alongar

From Old Galician-Portuguese alongar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from a- +‎ longo +‎ -ar, or from Vulgar Latin *allongāre, from Late Latin elongāre, from Latin longus.

• IPA^(key): [aloŋˈɡaɾ]

alongar (first-person singular present alongo, first-person singular preterite alonguei, past participle alongado)

1. (transitive) to lengthen, to elongate
2. (pronominal) to move away

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “alongar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “alongar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alongar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alongar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alongar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

a- +‎ long +‎ -ar, or from Vulgar Latin *allongāre, from Late Latin elongāre, from Latin longus.

alongar

1. to lengthen, to elongate

• alongaire
• alongament
• alongui

From a- +‎ longo +‎ -ar, or from Vulgar Latin *allongāre, from Late Latin elongāre, from Latin longus.

• Hyphenation: a‧lon‧gar

alongar (first-person singular present alongo, first-person singular preterite alonguei, past participle alongado)

1. (transitive) to elongate, lengthen
2. (transitive) to delay, defer, slow
3. (transitive) to distance, space, move away, remove from

• elongação

• “alongar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “alongar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “alongar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “alongar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “alongar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “alongar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From a- +‎ luengo +‎ -ar, or from Vulgar Latin *allongāre, from Late Latin elongāre, from Latin longus.

• IPA^(key): /alonˈɡaɾ/ [a.lõŋˈɡaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧lon‧gar

alongar (first-person singular present aluengo, first-person singular preterite alongué, past participle alongado)

1. (obsolete, transitive) to elongate, lengthen

   Synonym: alargar

• “alongar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024