rogar
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin rogāre, present active infinitive of rogō.
Verb
rogar (first-person singular indicative present rogo, past participle rogáu)
- to beg
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese rogar, from Latin rogāre, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃roǵ-, ablaut of *h₃reǵ-.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁoˈɡa(ʁ)/ [hoˈɡa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁoˈɡa(ɾ)/ [hoˈɡa(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁoˈɡa(ʁ)/ [χoˈɡa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁoˈɡa(ɻ)/ [hoˈɡa(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁuˈɡaɾ/ [ʁuˈɣaɾ]
- Hyphenation: ro‧gar
- Homophone: rugar (Portugal)
Verb
rogar (first-person singular present rogo, first-person singular preterite roguei, past participle rogado)
- to request
- to beg
- to pray
- to curse
Conjugation
Conjugation of rogar (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 | rogar | |||||
| Personal | rogar | rogares | rogar | rogarmos | rogardes | rogarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| rogando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | rogado | rogados | ||||
| Feminine | rogada | rogadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | rogo | rogas | roga | rogamos | rogais | rogam |
| Imperfect | rogava | rogavas | rogava | rogávamos | rogáveis | rogavam |
| Preterite | roguei | rogaste | rogou | rogamos1, rogámos2 | rogastes | rogaram |
| Pluperfect | rogara | rogaras | rogara | rogáramos | rogáreis | rogaram |
| Future | rogarei | rogarás | rogará | rogaremos | rogareis | rogarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| rogaria | rogarias | rogaria | rogaríamos | rogaríeis | rogariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | rogue | rogues | rogue | roguemos | rogueis | roguem |
| Imperfect | rogasse | rogasses | rogasse | rogássemos | rogásseis | rogassem |
| Future | rogar | rogares | rogar | rogarmos | rogardes | rogarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | roga | rogue | roguemos | rogai | roguem | |
| Negative (não) | não rogues | não rogue | não roguemos | não rogueis | não roguem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:rogar.
Derived terms
- rogatório
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish rogar, from Latin rogāre, present active infinitive of rogō, which is either from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- and a doublet of regō, or from procō and a doublet of precor and procus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /roˈɡaɾ/ [roˈɣ̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ro‧gar
Verb
rogar (first-person singular present ruego, first-person singular preterite rogué, past participle rogado)
- (transitive, intransitive) to beg, entreat, implore something
- Synonyms: suplicar, implorar
- Ruega lo que quieras: igual no te diré el secreto.
- Beg as much as you want: I won't tell you the secret anyway.
- (transitive, intransitive) to urge, solicit, ask for something
- Synonyms: solicitar, suplicar
- Le rogamos que se presente un día antes.
- We urge you to attend one day before.
- (intransitive) to pray for someone
- Acuérdate de rogarle a Dios por mí.
- Remember to pray to God on my behalf!
Conjugation
Conjugation of rogar (o-ue alternation; g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | rogar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | rogando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | rogado | rogada | |||||
| plural | rogados | rogadas | |||||
| 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 | ruego | ruegastú rogásvos | ruega | rogamos | rogáis | ruegan | |
| imperfect | rogaba | rogabas | rogaba | rogábamos | rogabais | rogaban | |
| preterite | rogué | rogaste | rogó | rogamos | rogasteis | rogaron | |
| future | rogaré | rogarás | rogará | rogaremos | rogaréis | rogarán | |
| conditional | rogaría | rogarías | rogaría | rogaríamos | rogaríais | rogarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | ruegue | rueguestú roguésvos2 | ruegue | roguemos | roguéis | rueguen | |
| imperfect (ra) | rogara | rogaras | rogara | rogáramos | rogarais | rogaran | |
| imperfect (se) | rogase | rogases | rogase | rogásemos | rogaseis | rogasen | |
| future1 | rogare | rogares | rogare | rogáremos | rogareis | rogaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | ruegatú rogávos | ruegue | roguemos | rogad | rueguen | ||
| negative | no ruegues | no ruegue | no roguemos | no roguéis | no rueguen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of rogar (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 rogar | |||||||
| dative | rogarme | rogarte | rogarle, rogarse | rogarnos | rogaros | rogarles, rogarse | |
| accusative | rogarme | rogarte | rogarlo, rogarla, rogarse | rogarnos | rogaros | rogarlos, rogarlas, rogarse | |
| with gerund rogando | |||||||
| dative | rogándome | rogándote | rogándole, rogándose | rogándonos | rogándoos | rogándoles, rogándose | |
| accusative | rogándome | rogándote | rogándolo, rogándola, rogándose | rogándonos | rogándoos | rogándolos, rogándolas, rogándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative ruega | |||||||
| dative | ruégame | ruégate | ruégale | ruéganos | not used | ruégales | |
| accusative | ruégame | ruégate | ruégalo, ruégala | ruéganos | not used | ruégalos, ruégalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative rogá | |||||||
| dative | rogame | rogate | rogale | roganos | not used | rogales | |
| accusative | rogame | rogate | rogalo, rogala | roganos | not used | rogalos, rogalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative ruegue | |||||||
| dative | ruégueme | not used | ruéguele, ruéguese | ruéguenos | not used | ruégueles | |
| accusative | ruégueme | not used | ruéguelo, ruéguela, ruéguese | ruéguenos | not used | ruéguelos, ruéguelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative roguemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | roguémoste | roguémosle | roguémonos | roguémoos | roguémosles | |
| accusative | not used | roguémoste | roguémoslo, roguémosla | roguémonos | roguémoos | roguémoslos, roguémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative rogad | |||||||
| dative | rogadme | not used | rogadle | rogadnos | rogaos | rogadles | |
| accusative | rogadme | not used | rogadlo, rogadla | rogadnos | rogaos | rogadlos, rogadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative rueguen | |||||||
| dative | ruéguenme | not used | ruéguenle | ruéguennos | not used | ruéguenles, ruéguense | |
| accusative | ruéguenme | not used | ruéguenlo, ruéguenla | ruéguennos | not used | ruéguenlos, ruéguenlas, ruéguense | |
Derived terms
- a Dios rogando y con el mazo dando
- ruego
Related terms
- abrogar
- arrogar
- derogar
- interrogar
- rogación
- rogado
- rogador
- rogante
- rogativo
- rogatorio
Further reading
- “rogar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014