mendigar

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mendigar, semi-learned borrowing from Latin mendicāre.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mẽ.d͡ʒiˈɡa(ʁ)/ [mẽ.d͡ʒiˈɡa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /mẽ.d͡ʒiˈɡa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /mẽ.d͡ʒiˈɡa(ʁ)/ [mẽ.d͡ʒiˈɡa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mẽ.d͡ʒiˈɡa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mẽ.diˈɡaɾ/ [mẽ.diˈɣaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mẽ.diˈɡa.ɾi/ [mẽ.diˈɣa.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: men‧di‧gar

Verb

mendigar (first-person singular present mendigo, first-person singular preterite mendiguei, past participle mendigado)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) ask for alms
  2. (transitive) request with instance; beseech; plead
    • 1890, Aluizio Azevedo, O Cortiço, Rio de Janeiro: B. L. Garnier:
      Que estranho poder era esse, que a mulher exercia sobre eles, a tal ponto, que os infelizes, carregados de desonra e de ludíbrio, ainda vinham covardes e suplicantes mendigar-lhe o perdão pelo mal que ela lhes fizera?...
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. (intransitive) be a beggar
  4. (informal, often derogatory) ask for something even if you don't need it

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mendigar (g-gu alternation) (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 mendigar
Personal mendigar mendigares mendigar mendigarmos mendigardes mendigarem
Gerund
mendigando
Past participle
Masculine mendigado mendigados
Feminine mendigada mendigadas
Indicative
Present mendigo mendigas mendiga mendigamos mendigais mendigam
Imperfect mendigava mendigavas mendigava mendigávamos mendigáveis mendigavam
Preterite mendiguei mendigaste mendigou mendigamos1, mendigámos2 mendigastes mendigaram
Pluperfect mendigara mendigaras mendigara mendigáramos mendigáreis mendigaram
Future mendigarei mendigarás mendigará mendigaremos mendigareis mendigarão
Conditional mendigaria mendigarias mendigaria mendigaríamos mendigaríeis mendigariam
Subjunctive
Present mendigue mendigues mendigue mendiguemos mendigueis mendiguem
Imperfect mendigasse mendigasses mendigasse mendigássemos mendigásseis mendigassem
Future mendigar mendigares mendigar mendigarmos mendigardes mendigarem
Imperative
Affirmative mendiga mendigue mendiguemos mendigai mendiguem
Negative (não) não mendigues não mendigue não mendiguemos não mendigueis não mendiguem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mendīcāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mendiˈɡaɾ/ [mẽn̪.d̪iˈɣ̞aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: men‧di‧gar

Verb

mendigar (first-person singular present mendigo, first-person singular preterite mendigué, past participle mendigado)

  1. to beg, panhandle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mendigar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive mendigar
gerund mendigando
past participle masculine feminine
singular mendigado mendigada
plural mendigados mendigadas
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 mendigo mendigastú
mendigásvos 		mendiga mendigamos mendigáis mendigan
imperfect mendigaba mendigabas mendigaba mendigábamos mendigabais mendigaban
preterite mendigué mendigaste mendigó mendigamos mendigasteis mendigaron
future mendigaré mendigarás mendigará mendigaremos mendigaréis mendigarán
conditional mendigaría mendigarías mendigaría mendigaríamos mendigaríais mendigarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present mendigue mendiguestú
mendiguésvos2 		mendigue mendiguemos mendiguéis mendiguen
imperfect
(ra) 		mendigara mendigaras mendigara mendigáramos mendigarais mendigaran
imperfect
(se) 		mendigase mendigases mendigase mendigásemos mendigaseis mendigasen
future1 mendigare mendigares mendigare mendigáremos mendigareis mendigaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative mendigatú
mendigávos 		mendigue mendiguemos mendigad mendiguen
negative no mendigues no mendigue no mendiguemos no mendiguéis no mendiguen

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

    Selected combined forms of mendigar (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 mendigar dative mendigarme mendigarte mendigarle, mendigarse mendigarnos mendigaros mendigarles, mendigarse
accusative mendigarme mendigarte mendigarlo, mendigarla, mendigarse mendigarnos mendigaros mendigarlos, mendigarlas, mendigarse
with gerund mendigando dative mendigándome mendigándote mendigándole, mendigándose mendigándonos mendigándoos mendigándoles, mendigándose
accusative mendigándome mendigándote mendigándolo, mendigándola, mendigándose mendigándonos mendigándoos mendigándolos, mendigándolas, mendigándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative mendiga dative mendígame mendígate mendígale mendíganos not used mendígales
accusative mendígame mendígate mendígalo, mendígala mendíganos not used mendígalos, mendígalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative mendigá dative mendigame mendigate mendigale mendiganos not used mendigales
accusative mendigame mendigate mendigalo, mendigala mendiganos not used mendigalos, mendigalas
with formal second-person singular imperative mendigue dative mendígueme not used mendíguele, mendíguese mendíguenos not used mendígueles
accusative mendígueme not used mendíguelo, mendíguela, mendíguese mendíguenos not used mendíguelos, mendíguelas
with first-person plural imperative mendiguemos dative not used mendiguémoste mendiguémosle mendiguémonos mendiguémoos mendiguémosles
accusative not used mendiguémoste mendiguémoslo, mendiguémosla mendiguémonos mendiguémoos mendiguémoslos, mendiguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative mendigad dative mendigadme not used mendigadle mendigadnos mendigaos mendigadles
accusative mendigadme not used mendigadlo, mendigadla mendigadnos mendigaos mendigadlos, mendigadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative mendiguen dative mendíguenme not used mendíguenle mendíguennos not used mendíguenles, mendíguense
accusative mendíguenme not used mendíguenlo, mendíguenla mendíguennos not used mendíguenlos, mendíguenlas, mendíguense

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