aguar

Asturian

Etymology

From agua +‎ -ar.

Verb

aguar (first-person singular indicative present aguo, past participle aguáu)

to water, water down, add water to

Conjugation

Conjugation of aguar

person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
infinitive		aguar
gerund		aguando
past participle		m aguáu, f aguada, n aguao, m pl aguaos, f pl aguaes
indicative	present	aguo	agues	agua	aguamos	aguáis	aguen
	imperfect	aguaba	aguabes	aguaba	aguábemos, aguábamos	aguabeis, aguabais	aguaben
	preterite	agué	aguasti, aguesti	aguó	aguemos	aguastis, aguestis	aguaron
	pluperfect	aguare, aguara	aguares, aguaras	aguare, aguara	aguáremos, aguáramos	aguareis, aguarais	aguaren, aguaran
	future	aguaré	aguarás	aguará	aguaremos	aguaréis	aguarán
	conditional	aguaría	aguaríes	aguaría	aguaríemos, aguaríamos	aguaríeis, aguaríais	aguaríen
subjunctive	present	ague	agues, aguas	ague	aguemos	aguéis	aguen, aguan
subjunctive	imperfect	aguare, aguara	aguares, aguaras	aguare, aguara	aguáremos, aguáramos	aguareis, aguarais	aguaren, aguaran
imperative		—	agua	—	—	aguái	—

Catalan

Alternative forms

agusar (modern)

Etymology

Old Catalan aguar, from Vulgar Latin *acūtiāre, derived from Latin acūtus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.ɣuˈa]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.ɣuˈaɾ]
Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

aguar (first-person singular present agúo, first-person singular preterite agüí, past participle aguat)

to sharpen
Synonym: aguditzar

Conjugation

Conjugation of aguar (first conjugation, irregular, gu-gü alternation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			aguar
gerund			aguant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aguat		aguada
		plural		aguats		aguades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	agúo	agúes	agúa	agüem	agüeu	agúen
	imperfect	aguava	aguaves	aguava	aguàvem	aguàveu	aguaven
	future	aguaré	aguaràs	aguarà	aguarem	aguareu	aguaran
	preterite	agüí	aguares	aguà	aguàrem	aguàreu	aguaren
	conditional	aguaria	aguaries	aguaria	aguaríem	aguaríeu	aguarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	aguï	aguïs	aguï	agüem	agüeu	aguïn
	imperfect	agüés	agüessis	agüés	agüéssim	agüéssiu	agüessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	agúa	aguï	agüem	agüeu	aguïn
	negative (no)	—	no aguïs	no aguï	no agüem	no agüeu	no aguïn

Related terms

agut
agudell
agudesa

References

“aguar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

augar, ougar
agoar (obsolete)

Etymology

From água +‎ -ar. Less likely from a Vulgar Latin *aquāre for Latin aquārī, or from adaquāre.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɡwa(ʁ)/ [aˈɡwa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aˈɡwa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈɡwa(ʁ)/ [aˈɡwa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɡwa(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɡwaɾ/ [ɐˈɣwaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɡwa.ɾi/ [ɐˈɣwa.ɾi]

Hyphenation: a‧guar

Verb

aguar (first-person singular present (Brazilian Portuguese) águo or (European Portuguese) aguo, first-person singular preterite aguei, past participle aguado)

(transitive) to water
(transitive) to water down, dilute

Conjugation

Conjugation of aguar (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	aguar
Personal	aguar	aguares	aguar	aguarmos	aguardes	aguarem
Gerund
	aguando
Past participle
Masculine	aguado			aguados
Feminine	aguada			aguadas
Indicative
Present	águo¹, aguo²	águas¹, aguas²	água¹, agua²	aguamos	aguais	águam¹, aguam²
Imperfect	aguava	aguavas	aguava	aguávamos	aguáveis	aguavam
Preterite	aguei, agüei^1,3	aguaste	aguou	aguamos¹, aguámos²	aguastes	aguaram
Pluperfect	aguara	aguaras	aguara	aguáramos	aguáreis	aguaram
Future	aguarei	aguarás	aguará	aguaremos	aguareis	aguarão
Conditional	aguaria	aguarias	aguaria	aguaríamos	aguaríeis	aguariam
Subjunctive
Present	águe¹, ague², ágüe^1,3, agúe^2,3	águes¹, agues², ágües^1,3, agúes^2,3	águe¹, ague², ágüe^1,3, agúe^2,3	aguemos, agüemos^1,3	agueis, agüeis^1,3	águem¹, aguem², ágüem^1,3, agúem^2,3
Imperfect	aguasse	aguasses	aguasse	aguássemos	aguásseis	aguassem
Future	aguar	aguares	aguar	aguarmos	aguardes	aguarem
Imperative
Affirmative		água¹, agua²	águe¹, ague², ágüe^1,3, agúe^2,3	aguemos, agüemos^1,3	aguai	águem¹, aguem², ágüem^1,3, agúem^2,3
Negative (não)		não águes¹, não agues², não ágües^1,3, não agúes^2,3	não águe¹, não ague², não ágüe^1,3, não agúe^2,3	não aguemos, não agüemos^1,3	não agueis, não agüeis^1,3	não águem¹, não aguem², não ágüem^1,3, não agúem^2,3

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.
³Superseded.

Spanish

Etymology

From agua +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈɡwaɾ/ [aˈɣ̞waɾ]
Audio (Venezuela): (file)
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: a‧guar

Verb

aguar (first-person singular present aguo, first-person singular preterite agüé, past participle aguado)

to water down, dilute
to spoil

Conjugation

Conjugation of aguar (gu-gü alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			aguar
gerund			aguando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aguado		aguada
		plural		aguados		aguadas
		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	aguo	aguas^{^tú} aguás^{^vos}	agua	aguamos	aguáis	aguan
	imperfect	aguaba	aguabas	aguaba	aguábamos	aguabais	aguaban
	preterite	agüé	aguaste	aguó	aguamos	aguasteis	aguaron
	future	aguaré	aguarás	aguará	aguaremos	aguaréis	aguarán
	conditional	aguaría	aguarías	aguaría	aguaríamos	aguaríais	aguarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	agüe	agües^{^tú} agüés^{^vos²}	agüe	agüemos	agüéis	agüen
	imperfect (ra)	aguara	aguaras	aguara	aguáramos	aguarais	aguaran
	imperfect (se)	aguase	aguases	aguase	aguásemos	aguaseis	aguasen
	future¹	aguare	aguares	aguare	aguáremos	aguareis	aguaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		agua^{^tú} aguá^{^vos}	agüe	agüemos	aguad	agüen
	negative		no agües	no agüe	no agüemos	no agüéis	no agüen

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

Selected combined forms of aguar (gu-gü 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 aguar	dative	aguarme	aguarte	aguarle, aguarse	aguarnos	aguaros	aguarles, aguarse
with infinitive aguar	accusative	aguarme	aguarte	aguarlo, aguarla, aguarse	aguarnos	aguaros	aguarlos, aguarlas, aguarse

with gerund aguando	dative	aguándome	aguándote	aguándole, aguándose	aguándonos	aguándoos	aguándoles, aguándose
with gerund aguando	accusative	aguándome	aguándote	aguándolo, aguándola, aguándose	aguándonos	aguándoos	aguándolos, aguándolas, aguándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative agua	dative	águame	águate	águale	águanos	not used	águales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative agua	accusative	águame	águate	águalo, águala	águanos	not used	águalos, águalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative aguá	dative	aguame	aguate	aguale	aguanos	not used	aguales
with informal second-person singular vos imperative aguá	accusative	aguame	aguate	agualo, aguala	aguanos	not used	agualos, agualas

with formal second-person singular imperative agüe	dative	ágüeme	not used	ágüele, ágüese	ágüenos	not used	ágüeles
with formal second-person singular imperative agüe	accusative	ágüeme	not used	ágüelo, ágüela, ágüese	ágüenos	not used	ágüelos, ágüelas

with first-person plural imperative agüemos	dative	not used	agüémoste	agüémosle	agüémonos	agüémoos	agüémosles
with first-person plural imperative agüemos	accusative	not used	agüémoste	agüémoslo, agüémosla	agüémonos	agüémoos	agüémoslos, agüémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative aguad	dative	aguadme	not used	aguadle	aguadnos	aguaos	aguadles
with informal second-person plural imperative aguad	accusative	aguadme	not used	aguadlo, aguadla	aguadnos	aguaos	aguadlos, aguadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative agüen	dative	ágüenme	not used	ágüenle	ágüennos	not used	ágüenles, ágüense
with formal second-person plural imperative agüen	accusative	ágüenme	not used	ágüenlo, ágüenla	ágüennos	not used	ágüenlos, ágüenlas, ágüense

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agua

aguar

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