litigar
Ido
Etymology
From lito (“bed”) + -igar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /litiˈɡar/
Verb
litigar (present tense litigas, past tense litigis, future tense litigos, imperative litigez, conditional litigus)
- (transitive) to make into a bed
Conjugation
Conjugation of litigar
 | present | past | future | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | litigar | litigir | litigor | ||||
| tense | litigas | litigis | litigos | ||||
| conditional | litigus | ||||||
| imperative | litigez | ||||||
| adjective active participle | litiganta | litiginta | litigonta | ||||
| adverbial active participle | litigante | litiginte | litigonte | ||||
| nominal active participle | singular | litiganto | litiginto | litigonto | |||
| plural | litiganti | litiginti | litigonti | ||||
| adjective passive participle | litigata | litigita | litigota | ||||
| adverbial passive participle | litigate | litigite | litigote | ||||
| nominal passive participle | singular | litigato | litigito | litigoto | |||
| plural | litigati | litigiti | litigoti | ||||
Related terms
- enlitigar
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin lītigāre (“to dispute”).[1] Doublet of lidar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /li.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ʁ)/ [li.t͡ʃiˈɡa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /li.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /li.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ʁ)/ [li.t͡ʃiˈɡa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /li.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /li.tiˈɡaɾ/ [li.tiˈɣaɾ]
- Hyphenation: li‧ti‧gar
Verb
litigar (first-person singular present litigo, first-person singular preterite litiguei, past participle litigado)
- (transitive, intransitive, law) to litigate, contest
- Synonym: pleitear
- (transitive, figuratively) to contend, fight
- inflection of litigar:
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive
- first/third-person singular personal infinitive
Conjugation
Conjugation of litigar (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 | litigar | |||||
| Personal | litigar | litigares | litigar | litigarmos | litigardes | litigarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| litigando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | litigado | litigados | ||||
| Feminine | litigada | litigadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | litigo | litigas | litiga | litigamos | litigais | litigam |
| Imperfect | litigava | litigavas | litigava | litigávamos | litigáveis | litigavam |
| Preterite | litiguei | litigaste | litigou | litigamos1, litigámos2 | litigastes | litigaram |
| Pluperfect | litigara | litigaras | litigara | litigáramos | litigáreis | litigaram |
| Future | litigarei | litigarás | litigará | litigaremos | litigareis | litigarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| litigaria | litigarias | litigaria | litigaríamos | litigaríeis | litigariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | litigue | litigues | litigue | litiguemos | litigueis | litiguem |
| Imperfect | litigasse | litigasses | litigasse | litigássemos | litigásseis | litigassem |
| Future | litigar | litigares | litigar | litigarmos | litigardes | litigarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | litiga | litigue | litiguemos | litigai | litiguem | |
| Negative (não) | não litigues | não litigue | não litiguemos | não litigueis | não litiguem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Related terms
- litígio
References
- “litigar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
Further reading
- “litigar” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “litigar” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “litigar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “litigar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “litigar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin litigare, present active infinitive of lītigō. Doublet of lidiar, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /litiˈɡaɾ/ [li.t̪iˈɣ̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: li‧ti‧gar
Verb
litigar (first-person singular present litigo, first-person singular preterite litigué, past participle litigado)
- (transitive, intransitive) to litigate
Conjugation
Conjugation of litigar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | litigar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | litigando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | litigado | litigada | |||||
| plural | litigados | litigadas | |||||
| 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 | litigo | litigastú litigásvos | litiga | litigamos | litigáis | litigan | |
| imperfect | litigaba | litigabas | litigaba | litigábamos | litigabais | litigaban | |
| preterite | litigué | litigaste | litigó | litigamos | litigasteis | litigaron | |
| future | litigaré | litigarás | litigará | litigaremos | litigaréis | litigarán | |
| conditional | litigaría | litigarías | litigaría | litigaríamos | litigaríais | litigarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | litigue | litiguestú litiguésvos2 | litigue | litiguemos | litiguéis | litiguen | |
| imperfect (ra) | litigara | litigaras | litigara | litigáramos | litigarais | litigaran | |
| imperfect (se) | litigase | litigases | litigase | litigásemos | litigaseis | litigasen | |
| future1 | litigare | litigares | litigare | litigáremos | litigareis | litigaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | litigatú litigávos | litigue | litiguemos | litigad | litiguen | ||
| negative | no litigues | no litigue | no litiguemos | no litiguéis | no litiguen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of litigar (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 litigar | |||||||
| dative | litigarme | litigarte | litigarle, litigarse | litigarnos | litigaros | litigarles, litigarse | |
| accusative | litigarme | litigarte | litigarlo, litigarla, litigarse | litigarnos | litigaros | litigarlos, litigarlas, litigarse | |
| with gerund litigando | |||||||
| dative | litigándome | litigándote | litigándole, litigándose | litigándonos | litigándoos | litigándoles, litigándose | |
| accusative | litigándome | litigándote | litigándolo, litigándola, litigándose | litigándonos | litigándoos | litigándolos, litigándolas, litigándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative litiga | |||||||
| dative | litígame | litígate | litígale | litíganos | not used | litígales | |
| accusative | litígame | litígate | litígalo, litígala | litíganos | not used | litígalos, litígalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative litigá | |||||||
| dative | litigame | litigate | litigale | litiganos | not used | litigales | |
| accusative | litigame | litigate | litigalo, litigala | litiganos | not used | litigalos, litigalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative litigue | |||||||
| dative | litígueme | not used | litíguele, litíguese | litíguenos | not used | litígueles | |
| accusative | litígueme | not used | litíguelo, litíguela, litíguese | litíguenos | not used | litíguelos, litíguelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative litiguemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | litiguémoste | litiguémosle | litiguémonos | litiguémoos | litiguémosles | |
| accusative | not used | litiguémoste | litiguémoslo, litiguémosla | litiguémonos | litiguémoos | litiguémoslos, litiguémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative litigad | |||||||
| dative | litigadme | not used | litigadle | litigadnos | litigaos | litigadles | |
| accusative | litigadme | not used | litigadlo, litigadla | litigadnos | litigaos | litigadlos, litigadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative litiguen | |||||||
| dative | litíguenme | not used | litíguenle | litíguennos | not used | litíguenles, litíguense | |
| accusative | litíguenme | not used | litíguenlo, litíguenla | litíguennos | not used | litíguenlos, litíguenlas, litíguense | |
Related terms
- litigio
- lid
Further reading
- “litigar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014