sirgar
Catalan
Etymology
From sirga + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /siɾˈɡa/
- (Central) IPA(key): /sirˈɡa/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /siɾˈɡaɾ/
Verb
sirgar (first-person singular present sirgo, past participle sirgat)
- (nautical, transitive) to tow
- (intransitive, figuratively) to work hard, to slog
Conjugation
Conjugation of sirgar (first conjugation)
infinitive | sirgar | ||||||
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present participle | sirgant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | sirgat | sirgada | |||||
plural | sirgats | sirgades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | sirgo | sirgues | sirga | sirguem | sirgueu | sirguen | |
imperfect | sirgava | sirgaves | sirgava | sirgàvem | sirgàveu | sirgaven | |
future | sirgaré | sirgaràs | sirgarà | sirgarem | sirgareu | sirgaran | |
preterite | sirguí | sirgares | sirgà | sirgàrem | sirgàreu | sirgaren | |
conditional | sirgaria | sirgaries | sirgaria | sirgaríem | sirgaríeu | sirgarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | sirgui | sirguis | sirgui | sirguem | sirgueu | sirguin | |
imperfect | sirgués | sirguessis | sirgués | sirguéssim | sirguéssiu | sirguessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
— | sirga | sirgui | sirguem | sirgueu | sirguin |
Derived terms
- sirgador
Further reading
- “sirgar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish
Etymology
From sirga + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siɾˈɡaɾ/ [siɾˈɣ̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: sir‧gar
Verb
sirgar (first-person singular present sirgo, first-person singular preterite sirgué, past participle sirgado)
- (nautical, transitive) to tow
Conjugation
Conjugation of sirgar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | sirgar | ||||||
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gerund | sirgando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | sirgado | sirgada | |||||
plural | sirgados | sirgadas | |||||
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 | sirgo | sirgastú sirgásvos | sirga | sirgamos | sirgáis | sirgan | |
imperfect | sirgaba | sirgabas | sirgaba | sirgábamos | sirgabais | sirgaban | |
preterite | sirgué | sirgaste | sirgó | sirgamos | sirgasteis | sirgaron | |
future | sirgaré | sirgarás | sirgará | sirgaremos | sirgaréis | sirgarán | |
conditional | sirgaría | sirgarías | sirgaría | sirgaríamos | sirgaríais | sirgarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | sirgue | sirguestú sirguésvos2 | sirgue | sirguemos | sirguéis | sirguen | |
imperfect (ra) | sirgara | sirgaras | sirgara | sirgáramos | sirgarais | sirgaran | |
imperfect (se) | sirgase | sirgases | sirgase | sirgásemos | sirgaseis | sirgasen | |
future1 | sirgare | sirgares | sirgare | sirgáremos | sirgareis | sirgaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | sirgatú sirgávos | sirgue | sirguemos | sirgad | sirguen | ||
negative | no sirgues | no sirgue | no sirguemos | no sirguéis | no sirguen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of sirgar (g-gu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive sirgar | |||||||
dative | sirgarme | sirgarte | sirgarle, sirgarse | sirgarnos | sirgaros | sirgarles, sirgarse | |
accusative | sirgarme | sirgarte | sirgarlo, sirgarla, sirgarse | sirgarnos | sirgaros | sirgarlos, sirgarlas, sirgarse | |
with gerund sirgando | |||||||
dative | sirgándome | sirgándote | sirgándole, sirgándose | sirgándonos | sirgándoos | sirgándoles, sirgándose | |
accusative | sirgándome | sirgándote | sirgándolo, sirgándola, sirgándose | sirgándonos | sirgándoos | sirgándolos, sirgándolas, sirgándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative sirga | |||||||
dative | sírgame | sírgate | sírgale | sírganos | not used | sírgales | |
accusative | sírgame | sírgate | sírgalo, sírgala | sírganos | not used | sírgalos, sírgalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative sirgá | |||||||
dative | sirgame | sirgate | sirgale | sirganos | not used | sirgales | |
accusative | sirgame | sirgate | sirgalo, sirgala | sirganos | not used | sirgalos, sirgalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative sirgue | |||||||
dative | sírgueme | not used | sírguele, sírguese | sírguenos | not used | sírgueles | |
accusative | sírgueme | not used | sírguelo, sírguela, sírguese | sírguenos | not used | sírguelos, sírguelas | |
with first-person plural imperative sirguemos | |||||||
dative | not used | sirguémoste | sirguémosle | sirguémonos | sirguémoos | sirguémosles | |
accusative | not used | sirguémoste | sirguémoslo, sirguémosla | sirguémonos | sirguémoos | sirguémoslos, sirguémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative sirgad | |||||||
dative | sirgadme | not used | sirgadle | sirgadnos | sirgaos | sirgadles | |
accusative | sirgadme | not used | sirgadlo, sirgadla | sirgadnos | sirgaos | sirgadlos, sirgadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative sirguen | |||||||
dative | sírguenme | not used | sírguenle | sírguennos | not used | sírguenles, sírguense | |
accusative | sírguenme | not used | sírguenlo, sírguenla | sírguennos | not used | sírguenlos, sírguenlas, sírguense |
Further reading
- “sirgar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014