melgar

Portuguese

Etymology

From melga +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mewˈɡa(ʁ)/ [meʊ̯ˈɡa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /mewˈɡa(ɾ)/ [meʊ̯ˈɡa(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /mewˈɡa(ʁ)/ [meʊ̯ˈɡa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mewˈɡa(ɻ)/ [meʊ̯ˈɡa(ɻ)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɛlˈɡaɾ/ [mɛɫˈɣaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɛlˈɡa.ɾi/ [mɛɫˈɣa.ɾi]

Verb

melgar (first-person singular present melgo, first-person singular preterite melguei, past participle melgado)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to annoy, to bother, to pester, to nag (especially through repeated words or constant presence)

Conjugation
    Conjugation of melgar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
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 melgar
Personal melgar melgares melgar melgarmos melgardes melgarem
Gerund
melgando
Past participle
Masculine melgado melgados
Feminine melgada melgadas
Indicative
Present melgo melgas melga melgamos melgais melgam
Imperfect melgava melgavas melgava melgávamos melgáveis melgavam
Preterite melguei melgaste melgou melgamos1, melgámos2 melgastes melgaram
Pluperfect melgara melgaras melgara melgáramos melgáreis melgaram
Future melgarei melgarás melgará melgaremos melgareis melgarão
Conditional melgaria melgarias melgaria melgaríamos melgaríeis melgariam
Subjunctive
Present melgue melgues melgue melguemos melgueis melguem
Imperfect melgasse melgasses melgasse melgássemos melgásseis melgassem
Future melgar melgares melgar melgarmos melgardes melgarem
Imperative
Affirmative melga melgue melguemos melgai melguem
Negative (não) não melgues não melgue não melguemos não melgueis não melguem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

References

Spanish

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /melˈɡaɾ/ [melˈɣ̞aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: mel‧gar

Verb

melgar (first-person singular present melgo, first-person singular preterite melgué, past participle melgado)

  1. to mark strips of land for sowing (seeds)

Conjugation
    Conjugation of melgar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive melgar
gerund melgando
past participle masculine feminine
singular melgado melgada
plural melgados melgadas
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 melgo melgastú
melgásvos		 melga melgamos melgáis melgan
imperfect melgaba melgabas melgaba melgábamos melgabais melgaban
preterite melgué melgaste melgó melgamos melgasteis melgaron
future melgaré melgarás melgará melgaremos melgaréis melgarán
conditional melgaría melgarías melgaría melgaríamos melgaríais melgarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present melgue melguestú
melguésvos2		 melgue melguemos melguéis melguen
imperfect
(ra)		 melgara melgaras melgara melgáramos melgarais melgaran
imperfect
(se)		 melgase melgases melgase melgásemos melgaseis melgasen
future1 melgare melgares melgare melgáremos melgareis melgaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative melgatú
melgávos		 melgue melguemos melgad melguen
negative no melgues no melgue no melguemos no melguéis no melguen

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

    Selected combined forms of melgar (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 melgar
dative melgarme melgarte melgarle, melgarse melgarnos melgaros melgarles, melgarse
accusative melgarme melgarte melgarlo, melgarla, melgarse melgarnos melgaros melgarlos, melgarlas, melgarse
with gerund melgando
dative melgándome melgándote melgándole, melgándose melgándonos melgándoos melgándoles, melgándose
accusative melgándome melgándote melgándolo, melgándola, melgándose melgándonos melgándoos melgándolos, melgándolas, melgándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative melga
dative mélgame mélgate mélgale mélganos not used mélgales
accusative mélgame mélgate mélgalo, mélgala mélganos not used mélgalos, mélgalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative melgá
dative melgame melgate melgale melganos not used melgales
accusative melgame melgate melgalo, melgala melganos not used melgalos, melgalas
with formal second-person singular imperative melgue
dative mélgueme not used mélguele, mélguese mélguenos not used mélgueles
accusative mélgueme not used mélguelo, mélguela, mélguese mélguenos not used mélguelos, mélguelas
with first-person plural imperative melguemos
dative not used melguémoste melguémosle melguémonos melguémoos melguémosles
accusative not used melguémoste melguémoslo, melguémosla melguémonos melguémoos melguémoslos, melguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative melgad
dative melgadme not used melgadle melgadnos melgaos melgadles
accusative melgadme not used melgadlo, melgadla melgadnos melgaos melgadlos, melgadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative melguen
dative mélguenme not used mélguenle mélguennos not used mélguenles, mélguense
accusative mélguenme not used mélguenlo, mélguenla mélguennos not used mélguenlos, mélguenlas, mélguense

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