tergiversar
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin tergiversāri.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /təɾ.ʒi.vəɾˈsa/
- (Central) IPA(key): /tər.ʒi.bərˈsa/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /teɾ.d͡ʒi.veɾˈsaɾ/
Verb
tergiversar (first-person singular present tergiverso, past participle tergiversat)
- (transitive) to misrepresent, to twist or distort (the meaning of)
Conjugation
Conjugation of tergiversar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | tergiversar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | tergiversant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | tergiversat | tergiversada | |||||
| plural | tergiversats | tergiversades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | tergiverso | tergiverses | tergiversa | tergiversem | tergiverseu | tergiversen | |
| imperfect | tergiversava | tergiversaves | tergiversava | tergiversàvem | tergiversàveu | tergiversaven | |
| future | tergiversaré | tergiversaràs | tergiversarà | tergiversarem | tergiversareu | tergiversaran | |
| preterite | tergiversí | tergiversares | tergiversà | tergiversàrem | tergiversàreu | tergiversaren | |
| conditional | tergiversaria | tergiversaries | tergiversaria | tergiversaríem | tergiversaríeu | tergiversarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | tergiversi | tergiversis | tergiversi | tergiversem | tergiverseu | tergiversin | |
| imperfect | tergiversés | tergiversessis | tergiversés | tergiverséssim | tergiverséssiu | tergiversessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | tergiversa | tergiversi | tergiversem | tergiverseu | tergiversin | ||
Related terms
- tergiversable
- tergiversació
- tergiversador
Further reading
- “tergiversar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin tergiversāri.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /teʁ.ʒi.veʁˈsa(ʁ)/ [teɦ.ʒi.vehˈsa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /teɾ.ʒi.veɾˈsa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /teʁ.ʒi.veʁˈsa(ʁ)/ [teʁ.ʒi.veχˈsa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /teɻ.ʒi.veɻˈsa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɨɾ.ʒi.vɨɾˈsaɾ/
- Hyphenation: ter‧gi‧ver‧sar
Verb
tergiversar (first-person singular present tergiverso, first-person singular preterite tergiversei, past participle tergiversado)
- to tergiversate (to evade an issue)
Conjugation
Conjugation of tergiversar (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 | tergiversar | |||||
| Personal | tergiversar | tergiversares | tergiversar | tergiversarmos | tergiversardes | tergiversarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| tergiversando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | tergiversado | tergiversados | ||||
| Feminine | tergiversada | tergiversadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | tergiverso | tergiversas | tergiversa | tergiversamos | tergiversais | tergiversam |
| Imperfect | tergiversava | tergiversavas | tergiversava | tergiversávamos | tergiversáveis | tergiversavam |
| Preterite | tergiversei | tergiversaste | tergiversou | tergiversamos1, tergiversámos2 | tergiversastes | tergiversaram |
| Pluperfect | tergiversara | tergiversaras | tergiversara | tergiversáramos | tergiversáreis | tergiversaram |
| Future | tergiversarei | tergiversarás | tergiversará | tergiversaremos | tergiversareis | tergiversarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| tergiversaria | tergiversarias | tergiversaria | tergiversaríamos | tergiversaríeis | tergiversariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | tergiverse | tergiverses | tergiverse | tergiversemos | tergiverseis | tergiversem |
| Imperfect | tergiversasse | tergiversasses | tergiversasse | tergiversássemos | tergiversásseis | tergiversassem |
| Future | tergiversar | tergiversares | tergiversar | tergiversarmos | tergiversardes | tergiversarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | tergiversa | tergiverse | tergiversemos | tergiversai | tergiversem | |
| Negative (não) | não tergiverses | não tergiverse | não tergiversemos | não tergiverseis | não tergiversem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Related terms
- tergiversação
Further reading
- “tergiversar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin tergiversāri. Cognate with English tergiversate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teɾxibeɾˈsaɾ/ [t̪eɾ.xi.β̞eɾˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ter‧gi‧ver‧sar
Verb
tergiversar (first-person singular present tergiverso, first-person singular preterite tergiversé, past participle tergiversado)
- to misrepresent, to twist, to distort
- to tergiversate, to prevaricate
- Synonym: prevaricar
Conjugation
Conjugation of tergiversar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | tergiversar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | tergiversando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | tergiversado | tergiversada | |||||
| plural | tergiversados | tergiversadas | |||||
| 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 | tergiverso | tergiversastú tergiversásvos | tergiversa | tergiversamos | tergiversáis | tergiversan | |
| imperfect | tergiversaba | tergiversabas | tergiversaba | tergiversábamos | tergiversabais | tergiversaban | |
| preterite | tergiversé | tergiversaste | tergiversó | tergiversamos | tergiversasteis | tergiversaron | |
| future | tergiversaré | tergiversarás | tergiversará | tergiversaremos | tergiversaréis | tergiversarán | |
| conditional | tergiversaría | tergiversarías | tergiversaría | tergiversaríamos | tergiversaríais | tergiversarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | tergiverse | tergiversestú tergiversésvos2 | tergiverse | tergiversemos | tergiverséis | tergiversen | |
| imperfect (ra) | tergiversara | tergiversaras | tergiversara | tergiversáramos | tergiversarais | tergiversaran | |
| imperfect (se) | tergiversase | tergiversases | tergiversase | tergiversásemos | tergiversaseis | tergiversasen | |
| future1 | tergiversare | tergiversares | tergiversare | tergiversáremos | tergiversareis | tergiversaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | tergiversatú tergiversávos | tergiverse | tergiversemos | tergiversad | tergiversen | ||
| negative | no tergiverses | no tergiverse | no tergiversemos | no tergiverséis | no tergiversen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of tergiversar
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 tergiversar | |||||||
| dative | tergiversarme | tergiversarte | tergiversarle, tergiversarse | tergiversarnos | tergiversaros | tergiversarles, tergiversarse | |
| accusative | tergiversarme | tergiversarte | tergiversarlo, tergiversarla, tergiversarse | tergiversarnos | tergiversaros | tergiversarlos, tergiversarlas, tergiversarse | |
| with gerund tergiversando | |||||||
| dative | tergiversándome | tergiversándote | tergiversándole, tergiversándose | tergiversándonos | tergiversándoos | tergiversándoles, tergiversándose | |
| accusative | tergiversándome | tergiversándote | tergiversándolo, tergiversándola, tergiversándose | tergiversándonos | tergiversándoos | tergiversándolos, tergiversándolas, tergiversándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative tergiversa | |||||||
| dative | tergivérsame | tergivérsate | tergivérsale | tergivérsanos | not used | tergivérsales | |
| accusative | tergivérsame | tergivérsate | tergivérsalo, tergivérsala | tergivérsanos | not used | tergivérsalos, tergivérsalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative tergiversá | |||||||
| dative | tergiversame | tergiversate | tergiversale | tergiversanos | not used | tergiversales | |
| accusative | tergiversame | tergiversate | tergiversalo, tergiversala | tergiversanos | not used | tergiversalos, tergiversalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative tergiverse | |||||||
| dative | tergivérseme | not used | tergivérsele, tergivérsese | tergivérsenos | not used | tergivérseles | |
| accusative | tergivérseme | not used | tergivérselo, tergivérsela, tergivérsese | tergivérsenos | not used | tergivérselos, tergivérselas | |
| with first-person plural imperative tergiversemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | tergiversémoste | tergiversémosle | tergiversémonos | tergiversémoos | tergiversémosles | |
| accusative | not used | tergiversémoste | tergiversémoslo, tergiversémosla | tergiversémonos | tergiversémoos | tergiversémoslos, tergiversémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative tergiversad | |||||||
| dative | tergiversadme | not used | tergiversadle | tergiversadnos | tergiversaos | tergiversadles | |
| accusative | tergiversadme | not used | tergiversadlo, tergiversadla | tergiversadnos | tergiversaos | tergiversadlos, tergiversadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative tergiversen | |||||||
| dative | tergivérsenme | not used | tergivérsenle | tergivérsennos | not used | tergivérsenles, tergivérsense | |
| accusative | tergivérsenme | not used | tergivérsenlo, tergivérsenla | tergivérsennos | not used | tergivérsenlos, tergivérsenlas, tergivérsense | |
Related terms
- tergiversación
Further reading
- “tergiversar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014