hurgar

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish furgar, from Vulgar Latin *fūricāre, from Latin fūr (“thief”) whence English ferret and furtive.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /uɾˈɡaɾ/ [uɾˈɣ̞aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: hur‧gar

Verb

hurgar (first-person singular present hurgo, first-person singular preterite hurgué, past participle hurgado)

  1. (intransitive) to root, rummage, poke about
    hurgar en algo ― to rummage through something
    • 2022 April 20, Álvaro Sánchez, “Netflix se desmorona en Bolsa casi un 40% ahogada por la competencia y las contraseñas compartidas”, in El País‎:
      […] porque ha terminado la ola de crecimiento desenfrenado que la impulsó durante los encierros pandémicos, cuando uno de los mayores entretenimientos para matar el tiempo de millones de ciudadanos de todo el planeta fue hurgar en el catálogo de Netflix.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (transitive) to poke at, pick
    hurgarse la nariz ― to pick one’s nose

Conjugation
    Conjugation of hurgar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive hurgar
gerund hurgando
past participle masculine feminine
singular hurgado hurgada
plural hurgados hurgadas
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 hurgo hurgastú
hurgásvos		 hurga hurgamos hurgáis hurgan
imperfect hurgaba hurgabas hurgaba hurgábamos hurgabais hurgaban
preterite hurgué hurgaste hurgó hurgamos hurgasteis hurgaron
future hurgaré hurgarás hurgará hurgaremos hurgaréis hurgarán
conditional hurgaría hurgarías hurgaría hurgaríamos hurgaríais hurgarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present hurgue hurguestú
hurguésvos2		 hurgue hurguemos hurguéis hurguen
imperfect
(ra)		 hurgara hurgaras hurgara hurgáramos hurgarais hurgaran
imperfect
(se)		 hurgase hurgases hurgase hurgásemos hurgaseis hurgasen
future1 hurgare hurgares hurgare hurgáremos hurgareis hurgaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative hurgatú
hurgávos		 hurgue hurguemos hurgad hurguen
negative no hurgues no hurgue no hurguemos no hurguéis no hurguen

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

    Selected combined forms of hurgar (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 hurgar
dative hurgarme hurgarte hurgarle, hurgarse hurgarnos hurgaros hurgarles, hurgarse
accusative hurgarme hurgarte hurgarlo, hurgarla, hurgarse hurgarnos hurgaros hurgarlos, hurgarlas, hurgarse
with gerund hurgando
dative hurgándome hurgándote hurgándole, hurgándose hurgándonos hurgándoos hurgándoles, hurgándose
accusative hurgándome hurgándote hurgándolo, hurgándola, hurgándose hurgándonos hurgándoos hurgándolos, hurgándolas, hurgándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative hurga
dative húrgame húrgate húrgale húrganos not used húrgales
accusative húrgame húrgate húrgalo, húrgala húrganos not used húrgalos, húrgalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative hurgá
dative hurgame hurgate hurgale hurganos not used hurgales
accusative hurgame hurgate hurgalo, hurgala hurganos not used hurgalos, hurgalas
with formal second-person singular imperative hurgue
dative húrgueme not used húrguele, húrguese húrguenos not used húrgueles
accusative húrgueme not used húrguelo, húrguela, húrguese húrguenos not used húrguelos, húrguelas
with first-person plural imperative hurguemos
dative not used hurguémoste hurguémosle hurguémonos hurguémoos hurguémosles
accusative not used hurguémoste hurguémoslo, hurguémosla hurguémonos hurguémoos hurguémoslos, hurguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative hurgad
dative hurgadme not used hurgadle hurgadnos hurgaos hurgadles
accusative hurgadme not used hurgadlo, hurgadla hurgadnos hurgaos hurgadlos, hurgadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative hurguen
dative húrguenme not used húrguenle húrguennos not used húrguenles, húrguense
accusative húrguenme not used húrguenlo, húrguenla húrguennos not used húrguenlos, húrguenlas, húrguense

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