongaches | alongou | alongamos | alongastes | alongaron |
| pluperfect | alongara | alongaras | alongara | alongaramos | alongarades | alongaran |
| future | alongarei | alongarás | alongará | alongaremos | alongaredes | alongarán |
| conditional | alongaría | alongarías | alongaría | alongariamos | alongariades | alongarían |
| Subjunctive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | alonge | alonges | alonge | alongemos | alongedes | alongen |
| preterite | alongase | alongases | alongase | alongásemos | alongásedes | alongasen |
| future | alongar | alongares | alongar | alongarmos | alongardes | alongaren |
| Imperative | – | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| affirmative | – | alonga | alonge | alongemos | alongade | alongen |
| negative | – | alonges | alonge | alongemos | alongedes | alongen |
References
- “alongar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “alongar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “alongar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “alongar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “alongar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Occitan
Etymology
a- + long + -ar, or from Vulgar Latin *allongāre, from Late Latin elongāre, present active infinitive of elongō, from Latin longus.
Verb
alongar
- to lengthen, to elongate
Conjugation
Lengadocian (Central Occitan)| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | alongar | aver alongat | |||||
| gerund | alongant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | alongat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | alongui | alongas | alonga | alongam | alongatz | alongan | |
| imperfect | alongavi | alongavas | alongava | alongàvem | alongàvetz | alongavan | |
| preterite | alonguèri | alonguères | alonguèt | alonguèrem | alonguèretz | alonguèron | |
| future | alongarai | alongaràs | alongarà | alongarem | alongaretz | alongaràn | |
| conditional | alongariái | alongariás | alongariá | alongariam | alongariatz | alongarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | alonguèra | alonguèras | alonguèra | alongueram | alongueratz | alonguèran | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | alongue | alongues | alongue | alonguem | alonguetz | alonguen | |
| imperfect | alonguèssi | alonguèsses | alonguèsse | alonguèssem | alonguèssetz | alonguèsson | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| alonga | alonguem | alongatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Auvernhàs| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | alongar | aver alongat | |||||
| gerund | alongant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | alongat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | alongue | alongues | alonga | alongam | alongatz | alongon | |
| imperfect | alongave | alongaves | alongava | alongaviam | alongaviatz | alongavon | |
| preterite | alonguere | alongueres | alonguet | alonguem | alonguetz | alongueron | |
| future | alongarai | alongaràs | alongará | alongarem | alongaretz | alongarán | |
| conditional | alongariá | alongariás | alongariá | alongariam | alongariatz | alongarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | alonguèra | alonguèras | alonguèra | alongueram | alongueratz | alonguèran | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | alongue | alongues | alongue | alongassiam | alongassiatz | alongon | |
| imperfect | alonguesse | alonguesses | alonguesse | alonguessiam | alonguessiatz | alonguesson | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| alonga | alongassiam | alongatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Gascon| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | alongar | aver alongat | |||||
| gerund | alongant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | alongat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | alongui | alongas | alonga | alongam | alongatz | alongan | |
| imperfect | alongavi | alongavas | alongava | alongàvam | alongàvatz | alongavan | |
| preterite | alonguèi | alonguès | alonguè | alonguèm | alonguètz | alonguèn | |
| future | alongarèi | alongaràs | alongarà | alongaram | alongaratz | alongaràn | |
| conditional | alongarí | alongarés | alongaré | alongarem | alongaretz | alongarén | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | alonguèra | alonguèras | alonguèra | alongueram | alongueratz | alonguèran | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | alongui | alongues | alongue | alonguem | alonguetz | alonguen | |
| imperfect | alonguèssi | alonguèsses | alonguèsse | alonguèssem | alonguèssetz | alonguèssen | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| alonga | alonguem | alongatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Lemosin| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | alongar | aver alongat | |||||
| gerund | alongant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | alongat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | alongue | alongas | alonga | alongam | alongatz | alongan | |
| imperfect | alongava | alongavas | alongava | alongàvam | alongàvatz | alongavan | |
| preterite | alonguei | alongueras | alonguet | alonguèram | alonguèratz | alongueran | |
| future | alongarai | alongaràs | alongará | alongarem | alongaretz | alongarán | |
| conditional | alongariá | alongariàs | alongariá | alongariam | alongariatz | alongarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | alonguèra | alonguèras | alonguèra | alongueram | alongueratz | alonguèran | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | alongue | alongues | alongue | alonguem | alonguetz | alonguen | |
| imperfect | alonguèsse | alonguèsses | alonguèsse | alonguèssem | alonguèssetz | alonguèssen | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| alonga | alonguem | alongatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Provençau| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | alongar | aver alongat | |||||
| gerund | alongant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | alongat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | alongue | alongues | alonga | alongam | alongatz | alongan | |
| imperfect | alongavi | alongavas | alongava | alongàvem | alongàvetz | alongavan | |
| preterite | alonguère | alonguères | alonguèt | alongueriam | alongueriatz | alonguèron | |
| future | alongarai | alongaràs | alongarà | alongarem | alongaretz | alongaràn | |
| conditional | alongariáu | alongariás | alongariá | alongariam | alongariatz | alongarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | alonguèra | alonguèras | alonguèra | alongueram | alongueratz | alonguèran | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | alongue | alongues | alongue | alonguem | alonguetz | alongan | |
| imperfect | alonguèsse | alonguèsses | alonguèsse | alonguessiam | alonguessiatz | alonguèsson | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| alonga | alonguem | alongatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Derived terms
- alongaire
- alongament
- alongui
Portuguese
Etymology
From a- + longo + -ar, or from Vulgar Latin *allongāre, from Late Latin elongāre, from Latin longus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.lõˈɡa(ʁ)/ [a.lõˈɡa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.lõˈɡa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.lõˈɡa(ʁ)/ [a.lõˈɡa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.lõˈɡa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.lõˈɡaɾ/
- Hyphenation: a‧lon‧gar
Verb
alongar (first-person singular present alongo, first-person singular preterite alonguei, past participle alongado)
- (transitive) to elongate, lengthen
- inflection of alongar:
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive
- first/third-person singular personal infinitive
Conjugation
Conjugation of alongar (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 | alongar | |||||
| Personal | alongar | alongares | alongar | alongarmos | alongardes | alongarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| alongando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | alongado | alongados | ||||
| Feminine | alongada | alongadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | alongo | alongas | alonga | alongamos | alongais | alongam |
| Imperfect | alongava | alongavas | alongava | alongávamos | alongáveis | alongavam |
| Preterite | alonguei | alongaste | alongou | alongamos1, alongámos2 | alongastes | alongaram |
| Pluperfect | alongara | alongaras | alongara | alongáramos | alongáreis | alongaram |
| Future | alongarei | alongarás | alongará | alongaremos | alongareis | alongarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| alongaria | alongarias | alongaria | alongaríamos | alongaríeis | alongariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | alongue | alongues | alongue | alonguemos | alongueis | alonguem |
| Imperfect | alongasse | alongasses | alongasse | alongássemos | alongásseis | alongassem |
| Future | alongar | alongares | alongar | alongarmos | alongardes | alongarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | alonga | alongue | alonguemos | alongai | alonguem | |
| Negative (não) | não alongues | não alongue | não alonguemos | não alongueis | não alonguem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Related terms
- elongação
Further reading
- “alongar” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “alongar” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “alongar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “alongar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “alongar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “alongar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
From a- + luengo + -ar, or from Vulgar Latin *allongāre, from Late Latin elongāre, present active infinitive of elongō, from Latin longus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alonˈɡaɾ/ [a.lõŋˈɡaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧lon‧gar
Verb
alongar (first-person singular present aluengo, first-person singular preterite alongué, past participle alongado)
- (obsolete, transitive) to elongate, lengthen
- Synonym: alargar
Conjugation
Conjugation of alongar (o-ue alternation; g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | alongar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | alongando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | alongado | alongada | |||||
| plural | alongados | alongadas | |||||
| 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 | aluengo | aluengastú alongásvos | aluenga | alongamos | alongáis | aluengan | |
| imperfect | alongaba | alongabas | alongaba | alongábamos | alongabais | alongaban | |
| preterite | alongué | alongaste | alongó | alongamos | alongasteis | alongaron | |
| future | alongaré | alongarás | alongará | alongaremos | alongaréis | alongarán | |
| conditional | alongaría | alongarías | alongaría | alongaríamos | alongaríais | alongarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | aluengue | aluenguestú alonguésvos2 | aluengue | alonguemos | alonguéis | aluenguen | |
| imperfect (ra) | alongara | alongaras | alongara | alongáramos | alongarais | alongaran | |
| imperfect (se) | alongase | alongases | alongase | alongásemos | alongaseis | alongasen | |
| future1 | alongare | alongares | alongare | alongáremos | alongareis | alongaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | aluengatú alongávos | aluengue | alonguemos | alongad | aluenguen | ||
| negative | no aluengues | no aluengue | no alonguemos | no alonguéis | no aluenguen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of alongar (o-ue alternation; 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 alongar | |||||||
| dative | alongarme | alongarte | alongarle, alongarse | alongarnos | alongaros | alongarles, alongarse | |
| accusative | alongarme | alongarte | alongarlo, alongarla, alongarse | alongarnos | alongaros | alongarlos, alongarlas, alongarse | |
| with gerund alongando | |||||||
| dative | alongándome | alongándote | alongándole, alongándose | alongándonos | alongándoos | alongándoles, alongándose | |
| accusative | alongándome | alongándote | alongándolo, alongándola, alongándose | alongándonos | alongándoos | alongándolos, alongándolas, alongándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative aluenga | |||||||
| dative | aluéngame | aluéngate | aluéngale | aluénganos | not used | aluéngales | |
| accusative | aluéngame | aluéngate | aluéngalo, aluéngala | aluénganos | not used | aluéngalos, aluéngalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative alongá | |||||||
| dative | alongame | alongate | alongale | alonganos | not used | alongales | |
| accusative | alongame | alongate | alongalo, alongala | alonganos | not used | alongalos, alongalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative aluengue | |||||||
| dative | aluéngueme | not used | aluénguele, aluénguese | aluénguenos | not used | aluéngueles | |
| accusative | aluéngueme | not used | aluénguelo, aluénguela, aluénguese | aluénguenos | not used | aluénguelos, aluénguelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative alonguemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | alonguémoste | alonguémosle | alonguémonos | alonguémoos | alonguémosles | |
| accusative | not used | alonguémoste | alonguémoslo, alonguémosla | alonguémonos | alonguémoos | alonguémoslos, alonguémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative alongad | |||||||
| dative | alongadme | not used | alongadle | alongadnos | alongaos | alongadles | |
| accusative | alongadme | not used | alongadlo, alongadla | alongadnos | alongaos | alongadlos, alongadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative aluenguen | |||||||
| dative | aluénguenme | not used | aluénguenle | aluénguennos | not used | aluénguenles, aluénguense | |
| accusative | aluénguenme | not used | aluénguenlo, aluénguenla | aluénguennos | not used | aluénguenlos, aluénguenlas, aluénguense | |
Related terms
- elongar
Further reading
- “alongar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014