cagar
Asturian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin cacāre, from a Proto-Indo-European *kakka-.
Verb
cagar
- to shit
- (reflexive) to shit involuntarily, one's self, to fear a lot
- Cágome cuando la oyo berrame
- I shit myself when I hear her scream at me
- (vulgar) to tell someone off
- ¡Toi fartu, cago pa ti!
- I'm done, fuck you!
- (Parres) to hit someone with malice
Conjugation
infinitive | cagar | ||||||
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gerund | cagando | ||||||
past participle | m cagáu, f cagada, n cagao, m pl cagaos, f pl cagaes | ||||||
person | first singular yo |
second singular tu |
third singular él/elli |
first plural nosotros/nós |
second plural vosotros/vós |
third plural ellos | |
indicative | present | cago | cages | caga | cagamos | cagáis | cagen |
imperfect | cagaba | cagabes | cagaba | cagábemos, cagábamos | cagabeis, cagabais | cagaben | |
preterite | cagé | cagasti, cagesti | cagó | cagemos | cagastis, cagestis | cagaron | |
pluperfect | cagare, cagara | cagares, cagaras | cagare, cagara | cagáremos, cagáramos | cagareis, cagarais | cagaren, cagaran | |
future | cagaré | cagarás | cagará | cagaremos | cagaréis | cagarán | |
conditional | cagaría | cagaríes | cagaría | cagaríemos, cagaríamos | cagaríeis, cagaríais | cagaríen | |
subjunctive | present | cage | cages, cagas | cage | cagemos | cagéis | cagen, cagan |
imperfect | cagare, cagara | cagares, cagaras | cagare, cagara | cagáremos, cagáramos | cagareis, cagarais | cagaren, cagaran | |
imperative | — | caga | — | — | cagái | — |
Derived terms
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin cacāre, from a Proto-Indo-European *kakka-.
Verb
cagar (first-person singular present cago, first-person singular preterite caguí, past participle cagat)
Conjugation
infinitive | cagar | ||||||
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gerund | cagant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | cagat | cagada | |||||
plural | cagats | cagades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | cago | cagues | caga | caguem | cagueu | caguen | |
imperfect | cagava | cagaves | cagava | cagàvem | cagàveu | cagaven | |
future | cagaré | cagaràs | cagarà | cagarem | cagareu | cagaran | |
preterite | caguí | cagares | cagà | cagàrem | cagàreu | cagaren | |
conditional | cagaria | cagaries | cagaria | cagaríem | cagaríeu | cagarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | cagui | caguis | cagui | caguem | cagueu | caguin | |
imperfect | cagués | caguessis | cagués | caguéssim | caguéssiu | caguessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | caga | cagui | caguem | cagueu | caguin | |
negative (no) | — | no caguis | no cagui | no caguem | no cagueu | no caguin |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “cagar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “cagar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese cagar, from Latin cacāre, from a Proto-Indo-European *kakka-. Compare Portuguese, Asturian, Spanish, and Catalan cagar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈɣaɾ/, /kaˈħaɾ/
Verb
cagar (first-person singular present cago, first-person singular preterite caguei, past participle cagado)
- (vulgar, intransitive) to shit
- (vulgar, intransitive) to tell someone off, exclamation of rejection
- Vai cagar! ― Go shit yourself!
- (vulgar, transitive) to ruin, to spoil
- (vulgar, takes a reflexive pronoun) to shit oneself (to be very scared)
Conjugation
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) |
Second-person (ti) |
Third-person (el / ela / Vde.) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | cagar | |||||
Personal | cagar | cagares | cagar | cagarmos | cagardes | cagaren |
Gerund | ||||||
cagando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | cagado | cagados | ||||
Feminine | cagada | cagadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | cago | cagas | caga | cagamos | cagades | cagan |
Imperfect | cagaba | cagabas | cagaba | cagabamos | cagabades | cagaban |
Preterite | caguei | cagaches | cagou | cagamos | cagastes | cagaron |
Pluperfect | cagara | cagaras | cagara | cagaramos | cagarades | cagaran |
Future | cagarei | cagarás | cagará | cagaremos | cagaredes | cagarán |
Conditional | cagaría | cagarías | cagaría | cagariamos | cagariades | cagarían |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | cague | cagues | cague | caguemos | caguedes | caguen |
Imperfect | cagase | cagases | cagase | cagásemos | cagásedes | cagasen |
Future | cagar | cagares | cagar | cagarmos | cagardes | cagaren |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | caga | cague | caguemos | cagade | caguen | |
Negative (non) | non cagues | non cague | non caguemos | non caguedes | non caguen |
1Less recommended.
Related terms
References
- “cagar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “caga” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “cagar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cagar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
- “cagar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cagar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay cagar, from Old Javanese cagĕr (“to guarantee, ensure”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *gar, *cgar, *cgaar (“to fence, to enclose”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃa.ɡar/
- Rhymes: -ɡar, -ar, -r
- Hyphenation: ca‧gar
Noun
cagar (plural cagar-cagar, first-person possessive cagarku, second-person possessive cagarmu, third-person possessive cagarnya)
- guarantee, pledge, security
- advance payment, down payment
- Synonyms: panjar, uang muka
Derived terms
- cagaran
- dicagarkan
- mencagarkan
Noun
cagar (plural cagar-cagar, first-person possessive cagarku, second-person possessive cagarmu, third-person possessive cagarnya)
Derived terms
- dicagarkan
- mencagarkan
- pencagaran
- cagar alam
- cagar biosfer
- cagar budaya
- cagar ikan
- cagar nasional
- cagar sumber daya
References
- H. L. Shorto (2006) A Mon-Khmer comparative dictionary, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC
Further reading
- “cagar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin cacāre.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Conjugation

simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | cagar | aver cagat | |||||
gerund | cagant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | cagat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | cagui | cagas | caga | cagam | cagatz | cagan | |
imperfect | cagavi | cagavas | cagava | cagàvem | cagàvetz | cagavan | |
preterite | caguèri | caguères | caguèt | caguèrem | caguèretz | caguèron | |
future | cagarai | cagaràs | cagarà | cagarem | cagaretz | cagaràn | |
conditional | cagariái | cagariás | cagariá | cagariam | cagariatz | cagarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | caguèra | caguèras | caguèra | cagueram | cagueratz | caguèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | cague | cagues | cague | caguem | caguetz | caguen | |
imperfect | caguèssi | caguèsses | caguèsse | caguèssem | caguèssetz | caguèsson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
caga | caguem | cagatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||

simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | cagar | aver cagat | |||||
gerund | cagant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | cagat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | cague | cagues | caga | cagam | cagatz | cagon | |
imperfect | cagave | cagaves | cagava | cagaviam | cagaviatz | cagavon | |
preterite | caguere | cagueres | caguet | caguem | caguetz | cagueron | |
future | cagarai | cagaràs | cagará | cagarem | cagaretz | cagarán | |
conditional | cagariá | cagariás | cagariá | cagariam | cagariatz | cagarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | caguèra | caguèras | caguèra | cagueram | cagueratz | caguèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | cague | cagues | cague | cagassiam | cagassiatz | cagon | |
imperfect | caguesse | caguesses | caguesse | caguessiam | caguessiatz | caguesson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
caga | cagassiam | cagatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||

simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | cagar | aver cagat | |||||
gerund | cagant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | cagat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | cagui | cagas | caga | cagam | cagatz | cagan | |
imperfect | cagavi | cagavas | cagava | cagàvam | cagàvatz | cagavan | |
preterite | caguèi | caguès | caguè | caguèm | caguètz | caguèn | |
future | cagarèi | cagaràs | cagarà | cagaram | cagaratz | cagaràn | |
conditional | cagarí | cagarés | cagaré | cagarem | cagaretz | cagarén | |
conditional 2nd form1 | caguèra | caguèras | caguèra | cagueram | cagueratz | caguèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | cagui | cagues | cague | caguem | caguetz | caguen | |
imperfect | caguèssi | caguèsses | caguèsse | caguèssem | caguèssetz | caguèssen | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
caga | caguem | cagatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||

simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | cagar | aver cagat | |||||
gerund | cagant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | cagat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | cague | cagas | caga | cagam | cagatz | cagan | |
imperfect | cagava | cagavas | cagava | cagàvam | cagàvatz | cagavan | |
preterite | caguei | cagueras | caguet | caguèram | caguèratz | cagueran | |
future | cagarai | cagaràs | cagará | cagarem | cagaretz | cagarán | |
conditional | cagariá | cagariàs | cagariá | cagariam | cagariatz | cagarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | caguèra | caguèras | caguèra | cagueram | cagueratz | caguèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | cague | cagues | cague | caguem | caguetz | caguen | |
imperfect | caguèsse | caguèsses | caguèsse | caguèssem | caguèssetz | caguèssen | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
caga | caguem | cagatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||

simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | cagar | aver cagat | |||||
gerund | cagant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | cagat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | cague | cagues | caga | cagam | cagatz | cagan | |
imperfect | cagavi | cagavas | cagava | cagàvem | cagàvetz | cagavan | |
preterite | caguère | caguères | caguèt | cagueriam | cagueriatz | caguèron | |
future | cagarai | cagaràs | cagarà | cagarem | cagaretz | cagaràn | |
conditional | cagariáu | cagariás | cagariá | cagariam | cagariatz | cagarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | caguèra | caguèras | caguèra | cagueram | cagueratz | caguèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | cague | cagues | cague | caguem | caguetz | cagan | |
imperfect | caguèsse | caguèsses | caguèsse | caguessiam | caguessiatz | caguèsson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
caga | caguem | cagatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Latin cacāre, from a Proto-Indo-European *kakka-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈɡaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
Conjugation
infinitive | simple | cagar | |||||||
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compound | infinitive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
gerund | simple | cagando | |||||||
compound | gerund of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
past participle | singular | plural | |||||||
masculine | cagado | cagada | |||||||
feminine | cagados | cagadas | |||||||
present participle | cagante | cagantes | |||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative mood | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
eles elas | |||
simple tenses |
present | cago | cagas | caga | cagamos | cagades | cagam3, cagan4 | ||
imperfect | cagava | cagavas | cagava | cagavamos | cagavades | cagavam3, cagavan4 | |||
preterite | caguei | cagaste3, cagasche4 | cagou | cagamos | cagastes | cagarom3, cagaron4 | |||
pluperfect | cagara | cagaras | cagara | cagaramos | cagarades | cagaram3, cagaran4 | |||
future | cagarei | cagarás | cagará | cagaremos | cagaredes | cagarám3, cagarán4 | |||
conditional | cagaría | cagarías | cagaría | cagariamos | cagariades | cagaríam3, cagarían4 | |||
compound tenses |
present perfect | present of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | |||||||
present imperfect | imperfect of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
past anterior | preterite of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
pluperfect | simple pluperfect of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
future perfect | future of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
subjunctive mood | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
eles elas | |||
simple tenses |
present | cague | cagues | cague | caguemos | caguedes | caguem3, caguen4 | ||
preterite | cagasse | cagasses | cagasse | cagássemos | cagássedes | cagassem3, cagassen4 | |||
future | cagar | cagares | cagar | cagarmos | cagardes | cagarem3, cagaren4 | |||
compound tenses |
present perfect | present subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | |||||||
pluperfect | preterite subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
future perfect | future subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
imperative mood | — | tu | vossa mercee | nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
— | |||
affirmative | — | caga | cague | caguemos | cagade | — | |||
negative | — | non cagues | non cague | non caguemos | non caguedes | — | |||
personal infinitive | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
eles elas | |||
cagar | cagares | cagar | cagarmos | cagardes | cagarem3, cagaren4 | ||||
1 Its alternative form aver can be used as well. 2 Teer and ter were used too, though all 3 were less common than forms of "haver". 3 Less common in Galicia 4 Less common in Portugal |
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cagar, from Latin cacāre, from a Proto-Indo-European *kakka-. Compare Galician, Asturian, and Spanish cagar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈɡa(ʁ)/ [kaˈɡa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kaˈɡa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kaˈɡa(ʁ)/ [kaˈɡa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈɡa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈɡaɾ/ [kɐˈɣaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈɡa.ɾi/ [kɐˈɣa.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: ca‧gar
Verb
cagar (first-person singular present cago, first-person singular preterite caguei, past participle cagado)
- (vulgar, intransitive) to shit; to defecate
- Synonym: (formal) defecar
- (vulgar, slang, figurative, takes a reflexive pronoun) to shit oneself (to be very scared)
- Caguei-me todo na montanha-russa.
- I shat myself on the rollercoaster.
- (vulgar, slang, figurative, intransitive) to get lucky
- Synonyms: ter sorte, tirar a sorte grande
- (vulgar, figurative, transitive with em) to ignore
- Casgaste completamente na mensagem que te mandei.
- You completely ignored the message I sent you.
- Ela cagou em mim.
- She ignored me.
- (vulgar, figurative, intransitive, or transitive with para) not to give a fuck (to really not care)
- Se ele não quer ir à festa, o problema é dele. Pessoalmente, tou-me a cagar!
- If he doesn't want to go to the party, that's his own problem. Personally, I don't fucking care!
- O stor tá-se a cagar para os novos alunos.
- The prof doesn't give a fuck about the new students.
- (vulgar, Brazil, intransitive, or transitive with em) to fuck up; to botch; to screw up (to do something incorrectly)
Conjugation
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 | cagar | |||||
Personal | cagar | cagares | cagar | cagarmos | cagardes | cagarem |
Gerund | ||||||
cagando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | cagado | cagados | ||||
Feminine | cagada | cagadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | cago | cagas | caga | cagamos | cagais | cagam |
Imperfect | cagava | cagavas | cagava | cagávamos | cagáveis | cagavam |
Preterite | caguei | cagaste | cagou | cagamos1, cagámos2 | cagastes | cagaram |
Pluperfect | cagara | cagaras | cagara | cagáramos | cagáreis | cagaram |
Future | cagarei | cagarás | cagará | cagaremos | cagareis | cagarão |
Conditional | cagaria | cagarias | cagaria | cagaríamos | cagaríeis | cagariam |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | cague | cagues | cague | caguemos | cagueis | caguem |
Imperfect | cagasse | cagasses | cagasse | cagássemos | cagásseis | cagassem |
Future | cagar | cagares | cagar | cagarmos | cagardes | cagarem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | caga | cague | caguemos | cagai | caguem | |
Negative (não) | não cagues | não cague | não caguemos | não cagueis | não caguem |
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish cocur, cocar (“consultation, (secret) discussion, confabulation; act of consulting, conferring, planning”), from com + cor.
Noun
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
cagar | chagar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cocur”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish cagar, from Latin cacāre, ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European root *kakka-. Compare English cack.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈɡaɾ/ [kaˈɣ̞aɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ca‧gar
Verb
cagar (first-person singular present cago, first-person singular preterite cagué, past participle cagado)
- (vulgar) to shit
- Synonyms: defecar, (informal) descomer, hacer aguas mayores
- Voy a cagarme ― I am going to shit (myself)
- (vulgar) to tell someone off, exclamation of rejection
- ¡Anda a cagar! ― Go shit yourself!
- ¡Vete a cagar! ― Go shit yourself!
- (colloquial) to bust
- (colloquial) to get busted
- (colloquial) to ruin something; to screw
- (intransitive, Chile, colloquial) to fail
- (transitive, Chile) to cheat someone
- (transitive, Spain, Mexico, colloquial) to make a mistake
- Synonym: equivocarse
- ¡No la cagues! ― Don't ruin it!
- (reflexive, vulgar) to shit oneself, crap oneself (defecate in one's clothes)
- (reflexive, vulgar) to shit oneself (be extremely frightened)
- (reflexive, vulgar) fuck (used to express extreme anger, surprise, joy, shock or to show a lot of disrespect)
Usage notes
- When used to express anger (or even joy, shock, surprise), a common expression is "me cago en la leche", or "me cago en la puta", which can be translated as "fuck this!" or "fuck this shit!" or "holy fuck!". A similar construction can be used when expressing anger or disrespect directed at someone or something, for example ¡Me cago en mi jefe! (Fuck my boss!), ¡Me cago en tu opinión! (Fuck your opinion!) ¡Me cago en todo! (Fuck it all!). In addition, an innumerable number of creative variations can be attested which have the same meaning ¡Me cago en el mar!, ¡Me cago en la mierda!, ¡Me cago en Dios!, ¡Me cago en tu puta madre! etc.
Conjugation
infinitive | cagar | ||||||
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gerund | cagando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | cagado | cagada | |||||
plural | cagados | cagadas | |||||
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 | cago | cagastú cagásvos |
caga | cagamos | cagáis | cagan | |
imperfect | cagaba | cagabas | cagaba | cagábamos | cagabais | cagaban | |
preterite | cagué | cagaste | cagó | cagamos | cagasteis | cagaron | |
future | cagaré | cagarás | cagará | cagaremos | cagaréis | cagarán | |
conditional | cagaría | cagarías | cagaría | cagaríamos | cagaríais | cagarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | cague | caguestú caguésvos2 |
cague | caguemos | caguéis | caguen | |
imperfect (ra) |
cagara | cagaras | cagara | cagáramos | cagarais | cagaran | |
imperfect (se) |
cagase | cagases | cagase | cagásemos | cagaseis | cagasen | |
future1 | cagare | cagares | cagare | cagáremos | cagareis | cagaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | cagatú cagávos |
cague | caguemos | cagad | caguen | ||
negative | no cagues | no cague | no caguemos | no caguéis | no caguen |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive cagar | |||||||
dative | cagarme | cagarte | cagarle, cagarse | cagarnos | cagaros | cagarles, cagarse | |
accusative | cagarme | cagarte | cagarlo, cagarla, cagarse | cagarnos | cagaros | cagarlos, cagarlas, cagarse | |
with gerund cagando | |||||||
dative | cagándome | cagándote | cagándole, cagándose | cagándonos | cagándoos | cagándoles, cagándose | |
accusative | cagándome | cagándote | cagándolo, cagándola, cagándose | cagándonos | cagándoos | cagándolos, cagándolas, cagándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative caga | |||||||
dative | cágame | cágate | cágale | cáganos | not used | cágales | |
accusative | cágame | cágate | cágalo, cágala | cáganos | not used | cágalos, cágalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cagá | |||||||
dative | cagame | cagate | cagale | caganos | not used | cagales | |
accusative | cagame | cagate | cagalo, cagala | caganos | not used | cagalos, cagalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative cague | |||||||
dative | cágueme | not used | cáguele, cáguese | cáguenos | not used | cágueles | |
accusative | cágueme | not used | cáguelo, cáguela, cáguese | cáguenos | not used | cáguelos, cáguelas | |
with first-person plural imperative caguemos | |||||||
dative | not used | caguémoste | caguémosle | caguémonos | caguémoos | caguémosles | |
accusative | not used | caguémoste | caguémoslo, caguémosla | caguémonos | caguémoos | caguémoslos, caguémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative cagad | |||||||
dative | cagadme | not used | cagadle | cagadnos | cagaos | cagadles | |
accusative | cagadme | not used | cagadlo, cagadla | cagadnos | cagaos | cagadlos, cagadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative caguen | |||||||
dative | cáguenme | not used | cáguenle | cáguennos | not used | cáguenles, cáguense | |
accusative | cáguenme | not used | cáguenlo, cáguenla | cáguennos | not used | cáguenlos, cáguenlas, cáguense |
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Cebuano: kagar
Further reading
- “cagar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014