ahogar

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish afogar, from Vulgar Latin *affōcāre, alteration of Latin offōcāre. Compare Portuguese afogar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aoˈɡaɾ/
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  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧ho‧gar

Verb

ahogar (first-person singular present ahogo, first-person singular preterite ahogué, past participle ahogado)

  1. (transitive) to drown (kill by immersion in water)
  2. (transitive) to stifle
  3. (reflexive) to suffocate (suffer or die from severely reduced oxygen)
    Synonyms: asfixiar, sofocar
    Me ahogo en esta habitación tan pequeña y tan caliente.
    This room's so small and hot that I'm suffocating.
  4. (reflexive) to drown (be suffocated in water)
    Muchos animales se ahogaron en la inundación.
    Many animals drowned in the flood.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ahogar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive ahogar
gerund ahogando
past participle masculine feminine
singular ahogado ahogada
plural ahogados ahogadas
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 ahogo ahogastú
ahogásvos 		ahoga ahogamos ahogáis ahogan
imperfect ahogaba ahogabas ahogaba ahogábamos ahogabais ahogaban
preterite ahogué ahogaste ahogó ahogamos ahogasteis ahogaron
future ahogaré ahogarás ahogará ahogaremos ahogaréis ahogarán
conditional ahogaría ahogarías ahogaría ahogaríamos ahogaríais ahogarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present ahogue ahoguestú
ahoguésvos2 		ahogue ahoguemos ahoguéis ahoguen
imperfect
(ra) 		ahogara ahogaras ahogara ahogáramos ahogarais ahogaran
imperfect
(se) 		ahogase ahogases ahogase ahogásemos ahogaseis ahogasen
future1 ahogare ahogares ahogare ahogáremos ahogareis ahogaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative ahogatú
ahogávos 		ahogue ahoguemos ahogad ahoguen
negative no ahogues no ahogue no ahoguemos no ahoguéis no ahoguen

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

    Selected combined forms of ahogar (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 ahogar dative ahogarme ahogarte ahogarle, ahogarse ahogarnos ahogaros ahogarles, ahogarse
accusative ahogarme ahogarte ahogarlo, ahogarla, ahogarse ahogarnos ahogaros ahogarlos, ahogarlas, ahogarse
with gerund ahogando dative ahogándome ahogándote ahogándole, ahogándose ahogándonos ahogándoos ahogándoles, ahogándose
accusative ahogándome ahogándote ahogándolo, ahogándola, ahogándose ahogándonos ahogándoos ahogándolos, ahogándolas, ahogándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative ahoga dative ahógame ahógate ahógale ahóganos not used ahógales
accusative ahógame ahógate ahógalo, ahógala ahóganos not used ahógalos, ahógalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative ahogá dative ahogame ahogate ahogale ahoganos not used ahogales
accusative ahogame ahogate ahogalo, ahogala ahoganos not used ahogalos, ahogalas
with formal second-person singular imperative ahogue dative ahógueme not used ahóguele, ahóguese ahóguenos not used ahógueles
accusative ahógueme not used ahóguelo, ahóguela, ahóguese ahóguenos not used ahóguelos, ahóguelas
with first-person plural imperative ahoguemos dative not used ahoguémoste ahoguémosle ahoguémonos ahoguémoos ahoguémosles
accusative not used ahoguémoste ahoguémoslo, ahoguémosla ahoguémonos ahoguémoos ahoguémoslos, ahoguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative ahogad dative ahogadme not used ahogadle ahogadnos ahogaos ahogadles
accusative ahogadme not used ahogadlo, ahogadla ahogadnos ahogaos ahogadlos, ahogadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative ahoguen dative ahóguenme not used ahóguenle ahóguennos not used ahóguenles, ahóguense
accusative ahóguenme not used ahóguenlo, ahóguenla ahóguennos not used ahóguenlos, ahóguenlas, ahóguense

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