gayar

Spanish

Etymology

From gayo (“colorful”), from Occitan gai (“cheerful”).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈʝaɾ/ [ɡaˈʝaɾ] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈʃaɾ/ [ɡaˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈʒaɾ/ [ɡaˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ga‧yar

Verb

gayar (first-person singular present gayo, first-person singular preterite gayé, past participle gayado)

  1. to decorate with coloured stripes

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gayar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive gayar
gerund gayando
past participle masculine feminine
singular gayado gayada
plural gayados gayadas
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 gayo gayastú
gayásvos 		gaya gayamos gayáis gayan
imperfect gayaba gayabas gayaba gayábamos gayabais gayaban
preterite gayé gayaste gayó gayamos gayasteis gayaron
future gayaré gayarás gayará gayaremos gayaréis gayarán
conditional gayaría gayarías gayaría gayaríamos gayaríais gayarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present gaye gayestú
gayésvos2 		gaye gayemos gayéis gayen
imperfect
(ra) 		gayara gayaras gayara gayáramos gayarais gayaran
imperfect
(se) 		gayase gayases gayase gayásemos gayaseis gayasen
future1 gayare gayares gayare gayáremos gayareis gayaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative gayatú
gayávos 		gaye gayemos gayad gayen
negative no gayes no gaye no gayemos no gayéis no gayen

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

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