mossegar

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Etymology

Inherited from Latin morsicāre. Same as in Aragonese mosegar. Compare as well with Spanish moscar (“to hollow out”).

Pronunciation

Verb

mossegar (first-person singular present mossego, first-person singular preterite mosseguí, past participle mossegat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

  1. (transitive) to bite (seize or cut by clamping the teeth)
  2. (figurative, transitive) to run down, to trash
  3. (colloquial, transitive) to gouge (make excessive profit off of)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mossegar (first conjugation, g-gu alternation)
infinitive mossegar
gerund mossegant
past participle masculine feminine
singular mossegat mossegada
plural mossegats mossegades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present mossego mossegues mossega mosseguem mossegueu mosseguen
imperfect mossegava mossegaves mossegava mossegàvem mossegàveu mossegaven
future mossegaré mossegaràs mossegarà mossegarem mossegareu mossegaran
preterite mosseguí mossegares mossegà mossegàrem mossegàreu mossegaren
conditional mossegaria mossegaries mossegaria mossegaríem mossegaríeu mossegarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present mossegui mosseguis mossegui mosseguem mossegueu mosseguin
imperfect mossegués mosseguessis mossegués mosseguéssim mosseguéssiu mosseguessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — mossega mossegui mosseguem mossegueu mosseguin
negative (no) — no mosseguis no mossegui no mosseguem no mossegueu no mosseguin

Derived terms

  • mos (“bite, mouthful”)

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: mos‧se‧gar

Verb

mossegar (first-person singular present mossego, first-person singular preterite mosseguei, past participle mossegado)

  1. (transitive) Alternative form of morsegar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mossegar (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 mossegar
Personal mossegar mossegares mossegar mossegarmos mossegardes mossegarem
Gerund
mossegando
Past participle
Masculine mossegado mossegados
Feminine mossegada mossegadas
Indicative
Present mossego mossegas mossega mossegamos mossegais mossegam
Imperfect mossegava mossegavas mossegava mossegávamos mossegáveis mossegavam
Preterite mosseguei mossegaste mossegou mossegamos1, mossegámos2 mossegastes mossegaram
Pluperfect mossegara mossegaras mossegara mossegáramos mossegáreis mossegaram
Future mossegarei mossegarás mossegará mossegaremos mossegareis mossegarão
Conditional mossegaria mossegarias mossegaria mossegaríamos mossegaríeis mossegariam
Subjunctive
Present mossegue mossegues mossegue mosseguemos mossegueis mosseguem
Imperfect mossegasse mossegasses mossegasse mossegássemos mossegásseis mossegassem
Future mossegar mossegares mossegar mossegarmos mossegardes mossegarem
Imperative
Affirmative mossega mossegue mosseguemos mossegai mosseguem
Negative (não) não mossegues não mossegue não mosseguemos não mossegueis não mosseguem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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