persogar
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peɾsoˈɡaɾ/ [peɾ.soˈɣ̞aɾ]
Audio (Costa Rica): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: per‧so‧gar
Verb
persogar (first-person singular present persogo, first-person singular preterite persogué, past participle persogado)
- (transitive, rustic, Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica) to tie an animal with a rope, especially for them to graze
Conjugation
Conjugation of persogar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | persogar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | persogando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | persogado | persogada | |||||
| plural | persogados | persogadas | |||||
| 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 | persogo | persogastú persogásvos |
persoga | persogamos | persogáis | persogan | |
| imperfect | persogaba | persogabas | persogaba | persogábamos | persogabais | persogaban | |
| preterite | persogué | persogaste | persogó | persogamos | persogasteis | persogaron | |
| future | persogaré | persogarás | persogará | persogaremos | persogaréis | persogarán | |
| conditional | persogaría | persogarías | persogaría | persogaríamos | persogaríais | persogarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | persogue | persoguestú persoguésvos2 |
persogue | persoguemos | persoguéis | persoguen | |
| imperfect (ra) |
persogara | persogaras | persogara | persogáramos | persogarais | persogaran | |
| imperfect (se) |
persogase | persogases | persogase | persogásemos | persogaseis | persogasen | |
| future1 | persogare | persogares | persogare | persogáremos | persogareis | persogaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | persogatú persogávos |
persogue | persoguemos | persogad | persoguen | ||
| negative | no persogues | no persogue | no persoguemos | no persoguéis | no persoguen | ||
Selected combined forms of persogar (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 persogar | dative | persogarme | persogarte | persogarle, persogarse | persogarnos | persogaros | persogarles, persogarse |
| accusative | persogarme | persogarte | persogarlo, persogarla, persogarse | persogarnos | persogaros | persogarlos, persogarlas, persogarse | |
| with gerund persogando | dative | persogándome | persogándote | persogándole, persogándose | persogándonos | persogándoos | persogándoles, persogándose |
| accusative | persogándome | persogándote | persogándolo, persogándola, persogándose | persogándonos | persogándoos | persogándolos, persogándolas, persogándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative persoga | dative | persógame | persógate | persógale | persóganos | not used | persógales |
| accusative | persógame | persógate | persógalo, persógala | persóganos | not used | persógalos, persógalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative persogá | dative | persogame | persogate | persogale | persoganos | not used | persogales |
| accusative | persogame | persogate | persogalo, persogala | persoganos | not used | persogalos, persogalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative persogue | dative | persógueme | not used | persóguele, persóguese | persóguenos | not used | persógueles |
| accusative | persógueme | not used | persóguelo, persóguela, persóguese | persóguenos | not used | persóguelos, persóguelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative persoguemos | dative | not used | persoguémoste | persoguémosle | persoguémonos | persoguémoos | persoguémosles |
| accusative | not used | persoguémoste | persoguémoslo, persoguémosla | persoguémonos | persoguémoos | persoguémoslos, persoguémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative persogad | dative | persogadme | not used | persogadle | persogadnos | persogaos | persogadles |
| accusative | persogadme | not used | persogadlo, persogadla | persogadnos | persogaos | persogadlos, persogadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative persoguen | dative | persóguenme | not used | persóguenle | persóguennos | not used | persóguenles, persóguense |
| accusative | persóguenme | not used | persóguenlo, persóguenla | persóguennos | not used | persóguenlos, persóguenlas, persóguense | |
Further reading
- “persogar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010