nugar
Catalan
Etymology
From nuar, with epenthetic g to avoid hiatus. Inherited from Latin nodāre (possibly through a Vulgar Latin *nudāre). Cognate with Occitan nosar and French nouer.
Pronunciation
Verb
nugar (first-person singular present nugo, first-person singular preterite nuguí, past participle nugat)
Conjugation
Conjugation of nugar (first conjugation, g-gu alternation)
| infinitive | nugar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | nugant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | nugat | nugada | |||||
| plural | nugats | nugades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | nugo | nugues | nuga | nuguem | nugueu | nuguen | |
| imperfect | nugava | nugaves | nugava | nugàvem | nugàveu | nugaven | |
| future | nugaré | nugaràs | nugarà | nugarem | nugareu | nugaran | |
| preterite | nuguí | nugares | nugà | nugàrem | nugàreu | nugaren | |
| conditional | nugaria | nugaries | nugaria | nugaríem | nugaríeu | nugarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | nugui | nuguis | nugui | nuguem | nugueu | nuguin | |
| imperfect | nugués | nuguessis | nugués | nuguéssim | nuguéssiu | nuguessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | nuga | nugui | nuguem | nugueu | nuguin | |
| negative (no) | — | no nuguis | no nugui | no nuguem | no nugueu | no nuguin | |
Further reading
- “nugar”, 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
- “nugar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “nugar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “nugar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.