desaguar

Portuguese

Etymology

From des- +‎ aguar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zaˈɡwa(ʁ)/ [de.zaˈɡwa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.zaˈɡwa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.zaˈɡwa(ʁ)/ [de.zaˈɡwa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zaˈɡwa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.zɐˈɡwaɾ/ [dɨ.zɐˈɣwaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.zɐˈɡwa.ɾi/ [dɨ.zɐˈɣwa.ɾi]

  • Rhymes: -aɾ, -aʁ
  • Hyphenation: de‧sa‧guar

Noun

desaguar (first-person singular present (Brazilian Portuguese) deságuo or (European Portuguese) desaguo, first-person singular preterite desaguei, past participle desaguado)

  1. (transitive) to flow; to disembogue
    Synonym: desembocar
    o rio desagua no mar ― the river flows into the sea
    • 1751 January 17, Thomaz da Silva Telles, José de Carvajal y Lancaster, “Art. XII”, in Tratado […] , Madrid, page 91; republished as José Ferreira Borges de Castro, “Reinado do Senhor D. José I”, in Collecção dos tratados, […] , volume 3, Lisbon: Imprensa nacional, 1856:
      E se declara que este rio que se tem por Corrientes não é o conhecido com este nome, que entra no rio da Prata acima da Cidade de Santa Fé, entre os rios Arias, e o de Santa Luzia, mas sim outro diverso que ao norte do Tropico de Capricornio desagua no rio Paraguai, que conforme a carta manuscrita que se entregará ao Commissario Portuguez, discorre da banda do Sul do rio Tepaú.
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Conjugation

    Conjugation of desaguar (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 desaguar
Personal desaguar desaguares desaguar desaguarmos desaguardes desaguarem
Gerund
desaguando
Past participle
Masculine desaguado desaguados
Feminine desaguada desaguadas
Indicative
Present deságuo1, desaguo2 deságuas1, desaguas2 deságua1, desagua2 desaguamos desaguais deságuam1, desaguam2
Imperfect desaguava desaguavas desaguava desaguávamos desaguáveis desaguavam
Preterite desaguei, desagüei1,3 desaguaste desaguou desaguamos1, desaguámos2 desaguastes desaguaram
Pluperfect desaguara desaguaras desaguara desaguáramos desaguáreis desaguaram
Future desaguarei desaguarás desaguará desaguaremos desaguareis desaguarão
Conditional desaguaria desaguarias desaguaria desaguaríamos desaguaríeis desaguariam
Subjunctive
Present deságue1, desague2, deságüe1,3, desagúe2,3 deságues1, desagues2, deságües1,3, desagúes2,3 deságue1, desague2, deságüe1,3, desagúe2,3 desaguemos, desagüemos1,3 desagueis, desagüeis1,3 deságuem1, desaguem2, deságüem1,3, desagúem2,3
Imperfect desaguasse desaguasses desaguasse desaguássemos desaguásseis desaguassem
Future desaguar desaguares desaguar desaguarmos desaguardes desaguarem
Imperative
Affirmative deságua1, desagua2 deságue1, desague2, deságüe1,3, desagúe2,3 desaguemos, desagüemos1,3 desaguai deságuem1, desaguem2, deságüem1,3, desagúem2,3
Negative (não) não deságues1, não desagues2, não deságües1,3, não desagúes2,3 não deságue1, não desague2, não deságüe1,3, não desagúe2,3 não desaguemos, não desagüemos1,3 não desagueis, não desagüeis1,3 não deságuem1, não desaguem2, não deságüem1,3, não desagúem2,3

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
3Superseded.

  • desaguadeiro
  • desaguadoiro
  • desaguador
  • desaguadouro
  • desaguamento
  • desague

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ aguar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /desaˈɡwaɾ/ [d̪e.saˈɣ̞waɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: de‧sa‧guar

Verb

desaguar (first-person singular present desaguo, first-person singular preterite desagüé, past participle desaguado)

  1. (ambitransitive) to drain
    Synonym: drenar
  2. (transitive) to waste
  3. (intransitive, colloquial) synonym of orinar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desaguar (gu-gü alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive desaguar
gerund desaguando
past participle masculine feminine
singular desaguado desaguada
plural desaguados desaguadas
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 desaguo desaguastú
desaguásvos 		desagua desaguamos desaguáis desaguan
imperfect desaguaba desaguabas desaguaba desaguábamos desaguabais desaguaban
preterite desagüé desaguaste desaguó desaguamos desaguasteis desaguaron
future desaguaré desaguarás desaguará desaguaremos desaguaréis desaguarán
conditional desaguaría desaguarías desaguaría desaguaríamos desaguaríais desaguarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present desagüe desagüestú
desagüésvos2 		desagüe desagüemos desagüéis desagüen
imperfect
(ra) 		desaguara desaguaras desaguara desaguáramos desaguarais desaguaran
imperfect
(se) 		desaguase desaguases desaguase desaguásemos desaguaseis desaguasen
future1 desaguare desaguares desaguare desaguáremos desaguareis desaguaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative desaguatú
desaguávos 		desagüe desagüemos desaguad desagüen
negative no desagües no desagüe no desagüemos no desagüéis no desagüen

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

    Selected combined forms of desaguar (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 desaguar dative desaguarme desaguarte desaguarle, desaguarse desaguarnos desaguaros desaguarles, desaguarse
accusative desaguarme desaguarte desaguarlo, desaguarla, desaguarse desaguarnos desaguaros desaguarlos, desaguarlas, desaguarse
with gerund desaguando dative desaguándome desaguándote desaguándole, desaguándose desaguándonos desaguándoos desaguándoles, desaguándose
accusative desaguándome desaguándote desaguándolo, desaguándola, desaguándose desaguándonos desaguándoos desaguándolos, desaguándolas, desaguándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative desagua dative deságuame deságuate deságuale deságuanos not used deságuales
accusative deságuame deságuate deságualo, deságuala deságuanos not used deságualos, deságualas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative desaguá dative desaguame desaguate desaguale desaguanos not used desaguales
accusative desaguame desaguate desagualo, desaguala desaguanos not used desagualos, desagualas
with formal second-person singular imperative desagüe dative deságüeme not used deságüele, deságüese deságüenos not used deságüeles
accusative deságüeme not used deságüelo, deságüela, deságüese deságüenos not used deságüelos, deságüelas
with first-person plural imperative desagüemos dative not used desagüémoste desagüémosle desagüémonos desagüémoos desagüémosles
accusative not used desagüémoste desagüémoslo, desagüémosla desagüémonos desagüémoos desagüémoslos, desagüémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative desaguad dative desaguadme not used desaguadle desaguadnos desaguaos desaguadles
accusative desaguadme not used desaguadlo, desaguadla desaguadnos desaguaos desaguadlos, desaguadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative desagüen dative deságüenme not used deságüenle deságüennos not used deságüenles, deságüense
accusative deságüenme not used deságüenlo, deságüenla deságüennos not used deságüenlos, deságüenlas, deságüense

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