otorgar
Spanish
Alternative forms
- atorgar (obsolete)
Etymology
From Early Medieval Latin auctōricāre. Cf. Portuguese outorgar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /otoɾˈɡaɾ/ [o.t̪oɾˈɣ̞aɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: o‧tor‧gar
Verb
otorgar (first-person singular present otorgo, first-person singular preterite otorgué, past participle otorgado)
- (transitive) to grant (bestow or confer)
- Synonym: conferir
- 2018 September 26, Jesús Ruiz Mantilla, Javier Gil, “Luces y sombras en Lavapiés”, in El País[1]:
- Vivir, consumir, relacionarse y pasar tiempo en estos lugares produce mayor satisfacción a la persona. Además, otorga estatus y distinción.
- Living, consuming, socialising and spending time in these places produce greater satisfaction in a person. Moreover, it grants status and distinction.
- (transitive) to award (give an award for merit)
- (transitive) to draw up, draft (compose (a document), especially following a standard form)
Conjugation
Conjugation of otorgar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of otorgar (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 otorgar | dative | otorgarme | otorgarte | otorgarle, otorgarse | otorgarnos | otorgaros | otorgarles, otorgarse |
| accusative | otorgarme | otorgarte | otorgarlo, otorgarla, otorgarse | otorgarnos | otorgaros | otorgarlos, otorgarlas, otorgarse | |
| with gerund otorgando | dative | otorgándome | otorgándote | otorgándole, otorgándose | otorgándonos | otorgándoos | otorgándoles, otorgándose |
| accusative | otorgándome | otorgándote | otorgándolo, otorgándola, otorgándose | otorgándonos | otorgándoos | otorgándolos, otorgándolas, otorgándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative otorga | dative | otórgame | otórgate | otórgale | otórganos | not used | otórgales |
| accusative | otórgame | otórgate | otórgalo, otórgala | otórganos | not used | otórgalos, otórgalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative otorgá | dative | otorgame | otorgate | otorgale | otorganos | not used | otorgales |
| accusative | otorgame | otorgate | otorgalo, otorgala | otorganos | not used | otorgalos, otorgalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative otorgue | dative | otórgueme | not used | otórguele, otórguese | otórguenos | not used | otórgueles |
| accusative | otórgueme | not used | otórguelo, otórguela, otórguese | otórguenos | not used | otórguelos, otórguelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative otorguemos | dative | not used | otorguémoste | otorguémosle | otorguémonos | otorguémoos | otorguémosles |
| accusative | not used | otorguémoste | otorguémoslo, otorguémosla | otorguémonos | otorguémoos | otorguémoslos, otorguémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative otorgad | dative | otorgadme | not used | otorgadle | otorgadnos | otorgaos | otorgadles |
| accusative | otorgadme | not used | otorgadlo, otorgadla | otorgadnos | otorgaos | otorgadlos, otorgadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative otorguen | dative | otórguenme | not used | otórguenle | otórguennos | not used | otórguenles, otórguense |
| accusative | otórguenme | not used | otórguenlo, otórguenla | otórguennos | not used | otórguenlos, otórguenlas, otórguense | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “otorgar”, 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