alegar

English

Etymology

ale + French aigre (“sour”)

Noun

alegar (uncountable)

  1. vinegar produced from fermented ale.

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin allēgō, allēgāre.

Verb

alegar (first-person singular present indicative alego, past participle alegado)

  1. to claim, allege
  2. to plead

Conjugation
  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb alegar
Notes:[edit]
  • This is a regular verb of the -ar group.
  • The last letter g is changed to gu, depending on the following vowel, resulting in these three possible sequences: -ga-, -gue- and -go-.
  • Verbs with this conjugation include: apagar, cegar, esmagar, largar, navegar, resmungar, sugar.
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 alegar
Personal alegar alegares alegar alegarmos alegardes alegarem
Gerund
alegando
Past participle
Masculine alegado alegados
Feminine alegada alegadas
Indicative
Present alego alegas alega alegamos alegais alegam
Imperfect alegava alegavas alegava alegávamos alegáveis alegavam
Preterite aleguei alegaste alegou alegamos
alegámos		 alegastes alegaram
Pluperfect alegara alegaras alegara alegáramos alegáreis alegaram
Future alegarei alegarás alegará alegaremos alegareis alegarão
Conditional
alegaria alegarias alegaria alegaríamos alegaríeis alegariam
Subjunctive
Present alegue alegues alegue aleguemos alegueis aleguem
Imperfect alegasse alegasses alegasse alegássemos alegásseis alegassem
Future alegar alegares alegar alegarmos alegardes alegarem
Imperative
Affirmative - alega alegue aleguemos alegai aleguem
Negative (não) - alegues alegue aleguemos alegueis aleguem

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:alegar.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin allēgō, allēgāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aleˈɡaɾ/, [aleˈɣaɾ]

Verb

alegar (first-person singular present alego, first-person singular preterite alegué, past participle alegado)

  1. (transitive) to cite as a defence or justification for one's actions
  2. (intransitive) to complain
  3. (intransitive, law) to speak in defence of the accused in a criminal proceeding; to defend

Conjugation
  • Rule: g becomes a gu before e.
    Conjugation of alegar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
infinitive alegar
gerund alegando
past participle masculine feminine
singular alegado alegada
plural alegados alegadas
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 alego alegastú
alegásvos		 alega alegamos alegáis alegan
imperfect alegaba alegabas alegaba alegábamos alegabais alegaban
preterite alegué alegaste alegó alegamos alegasteis alegaron
future alegaré alegarás alegará alegaremos alegaréis alegarán
conditional alegaría alegarías alegaría alegaríamos alegaríais alegarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present alegue aleguestú
aleguésvos2		 alegue aleguemos aleguéis aleguen
imperfect
(ra)		 alegara alegaras alegara alegáramos alegarais alegaran
imperfect
(se)		 alegase alegases alegase alegásemos alegaseis alegasen
future1 alegare alegares alegare alegáremos alegareis alegaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative alegatú
alegávos		 alegue aleguemos alegad aleguen
negative no alegues no alegue no aleguemos no aleguéis no aleguen
  • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
  • 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Other verbs with this conjugation:
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        Selected combined forms of alegaredit data

    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 alegar
    dative alegarme alegarte alegarle, alegarse alegarnos alegaros alegarles, alegarse
    accusative alegarme alegarte alegarlo, alegarla, alegarse alegarnos alegaros alegarlos, alegarlas, alegarse
    with gerund alegando
    dative alegándome alegándote alegándole, alegándose alegándonos alegándoos alegándoles, alegándose
    accusative alegándome alegándote alegándolo, alegándola, alegándose alegándonos alegándoos alegándolos, alegándolas, alegándose
    with informal second-person singular imperative alega
    dative alégame alégate alégale aléganos not used alégales
    accusative alégame alégate alégalo, alégala aléganos not used alégalos, alégalas
    with formal second-person singular imperative alegue
    dative alégueme not used aléguele, aléguese aléguenos not used alégueles
    accusative alégueme not used aléguelo, aléguela, aléguese aléguenos not used aléguelos, aléguelas
    with first-person plural imperative aleguemos
    dative not used aleguémoste aleguémosle aleguémonos aleguémoos aleguémosles
    accusative not used aleguémoste aleguémoslo, aleguémosla aleguémonos aleguémoos aleguémoslos, aleguémoslas
    with informal second-person plural imperative alegad
    dative alegadme not used alegadle alegadnos alegaos alegadles
    accusative alegadme not used alegadlo, alegadla alegadnos alegaos alegadlos, alegadlas
    with formal second-person plural imperative aleguen
    dative aléguenme not used aléguenle aléguennos not used aléguenles, aléguense
    accusative aléguenme not used aléguenlo, aléguenla aléguennos not used aléguenlos, aléguenlas, aléguense

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