sesgar

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish sessegar, from Vulgar Latin *sessicāre, from Latin sessus (“seated”), participle form of sedeō (“to sit”).

Verb

sesgar (first-person singular present sesgo, first-person singular preterite sesgué, past participle sesgado)

  1. to cut diagonally
  2. to cut on the bias
  3. to slant

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sesgar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive sesgar
gerund sesgando
past participle masculine feminine
singular sesgado sesgada
plural sesgados sesgadas
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 sesgo sesgastú
sesgásvos 		sesga sesgamos sesgáis sesgan
imperfect sesgaba sesgabas sesgaba sesgábamos sesgabais sesgaban
preterite sesgué sesgaste sesgó sesgamos sesgasteis sesgaron
future sesgaré sesgarás sesgará sesgaremos sesgaréis sesgarán
conditional sesgaría sesgarías sesgaría sesgaríamos sesgaríais sesgarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present sesgue sesguestú
sesguésvos2 		sesgue sesguemos sesguéis sesguen
imperfect
(ra) 		sesgara sesgaras sesgara sesgáramos sesgarais sesgaran
imperfect
(se) 		sesgase sesgases sesgase sesgásemos sesgaseis sesgasen
future1 sesgare sesgares sesgare sesgáremos sesgareis sesgaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative sesgatú
sesgávos 		sesgue sesguemos sesgad sesguen
negative no sesgues no sesgue no sesguemos no sesguéis no sesguen

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

    Selected combined forms of sesgar (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 sesgar
dative sesgarme sesgarte sesgarle, sesgarse sesgarnos sesgaros sesgarles, sesgarse
accusative sesgarme sesgarte sesgarlo, sesgarla, sesgarse sesgarnos sesgaros sesgarlos, sesgarlas, sesgarse
with gerund sesgando
dative sesgándome sesgándote sesgándole, sesgándose sesgándonos sesgándoos sesgándoles, sesgándose
accusative sesgándome sesgándote sesgándolo, sesgándola, sesgándose sesgándonos sesgándoos sesgándolos, sesgándolas, sesgándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative sesga
dative sésgame sésgate sésgale sésganos not used sésgales
accusative sésgame sésgate sésgalo, sésgala sésganos not used sésgalos, sésgalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative sesgá
dative sesgame sesgate sesgale sesganos not used sesgales
accusative sesgame sesgate sesgalo, sesgala sesganos not used sesgalos, sesgalas
with formal second-person singular imperative sesgue
dative sésgueme not used sésguele, sésguese sésguenos not used sésgueles
accusative sésgueme not used sésguelo, sésguela, sésguese sésguenos not used sésguelos, sésguelas
with first-person plural imperative sesguemos
dative not used sesguémoste sesguémosle sesguémonos sesguémoos sesguémosles
accusative not used sesguémoste sesguémoslo, sesguémosla sesguémonos sesguémoos sesguémoslos, sesguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sesgad
dative sesgadme not used sesgadle sesgadnos sesgaos sesgadles
accusative sesgadme not used sesgadlo, sesgadla sesgadnos sesgaos sesgadlos, sesgadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative sesguen
dative sésguenme not used sésguenle sésguennos not used sésguenles, sésguense
accusative sésguenme not used sésguenlo, sésguenla sésguennos not used sésguenlos, sésguenlas, sésguense

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