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Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan pregar, from Latin precārī.
Pronunciation
Verb
pregar (first-person singular present prego, first-person singular preterite preguí, past participle pregat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/
- to pray, ask humbly (to a person)
- to pray (to God)
Usage notes
- In its religious sense, the verb pregar is now less common than resar, especially when speaking of non-Christian religions.
Conjugation
Related terms
See also
References
Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese pregar, a semi-learned term taken from Latin plicāre, present active infinitive of plicō (“I fold”). See also chegar, an inherited doublet.
Pronunciation
Verb
pregar (first-person singular present prego, first-person singular preterite preguei, past participle pregado)
- (transitive) to fold
- (transitive, dated) to nail
- (of fire) to fire, burn
Conjugation
Conjugation of pregar (g-gu alternation)
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Singular
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Plural
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First-person (eu)
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Second-person (ti / tu)
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Third-person (ele / ela / você)
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First-person (nós)
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Second-person (vós)
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Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
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Infinitive
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Impersonal
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pregar
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Personal
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pregar
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pregares
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pregar
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pregarmos
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pregardes
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pregarem
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Gerund
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pregando
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Past participle
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Masculine
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pregado
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pregados
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Feminine
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pregada
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pregadas
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Indicative
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Present
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prego
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pregas
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prega
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pregamos
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pregades, pregais
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pregam
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Imperfect
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pregava
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pregavas
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pregava
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pregávamos
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pregávades, pregáveis, pregávais1
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pregavam
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Preterite
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preguei
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pregaste, pregache1
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pregou
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pregamos
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pregastes
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pregárom, pregaram
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Pluperfect
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pregara
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pregaras
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pregara
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pregáramos
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pregárades, pregáreis, pregárais1
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pregaram
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Future
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pregarei
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pregarás
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pregará
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pregaremos
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pregaredes, pregareis
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pregarám, pregarão
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Conditional
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pregaria
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pregarias
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pregaria
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pregaríamos
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pregaríades, pregaríeis, pregaríais1
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pregariam
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Subjunctive
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Present
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pregue
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pregues
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pregue
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preguemos
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preguedes, pregueis
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preguem
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Imperfect
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pregasse
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pregasses
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pregasse
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pregássemos
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pregássedes, pregásseis
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pregassem
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Future
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pregar
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pregares
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pregar
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pregarmos
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pregardes
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pregarem
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Imperative
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Affirmative
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prega
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pregue
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preguemos
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pregade, pregai
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preguem
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Negative (nom)
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nom pregues
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nom pregue
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nom preguemos
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nom preguedes, nom pregueis
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nom preguem
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Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Galician-Portuguese pregar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *precāre, from Latin precārī, present active infinitive of precor.
Pronunciation
Verb
pregar (first-person singular present prego, first-person singular preterite preguei, past participle pregado)
- to request
- to pray (to God)
Conjugation
Conjugation of pregar (g-gu alternation)
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Singular
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Plural
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First-person (eu)
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Second-person (ti / tu)
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Third-person (ele / ela / você)
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First-person (nós)
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Second-person (vós)
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Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
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Infinitive
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Impersonal
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pregar
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Personal
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pregar
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pregares
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pregar
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pregarmos
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pregardes
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pregarem
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Gerund
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pregando
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Past participle
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Masculine
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pregado
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pregados
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Feminine
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pregada
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pregadas
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Indicative
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Present
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prego
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pregas
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prega
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pregamos
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pregades, pregais
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pregam
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Imperfect
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pregava
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pregavas
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pregava
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pregávamos
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pregávades, pregáveis, pregávais1
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pregavam
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Preterite
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preguei
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pregaste, pregache1
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pregou
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pregamos
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pregastes
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pregárom, pregaram
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Pluperfect
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pregara
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pregaras
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pregara
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pregáramos
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pregárades, pregáreis, pregárais1
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pregaram
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Future
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pregarei
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pregarás
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pregará
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pregaremos
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pregaredes, pregareis
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pregarám, pregarão
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Conditional
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pregaria
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pregarias
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pregaria
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pregaríamos
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pregaríades, pregaríeis, pregaríais1
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pregariam
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Subjunctive
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Present
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pregue
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pregues
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pregue
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preguemos
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preguedes, pregueis
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preguem
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Imperfect
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pregasse
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pregasses
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pregasse
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pregássemos
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pregássedes, pregásseis
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pregassem
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Future
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pregar
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pregares
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pregar
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pregarmos
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pregardes
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pregarem
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Imperative
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Affirmative
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prega
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pregue
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preguemos
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pregade, pregai
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preguem
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Negative (nom)
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nom pregues
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nom pregue
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nom preguemos
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nom preguedes, nom pregueis
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nom preguem
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Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Old Galician-Portuguese preegar, from Latin praedicāre, present active infinitive of praedicō (“I proclaim”). Doublet of predicar.
Pronunciation
Verb
pregar (first-person singular present prego, first-person singular preterite preguei, past participle pregado)
- (archaic) to preach; to proclaim
1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 47:Quando aquel Ihesus, meu señor, ya por la terras preegar, eu avia de moy grãde amor et soydade de veer a sua façe et quigi mãdar pintar a semelança do seu rrostro, que era a mays fremosa criatura do mũdo, en hũu pano por fillar cõ ela prazer et cõforto quando o vise; et querendoo fazer cõteyllo todo, et el pediome o pano et posoo ẽna sua cara et doumo encayado cõ tal figura cal era o seu santo rrostro;- When that Jesus, my Lord, was going about the lands preaching, I had, because of how big was my love, longing for seeing His face; and I wanted to order a paint after His face, which was the most beautiful creation in the world, in a cloth, for having joy and confort whenever I saw it; and wanting to do it I told him, and He asked me for the cloth, put it on His face and gave it back to me stuck with a figure that was no other than His holy face;
Conjugation
Conjugation of pregar (g-gu alternation)
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Singular
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Plural
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First-person (eu)
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Second-person (ti / tu)
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Third-person (ele / ela / você)
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First-person (nós)
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Second-person (vós)
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Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
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Infinitive
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Impersonal
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pregar
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Personal
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pregar
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pregares
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pregar
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pregarmos
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pregardes
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pregarem
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Gerund
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pregando
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Past participle
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Masculine
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pregado
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pregados
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Feminine
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pregada
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pregadas
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Indicative
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Present
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prego
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pregas
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prega
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pregamos
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pregades, pregais
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pregam
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Imperfect
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pregava
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pregavas
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pregava
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pregávamos
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pregávades, pregáveis, pregávais1
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pregavam
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Preterite
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preguei
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pregaste, pregache1
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pregou
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pregamos
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pregastes
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pregárom, pregaram
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Pluperfect
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pregara
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pregaras
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pregara
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pregáramos
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pregárades, pregáreis, pregárais1
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pregaram
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Future
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pregarei
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pregarás
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pregará
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pregaremos
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pregaredes, pregareis
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pregarám, pregarão
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Conditional
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pregaria
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pregarias
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pregaria
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pregaríamos
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pregaríades, pregaríeis, pregaríais1
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pregariam
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Subjunctive
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Present
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pregue
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pregues
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pregue
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preguemos
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preguedes, pregueis
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preguem
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Imperfect
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pregasse
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pregasses
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pregasse
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pregássemos
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pregássedes, pregásseis
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pregassem
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Future
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pregar
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pregares
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pregar
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pregarmos
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pregardes
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pregarem
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Imperative
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Affirmative
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prega
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pregue
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preguemos
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pregade, pregai
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preguem
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Negative (nom)
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nom pregues
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nom pregue
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nom preguemos
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nom preguedes, nom pregueis
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nom preguem
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Derived terms
References
- “pregar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “preegar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “preg” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “preeg” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “pregar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “pregar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
- “pregar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “pregar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- “pregar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from French prier, Italian pregare. Compare Esperanto preĝi.
Pronunciation
Verb
pregar (present tense pregas, past tense pregis, future tense pregos, imperative pregez, conditional pregus)
- (transitive, religion) to pray (to)
- (transitive) to beg, entreat, beseech
Conjugation
Derived terms
See also
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan pregar, from Latin precārī.
Pronunciation
Verb
pregar
- to pray
- to ask, politely request
Derived terms
Dialectal variants
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Latin precārī.
Verb
pregar
- to pray (as to God)
References
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese pregar, a semi-learned term taken from Latin plicāre (“to fold”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to plait, to weave”). See also chegar, an inherited doublet, and the borrowing plicar.
Pronunciation
Verb
pregar (first-person singular present prego, first-person singular preterite preguei, past participle pregado)
- to nail (employ a nail or similar object as a fastener)
- Synonym: martelar
- Antonym: despregar
- to stare
- Synonym: encarar
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Old Galician-Portuguese preegar, from Latin praedicāre (“to proclaim”), from prae (“before, in front”) + dicō (“devote, consecrate”).
Pronunciation
Verb
pregar (first-person singular present prego, first-person singular preterite preguei, past participle pregado)
- to preach (give a sermon)
- Synonym: proferir
- to preach; to advocate (encourage support)
- Synonyms: difundir, preconizar
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾeˈɡaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: pre‧gar
Verb
pregar (first-person singular present prego, first-person singular preterite pregué, past participle pregado)
- (obsolete) to fix; to join
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 pregar (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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1st person
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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 pregar
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dative
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pregarme
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pregarte
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pregarle, pregarse
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pregarnos
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pregaros
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pregarles, pregarse
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accusative
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pregarme
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pregarte
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pregarlo, pregarla, pregarse
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pregarnos
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pregaros
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pregarlos, pregarlas, pregarse
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with gerund pregando
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dative
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pregándome
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pregándote
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pregándole, pregándose
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pregándonos
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pregándoos
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pregándoles, pregándose
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accusative
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pregándome
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pregándote
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pregándolo, pregándola, pregándose
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pregándonos
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pregándoos
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pregándolos, pregándolas, pregándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative prega
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dative
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prégame
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prégate
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prégale
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préganos
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not used
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prégales
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accusative
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prégame
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prégate
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prégalo, prégala
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préganos
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not used
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prégalos, prégalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative pregá
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dative
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pregame
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pregate
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pregale
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preganos
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not used
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pregales
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accusative
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pregame
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pregate
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pregalo, pregala
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preganos
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not used
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pregalos, pregalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative pregue
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dative
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prégueme
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not used
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préguele, préguese
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préguenos
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not used
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prégueles
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accusative
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prégueme
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not used
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préguelo, préguela, préguese
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préguenos
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not used
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préguelos, préguelas
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with first-person plural imperative preguemos
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dative
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not used
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preguémoste
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preguémosle
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preguémonos
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preguémoos
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preguémosles
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accusative
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not used
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preguémoste
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preguémoslo, preguémosla
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preguémonos
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preguémoos
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preguémoslos, preguémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative pregad
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dative
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pregadme
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not used
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pregadle
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pregadnos
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pregaos
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pregadles
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accusative
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pregadme
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not used
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pregadlo, pregadla
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pregadnos
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pregaos
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pregadlos, pregadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative preguen
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dative
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préguenme
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not used
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préguenle
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préguennos
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not used
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préguenles, préguense
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accusative
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préguenme
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not used
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préguenlo, préguenla
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préguennos
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not used
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préguenlos, préguenlas, préguense
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