delegar
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin delegāre (“to delegate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.ləˈɣa]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [de.leˈɣaɾ]
- Homophone: delegà
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
delegar (first-person singular present delego, first-person singular preterite deleguí, past participle delegat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
- (transitive) to delegate
Conjugation
Conjugation of delegar (first conjugation, g-gu alternation)
| infinitive | delegar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | delegant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | delegat | delegada | |||||
| plural | delegats | delegades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | delego | delegues | delega | deleguem | delegueu | deleguen | |
| imperfect | delegava | delegaves | delegava | delegàvem | delegàveu | delegaven | |
| future | delegaré | delegaràs | delegarà | delegarem | delegareu | delegaran | |
| preterite | deleguí | delegares | delegà | delegàrem | delegàreu | delegaren | |
| conditional | delegaria | delegaries | delegaria | delegaríem | delegaríeu | delegarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | delegui | deleguis | delegui | deleguem | delegueu | deleguin | |
| imperfect | delegués | deleguessis | delegués | deleguéssim | deleguéssiu | deleguessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | delega | delegui | deleguem | delegueu | deleguin | |
| negative (no) | — | no deleguis | no delegui | no deleguem | no delegueu | no deleguin | |
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “delegar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “delegar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “delegar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “delegar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin delegāre (“to delegate”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.leˈɡa(ʁ)/ [de.leˈɡa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.leˈɡa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.leˈɡa(ʁ)/ [de.leˈɡa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.leˈɡa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.lɨˈɡaɾ/ [dɨ.lɨˈɣaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.lɨˈɡa.ɾi/ [dɨ.lɨˈɣa.ɾi]
Verb
delegar (first-person singular present delego, first-person singular preterite deleguei, past participle delegado)
- to delegate
Conjugation
Conjugation of delegar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
- delegável
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin delegāre (“to delegate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deleˈɡaɾ/ [d̪e.leˈɣ̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: de‧le‧gar
Verb
delegar (first-person singular present delego, first-person singular preterite delegué, past participle delegado)
- to delegate
Conjugation
Conjugation of delegar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of delegar (g-gu 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 delegar | dative | delegarme | delegarte | delegarle, delegarse | delegarnos | delegaros | delegarles, delegarse |
| accusative | delegarme | delegarte | delegarlo, delegarla, delegarse | delegarnos | delegaros | delegarlos, delegarlas, delegarse | |
| with gerund delegando | dative | delegándome | delegándote | delegándole, delegándose | delegándonos | delegándoos | delegándoles, delegándose |
| accusative | delegándome | delegándote | delegándolo, delegándola, delegándose | delegándonos | delegándoos | delegándolos, delegándolas, delegándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative delega | dative | delégame | delégate | delégale | deléganos | not used | delégales |
| accusative | delégame | delégate | delégalo, delégala | deléganos | not used | delégalos, delégalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative delegá | dative | delegame | delegate | delegale | deleganos | not used | delegales |
| accusative | delegame | delegate | delegalo, delegala | deleganos | not used | delegalos, delegalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative delegue | dative | delégueme | not used | deléguele, deléguese | deléguenos | not used | delégueles |
| accusative | delégueme | not used | deléguelo, deléguela, deléguese | deléguenos | not used | deléguelos, deléguelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative deleguemos | dative | not used | deleguémoste | deleguémosle | deleguémonos | deleguémoos | deleguémosles |
| accusative | not used | deleguémoste | deleguémoslo, deleguémosla | deleguémonos | deleguémoos | deleguémoslos, deleguémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative delegad | dative | delegadme | not used | delegadle | delegadnos | delegaos | delegadles |
| accusative | delegadme | not used | delegadlo, delegadla | delegadnos | delegaos | delegadlos, delegadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative deleguen | dative | deléguenme | not used | deléguenle | deléguennos | not used | deléguenles, deléguense |
| accusative | deléguenme | not used | deléguenlo, deléguenla | deléguennos | not used | deléguenlos, deléguenlas, deléguense | |
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “delegar”, 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