alegar

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English

Etymology

ale + French aigre (“sour”)

Noun

alegar (uncountable)

  1. vinegar produced from fermented ale.

Anagrams

Dalmatian

Adjective

alegar

  1. masculine plural of aleger

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin allēgāre.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: a‧le‧gar

Verb

alegar (first-person singular present alego, first-person singular preterite aleguei, past participle alegado)

  1. to claim, allege
  2. to plead

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alegar (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 alegar
Personal alegar alegares alegar alegarmos alegardes alegarem
Gerund
alegando
Past participle
Masculine alegado alegados
Feminine alegada alegadas
Indicative
Present alego alegas alega alegamos alegais alegam
Imperfect alegava alegavas alegava alegávamos alegáveis alegavam
Preterite aleguei alegaste alegou alegamos1, alegámos2 alegastes alegaram
Pluperfect alegara alegaras alegara alegáramos alegáreis alegaram
Future alegarei alegarás alegará alegaremos alegareis alegarão
Conditional alegaria alegarias alegaria alegaríamos alegaríeis alegariam
Subjunctive
Present alegue alegues alegue aleguemos alegueis aleguem
Imperfect alegasse alegasses alegasse alegássemos alegásseis alegassem
Future alegar alegares alegar alegarmos alegardes alegarem
Imperative
Affirmative alega alegue aleguemos alegai aleguem
Negative (não) não alegues não alegue não aleguemos não alegueis não aleguem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Quotations

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin allēgāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aleˈɡaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧le‧gar

Verb

alegar (first-person singular present alego, first-person singular preterite alegué, past participle alegado)

  1. (transitive) to cite as a defence or justification for one's actions
    Synonym: aducir
    alegando que ― on the ground(s) that
  2. (transitive) to claim, to allege
  3. (intransitive) to complain
    Synonyms: lamentar, protestar, quejarse, reclamar
  4. (intransitive, law) to speak in defence of the accused in a criminal proceeding; to defend
  5. (Canarian) to converse, talk

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alegar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive alegar
gerund alegando
past participle masculine feminine
singular alegado alegada
plural alegados alegadas
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 alego alegastú
alegásvos 		alega alegamos alegáis alegan
imperfect alegaba alegabas alegaba alegábamos alegabais alegaban
preterite alegué alegaste alegó alegamos alegasteis alegaron
future alegaré alegarás alegará alegaremos alegaréis alegarán
conditional alegaría alegarías alegaría alegaríamos alegaríais alegarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present alegue aleguestú
aleguésvos2 		alegue aleguemos aleguéis aleguen
imperfect
(ra) 		alegara alegaras alegara alegáramos alegarais alegaran
imperfect
(se) 		alegase alegases alegase alegásemos alegaseis alegasen
future1 alegare alegares alegare alegáremos alegareis alegaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative alegatú
alegávos 		alegue aleguemos alegad aleguen
negative no alegues no alegue no aleguemos no aleguéis no aleguen

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

    Selected combined forms of alegar (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 alegar
dative alegarme alegarte alegarle, alegarse alegarnos alegaros alegarles, alegarse
accusative alegarme alegarte alegarlo, alegarla, alegarse alegarnos alegaros alegarlos, alegarlas, alegarse
with gerund alegando
dative alegándome alegándote alegándole, alegándose alegándonos alegándoos alegándoles, alegándose
accusative alegándome alegándote alegándolo, alegándola, alegándose alegándonos alegándoos alegándolos, alegándolas, alegándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative alega
dative alégame alégate alégale aléganos not used alégales
accusative alégame alégate alégalo, alégala aléganos not used alégalos, alégalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative alegá
dative alegame alegate alegale aleganos not used alegales
accusative alegame alegate alegalo, alegala aleganos not used alegalos, alegalas
with formal second-person singular imperative alegue
dative alégueme not used aléguele, aléguese aléguenos not used alégueles
accusative alégueme not used aléguelo, aléguela, aléguese aléguenos not used aléguelos, aléguelas
with first-person plural imperative aleguemos
dative not used aleguémoste aleguémosle aleguémonos aleguémoos aleguémosles
accusative not used aleguémoste aleguémoslo, aleguémosla aleguémonos aleguémoos aleguémoslos, aleguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative alegad
dative alegadme not used alegadle alegadnos alegaos alegadles
accusative alegadme not used alegadlo, alegadla alegadnos alegaos alegadlos, alegadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative aleguen
dative aléguenme not used aléguenle aléguennos not used aléguenles, aléguense
accusative aléguenme not used aléguenlo, aléguenla aléguennos not used aléguenlos, aléguenlas, aléguense

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