arriesgar

Spanish

Etymology

a- +‎ riesgo (“risk”) +‎ -ar

Verb

arriesgar (first-person singular present arriesgo, first-person singular preterite arriesgué, past participle arriesgado)

to venture; to risk; to hazard
to endanger; to put at risk
to stake

Conjugation

Conjugation of arriesgar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			arriesgar
gerund			arriesgando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		arriesgado		arriesgada
		plural		arriesgados		arriesgadas
		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	arriesgo	arriesgas^{^tú} arriesgás^{^vos}	arriesga	arriesgamos	arriesgáis	arriesgan
	imperfect	arriesgaba	arriesgabas	arriesgaba	arriesgábamos	arriesgabais	arriesgaban
	preterite	arriesgué	arriesgaste	arriesgó	arriesgamos	arriesgasteis	arriesgaron
	future	arriesgaré	arriesgarás	arriesgará	arriesgaremos	arriesgaréis	arriesgarán
	conditional	arriesgaría	arriesgarías	arriesgaría	arriesgaríamos	arriesgaríais	arriesgarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	arriesgue	arriesgues^{^tú} arriesgués^{^vos²}	arriesgue	arriesguemos	arriesguéis	arriesguen
	imperfect (ra)	arriesgara	arriesgaras	arriesgara	arriesgáramos	arriesgarais	arriesgaran
	imperfect (se)	arriesgase	arriesgases	arriesgase	arriesgásemos	arriesgaseis	arriesgasen
	future¹	arriesgare	arriesgares	arriesgare	arriesgáremos	arriesgareis	arriesgaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		arriesga^{^tú} arriesgá^{^vos}	arriesgue	arriesguemos	arriesgad	arriesguen
	negative		no arriesgues	no arriesgue	no arriesguemos	no arriesguéis	no arriesguen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of arriesgar (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 arriesgar
	dative	arriesgarme	arriesgarte	arriesgarle, arriesgarse	arriesgarnos	arriesgaros	arriesgarles, arriesgarse
	accusative	arriesgarme	arriesgarte	arriesgarlo, arriesgarla, arriesgarse	arriesgarnos	arriesgaros	arriesgarlos, arriesgarlas, arriesgarse

with gerund arriesgando
	dative	arriesgándome	arriesgándote	arriesgándole, arriesgándose	arriesgándonos	arriesgándoos	arriesgándoles, arriesgándose
	accusative	arriesgándome	arriesgándote	arriesgándolo, arriesgándola, arriesgándose	arriesgándonos	arriesgándoos	arriesgándolos, arriesgándolas, arriesgándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative arriesga
	dative	arriésgame	arriésgate	arriésgale	arriésganos	not used	arriésgales
	accusative	arriésgame	arriésgate	arriésgalo, arriésgala	arriésganos	not used	arriésgalos, arriésgalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative arriesgá
	dative	arriesgame	arriesgate	arriesgale	arriesganos	not used	arriesgales
	accusative	arriesgame	arriesgate	arriesgalo, arriesgala	arriesganos	not used	arriesgalos, arriesgalas

with formal second-person singular imperative arriesgue
	dative	arriésgueme	not used	arriésguele, arriésguese	arriésguenos	not used	arriésgueles
	accusative	arriésgueme	not used	arriésguelo, arriésguela, arriésguese	arriésguenos	not used	arriésguelos, arriésguelas

with first-person plural imperative arriesguemos
	dative	not used	arriesguémoste	arriesguémosle	arriesguémonos	arriesguémoos	arriesguémosles
	accusative	not used	arriesguémoste	arriesguémoslo, arriesguémosla	arriesguémonos	arriesguémoos	arriesguémoslos, arriesguémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative arriesgad
	dative	arriesgadme	not used	arriesgadle	arriesgadnos	arriesgaos	arriesgadles
	accusative	arriesgadme	not used	arriesgadlo, arriesgadla	arriesgadnos	arriesgaos	arriesgadlos, arriesgadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative arriesguen
	dative	arriésguenme	not used	arriésguenle	arriésguennos	not used	arriésguenles, arriésguense
	accusative	arriésguenme	not used	arriésguenlo, arriésguenla	arriésguennos	not used	arriésguenlos, arriésguenlas, arriésguense

Derived terms

arriesgado

Related terms

arriesgarse