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Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish furgar, from Vulgar Latin *fūricāre, from Latin fūr (“thief”) whence English ferret and furtive.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uɾˈɡaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: hur‧gar
Verb
hurgar (first-person singular present hurgo, first-person singular preterite hurgué, past participle hurgado)
- (intransitive) to root, rummage, poke about
- hurgar en algo ― to rummage through something
2022 April 20, Álvaro Sánchez, “Netflix se desmorona en Bolsa casi un 40% ahogada por la competencia y las contraseñas compartidas”, in El País:[…] porque ha terminado la ola de crecimiento desenfrenado que la impulsó durante los encierros pandémicos, cuando uno de los mayores entretenimientos para matar el tiempo de millones de ciudadanos de todo el planeta fue hurgar en el catálogo de Netflix.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (transitive) to poke at, pick
- hurgarse la nariz ― to pick one’s nose
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of hurgar (g-gu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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| with infinitive hurgar
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| dative
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hurgarme
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hurgarte
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hurgarle, hurgarse
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hurgarnos
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hurgaros
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hurgarles, hurgarse
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| accusative
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hurgarme
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hurgarte
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hurgarlo, hurgarla, hurgarse
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hurgarnos
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hurgaros
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hurgarlos, hurgarlas, hurgarse
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| with gerund hurgando
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| dative
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hurgándome
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hurgándote
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hurgándole, hurgándose
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hurgándonos
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hurgándoos
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hurgándoles, hurgándose
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| accusative
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hurgándome
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hurgándote
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hurgándolo, hurgándola, hurgándose
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hurgándonos
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hurgándoos
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hurgándolos, hurgándolas, hurgándose
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| with informal second-person singular tú imperative hurga
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| dative
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húrgame
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húrgate
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húrgale
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húrganos
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not used
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húrgales
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| accusative
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húrgame
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húrgate
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húrgalo, húrgala
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húrganos
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not used
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húrgalos, húrgalas
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| with informal second-person singular vos imperative hurgá
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| dative
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hurgame
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hurgate
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hurgale
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hurganos
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not used
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hurgales
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| accusative
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hurgame
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hurgate
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hurgalo, hurgala
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hurganos
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not used
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hurgalos, hurgalas
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| with formal second-person singular imperative hurgue
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| dative
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húrgueme
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not used
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húrguele, húrguese
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húrguenos
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not used
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húrgueles
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| accusative
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húrgueme
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not used
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húrguelo, húrguela, húrguese
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húrguenos
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not used
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húrguelos, húrguelas
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| with first-person plural imperative hurguemos
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| dative
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not used
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hurguémoste
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hurguémosle
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hurguémonos
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hurguémoos
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hurguémosles
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| accusative
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not used
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hurguémoste
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hurguémoslo, hurguémosla
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hurguémonos
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hurguémoos
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hurguémoslos, hurguémoslas
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| with informal second-person plural imperative hurgad
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| dative
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hurgadme
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not used
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hurgadle
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hurgadnos
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hurgaos
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hurgadles
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| accusative
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hurgadme
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not used
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hurgadlo, hurgadla
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hurgadnos
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hurgaos
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hurgadlos, hurgadlas
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| with formal second-person plural imperative hurguen
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| dative
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húrguenme
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not used
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húrguenle
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húrguennos
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not used
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húrguenles, húrguense
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| accusative
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húrguenme
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not used
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húrguenlo, húrguenla
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húrguennos
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not used
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húrguenlos, húrguenlas, húrguense
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