cabrahigar
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin caper (“goat”) + ficus (“fig”). See English caprifig.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kabɾaiˈɡaɾ/ [ka.β̞ɾai̯ˈɣ̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ca‧brahi‧gar
Verb
cabrahigar (first-person singular present cabrahígo, first-person singular preterite cabrahigué, past participle cabrahigado)
- to hang strings of figs in the branches of fig trees so that the fruit of these branches will be sweeter and tasty
Conjugation
Conjugation of cabrahigar (i-í alternation; g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | cabrahigar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | cabrahigando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | cabrahigado | cabrahigada | |||||
| plural | cabrahigados | cabrahigadas | |||||
| 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 | cabrahígo | cabrahígastú cabrahigásvos | cabrahíga | cabrahigamos | cabrahigáis | cabrahígan | |
| imperfect | cabrahigaba | cabrahigabas | cabrahigaba | cabrahigábamos | cabrahigabais | cabrahigaban | |
| preterite | cabrahigué | cabrahigaste | cabrahigó | cabrahigamos | cabrahigasteis | cabrahigaron | |
| future | cabrahigaré | cabrahigarás | cabrahigará | cabrahigaremos | cabrahigaréis | cabrahigarán | |
| conditional | cabrahigaría | cabrahigarías | cabrahigaría | cabrahigaríamos | cabrahigaríais | cabrahigarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | cabrahígue | cabrahíguestú cabrahiguésvos2 | cabrahígue | cabrahiguemos | cabrahiguéis | cabrahíguen | |
| imperfect (ra) | cabrahigara | cabrahigaras | cabrahigara | cabrahigáramos | cabrahigarais | cabrahigaran | |
| imperfect (se) | cabrahigase | cabrahigases | cabrahigase | cabrahigásemos | cabrahigaseis | cabrahigasen | |
| future1 | cabrahigare | cabrahigares | cabrahigare | cabrahigáremos | cabrahigareis | cabrahigaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | cabrahígatú cabrahigávos | cabrahígue | cabrahiguemos | cabrahigad | cabrahíguen | ||
| negative | no cabrahígues | no cabrahígue | no cabrahiguemos | no cabrahiguéis | no cabrahíguen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Related terms
- higo
Further reading
- “cabrahigar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014