coger

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English

Noun

coger (plural cogers)

  1. Obsolete form of codger.
    • 1851, Carpet-bag: A Literary Journal, volume 1:
      Well, thought her parents and the neighbors, the old coger is going to do the handsome thing for little Sally, perhaps when she gets married, in the shape of a nice fit-out; he may give her a snug little cottage, who knows […]

References

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

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Etymology

Inherited from Latin colligere (“to collect, to gather”). Cognate with Portuguese colher, French cueillir, Sicilian cògghiri, and also with English cull, coil, college, and collect. Compare also the borrowed doublet colegir.

Not related to Latin cōgere, coagere (“to assemble”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈxeɾ/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: co‧ger

Verb

coger (first-person singular present cojo, first-person singular preterite cogí, past participle cogido)

  1. (Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Spain) to take, catch, hold, to get, to seize
    Synonyms: agarrarse, tomar, prender, asir
  2. to pick, harvest
    Synonyms: cosechar, recolectar
  3. to fish
    Synonyms: pescar, atrapar
  4. to seize, arrest; to overtake
    Synonyms: atrapar, aprehender, capturar
  5. to get (a joke)
  6. to collect
    Synonym: colectar
  7. (vulgar, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela, Central America) to have sex, to fuck, to bang
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:joder
  8. (Spain) to imitate, learn
  9. (Spain) to choose (a direction, route, when driving or walking)
  10. (Spain) to turn to (when driving or walking)
    Synonym: dar vuelta
  11. (Spain) to board (means of transportation)
    Tengo que coger el tren.
    I have a train to catch.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of coger (g-j alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive coger
gerund cogiendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular cogido cogida
plural cogidos cogidas
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 cojo cogestú
cogésvos 		coge cogemos cogéis cogen
imperfect cogía cogías cogía cogíamos cogíais cogían
preterite cogí cogiste cogió cogimos cogisteis cogieron
future cogeré cogerás cogerá cogeremos cogeréis cogerán
conditional cogería cogerías cogería cogeríamos cogeríais cogerían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present coja cojastú
cojásvos2 		coja cojamos cojáis cojan
imperfect
(ra) 		cogiera cogieras cogiera cogiéramos cogierais cogieran
imperfect
(se) 		cogiese cogieses cogiese cogiésemos cogieseis cogiesen
future1 cogiere cogieres cogiere cogiéremos cogiereis cogieren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative cogetú
cogévos 		coja cojamos coged cojan
negative no cojas no coja no cojamos no cojáis no cojan

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

    Selected combined forms of coger (g-j 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 coger
dative cogerme cogerte cogerle, cogerse cogernos cogeros cogerles, cogerse
accusative cogerme cogerte cogerlo, cogerla, cogerse cogernos cogeros cogerlos, cogerlas, cogerse
with gerund cogiendo
dative cogiéndome cogiéndote cogiéndole, cogiéndose cogiéndonos cogiéndoos cogiéndoles, cogiéndose
accusative cogiéndome cogiéndote cogiéndolo, cogiéndola, cogiéndose cogiéndonos cogiéndoos cogiéndolos, cogiéndolas, cogiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative coge
dative cógeme cógete cógele cógenos not used cógeles
accusative cógeme cógete cógelo, cógela cógenos not used cógelos, cógelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cogé
dative cogeme cogete cogele cogenos not used cogeles
accusative cogeme cogete cogelo, cogela cogenos not used cogelos, cogelas
with formal second-person singular imperative coja
dative cójame not used cójale, cójase cójanos not used cójales
accusative cójame not used cójalo, cójala, cójase cójanos not used cójalos, cójalas
with first-person plural imperative cojamos
dative not used cojámoste cojámosle cojámonos cojámoos cojámosles
accusative not used cojámoste cojámoslo, cojámosla cojámonos cojámoos cojámoslos, cojámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative coged
dative cogedme not used cogedle cogednos cogeos cogedles
accusative cogedme not used cogedlo, cogedla cogednos cogeos cogedlos, cogedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cojan
dative cójanme not used cójanle cójannos not used cójanles, cójanse
accusative cójanme not used cójanlo, cójanla cójannos not used cójanlos, cójanlas, cójanse

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