amigar

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Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese amigar. By surface analysis, amigo (“friend”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: a‧mi‧gar

Verb

amigar (first-person singular present amigo, first-person singular preterite amiguei, past participle amigado)

  1. to befriend
  2. to make friends (with)
  3. (reflexive, derogatory) to shack up (to live together unmarried)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of amigar (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 amigar
Personal amigar amigares amigar amigarmos amigardes amigarem
Gerund
amigando
Past participle
Masculine amigado amigados
Feminine amigada amigadas
Indicative
Present amigo amigas amiga amigamos amigais amigam
Imperfect amigava amigavas amigava amigávamos amigáveis amigavam
Preterite amiguei amigaste amigou amigamos1, amigámos2 amigastes amigaram
Pluperfect amigara amigaras amigara amigáramos amigáreis amigaram
Future amigarei amigarás amigará amigaremos amigareis amigarão
Conditional amigaria amigarias amigaria amigaríamos amigaríeis amigariam
Subjunctive
Present amigue amigues amigue amiguemos amigueis amiguem
Imperfect amigasse amigasses amigasse amigássemos amigásseis amigassem
Future amigar amigares amigar amigarmos amigardes amigarem
Imperative
Affirmative amiga amigue amiguemos amigai amiguem
Negative (não) não amigues não amigue não amiguemos não amigueis não amiguem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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Spanish

Etymology

From amigo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amiˈɡaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧mi‧gar

Verb

amigar (first-person singular present amigo, first-person singular preterite amigué, past participle amigado)

  1. (transitive) to cause (people) to be friends
  2. (intransitive) to make friends (to create friendships)
    Synonyms: hacer amigos, amistar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of amigar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive amigar
gerund amigando
past participle masculine feminine
singular amigado amigada
plural amigados amigadas
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 amigo amigastú
amigásvos 		amiga amigamos amigáis amigan
imperfect amigaba amigabas amigaba amigábamos amigabais amigaban
preterite amigué amigaste amigó amigamos amigasteis amigaron
future amigaré amigarás amigará amigaremos amigaréis amigarán
conditional amigaría amigarías amigaría amigaríamos amigaríais amigarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present amigue amiguestú
amiguésvos2 		amigue amiguemos amiguéis amiguen
imperfect
(ra) 		amigara amigaras amigara amigáramos amigarais amigaran
imperfect
(se) 		amigase amigases amigase amigásemos amigaseis amigasen
future1 amigare amigares amigare amigáremos amigareis amigaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative amigatú
amigávos 		amigue amiguemos amigad amiguen
negative no amigues no amigue no amiguemos no amiguéis no amiguen

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

    Selected combined forms of amigar (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 amigar
dative amigarme amigarte amigarle, amigarse amigarnos amigaros amigarles, amigarse
accusative amigarme amigarte amigarlo, amigarla, amigarse amigarnos amigaros amigarlos, amigarlas, amigarse
with gerund amigando
dative amigándome amigándote amigándole, amigándose amigándonos amigándoos amigándoles, amigándose
accusative amigándome amigándote amigándolo, amigándola, amigándose amigándonos amigándoos amigándolos, amigándolas, amigándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative amiga
dative amígame amígate amígale amíganos not used amígales
accusative amígame amígate amígalo, amígala amíganos not used amígalos, amígalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative amigá
dative amigame amigate amigale amiganos not used amigales
accusative amigame amigate amigalo, amigala amiganos not used amigalos, amigalas
with formal second-person singular imperative amigue
dative amígueme not used amíguele, amíguese amíguenos not used amígueles
accusative amígueme not used amíguelo, amíguela, amíguese amíguenos not used amíguelos, amíguelas
with first-person plural imperative amiguemos
dative not used amiguémoste amiguémosle amiguémonos amiguémoos amiguémosles
accusative not used amiguémoste amiguémoslo, amiguémosla amiguémonos amiguémoos amiguémoslos, amiguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative amigad
dative amigadme not used amigadle amigadnos amigaos amigadles
accusative amigadme not used amigadlo, amigadla amigadnos amigaos amigadlos, amigadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative amiguen
dative amíguenme not used amíguenle amíguennos not used amíguenles, amíguense
accusative amíguenme not used amíguenlo, amíguenla amíguennos not used amíguenlos, amíguenlas, amíguense

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