colegir

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin colligere. Compare the inherited doublet coger.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koleˈxiɾ/
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: co‧le‧gir

Verb

colegir (first-person singular present colijo, first-person singular preterite colegí, past participle colegido)

  1. (rare) to infer or conclude, gather, work out, deduce

Conjugation

    Conjugation of colegir (e-i alternation; g-j alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive colegir
gerund coligiendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular colegido colegida
plural colegidos colegidas
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 colijo coligestú
colegísvos 		colige colegimos colegís coligen
imperfect colegía colegías colegía colegíamos colegíais colegían
preterite colegí colegiste coligió colegimos colegisteis coligieron
future colegiré colegirás colegirá colegiremos colegiréis colegirán
conditional colegiría colegirías colegiría colegiríamos colegiríais colegirían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present colija colijastú
colijásvos2 		colija colijamos colijáis colijan
imperfect
(ra) 		coligiera coligieras coligiera coligiéramos coligierais coligieran
imperfect
(se) 		coligiese coligieses coligiese coligiésemos coligieseis coligiesen
future1 coligiere coligieres coligiere coligiéremos coligiereis coligieren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative coligetú
colegívos 		colija colijamos colegid colijan
negative no colijas no colija no colijamos no colijáis no colijan

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

    Selected combined forms of colegir (e-i alternation; 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 colegir
dative colegirme colegirte colegirle, colegirse colegirnos colegiros colegirles, colegirse
accusative colegirme colegirte colegirlo, colegirla, colegirse colegirnos colegiros colegirlos, colegirlas, colegirse
with gerund coligiendo
dative coligiéndome coligiéndote coligiéndole, coligiéndose coligiéndonos coligiéndoos coligiéndoles, coligiéndose
accusative coligiéndome coligiéndote coligiéndolo, coligiéndola, coligiéndose coligiéndonos coligiéndoos coligiéndolos, coligiéndolas, coligiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative colige
dative colígeme colígete colígele colígenos not used colígeles
accusative colígeme colígete colígelo, colígela colígenos not used colígelos, colígelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative colegí
dative colegime colegite colegile coleginos not used colegiles
accusative colegime colegite colegilo, colegila coleginos not used colegilos, colegilas
with formal second-person singular imperative colija
dative colíjame not used colíjale, colíjase colíjanos not used colíjales
accusative colíjame not used colíjalo, colíjala, colíjase colíjanos not used colíjalos, colíjalas
with first-person plural imperative colijamos
dative not used colijámoste colijámosle colijámonos colijámoos colijámosles
accusative not used colijámoste colijámoslo, colijámosla colijámonos colijámoos colijámoslos, colijámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative colegid
dative colegidme not used colegidle colegidnos colegíos colegidles
accusative colegidme not used colegidlo, colegidla colegidnos colegíos colegidlos, colegidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative colijan
dative colíjanme not used colíjanle colíjannos not used colíjanles, colíjanse
accusative colíjanme not used colíjanlo, colíjanla colíjannos not used colíjanlos, colíjanlas, colíjanse

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