prodigar

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Latin

Verb

prōdigar

  1. first-person singular future passive indicative of prōdigō

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin prōdigō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾodiˈɡaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: pro‧di‧gar

Verb

prodigar (first-person singular present prodigo, first-person singular preterite prodigué, past participle prodigado)

  1. to squander, waste, spend lavishly
  2. to lavish

Conjugation

    Conjugation of prodigar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive prodigar
gerund prodigando
past participle masculine feminine
singular prodigado prodigada
plural prodigados prodigadas
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 prodigo prodigastú
prodigásvos 		prodiga prodigamos prodigáis prodigan
imperfect prodigaba prodigabas prodigaba prodigábamos prodigabais prodigaban
preterite prodigué prodigaste prodigó prodigamos prodigasteis prodigaron
future prodigaré prodigarás prodigará prodigaremos prodigaréis prodigarán
conditional prodigaría prodigarías prodigaría prodigaríamos prodigaríais prodigarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present prodigue prodiguestú
prodiguésvos2 		prodigue prodiguemos prodiguéis prodiguen
imperfect
(ra) 		prodigara prodigaras prodigara prodigáramos prodigarais prodigaran
imperfect
(se) 		prodigase prodigases prodigase prodigásemos prodigaseis prodigasen
future1 prodigare prodigares prodigare prodigáremos prodigareis prodigaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative prodigatú
prodigávos 		prodigue prodiguemos prodigad prodiguen
negative no prodigues no prodigue no prodiguemos no prodiguéis no prodiguen

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

    Selected combined forms of prodigar (g-gu 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 prodigar
dative prodigarme prodigarte prodigarle, prodigarse prodigarnos prodigaros prodigarles, prodigarse
accusative prodigarme prodigarte prodigarlo, prodigarla, prodigarse prodigarnos prodigaros prodigarlos, prodigarlas, prodigarse
with gerund prodigando
dative prodigándome prodigándote prodigándole, prodigándose prodigándonos prodigándoos prodigándoles, prodigándose
accusative prodigándome prodigándote prodigándolo, prodigándola, prodigándose prodigándonos prodigándoos prodigándolos, prodigándolas, prodigándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative prodiga
dative prodígame prodígate prodígale prodíganos not used prodígales
accusative prodígame prodígate prodígalo, prodígala prodíganos not used prodígalos, prodígalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative prodigá
dative prodigame prodigate prodigale prodiganos not used prodigales
accusative prodigame prodigate prodigalo, prodigala prodiganos not used prodigalos, prodigalas
with formal second-person singular imperative prodigue
dative prodígueme not used prodíguele, prodíguese prodíguenos not used prodígueles
accusative prodígueme not used prodíguelo, prodíguela, prodíguese prodíguenos not used prodíguelos, prodíguelas
with first-person plural imperative prodiguemos
dative not used prodiguémoste prodiguémosle prodiguémonos prodiguémoos prodiguémosles
accusative not used prodiguémoste prodiguémoslo, prodiguémosla prodiguémonos prodiguémoos prodiguémoslos, prodiguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative prodigad
dative prodigadme not used prodigadle prodigadnos prodigaos prodigadles
accusative prodigadme not used prodigadlo, prodigadla prodigadnos prodigaos prodigadlos, prodigadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative prodiguen
dative prodíguenme not used prodíguenle prodíguennos not used prodíguenles, prodíguense
accusative prodíguenme not used prodíguenlo, prodíguenla prodíguennos not used prodíguenlos, prodíguenlas, prodíguense

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