albergar

Catalan

Verb

albergar (first-person singular present albergo, first-person singular preterite alberguí, past participle albergat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. to lodge; put up
2. to store

Conjugation

    Conjugation of albergar (first conjugation, g-gu alternation)

infinitive			albergar
gerund			albergant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		albergat		albergada
		plural		albergats		albergades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	albergo	albergues	alberga	alberguem	albergueu	alberguen
	imperfect	albergava	albergaves	albergava	albergàvem	albergàveu	albergaven
	future	albergaré	albergaràs	albergarà	albergarem	albergareu	albergaran
	preterite	alberguí	albergares	albergà	albergàrem	albergàreu	albergaren
	conditional	albergaria	albergaries	albergaria	albergaríem	albergaríeu	albergarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	albergui	alberguis	albergui	alberguem	albergueu	alberguin
	imperfect	albergués	alberguessis	albergués	alberguéssim	alberguéssiu	alberguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	alberga	albergui	alberguem	albergueu	alberguin
	negative (no)	—	no alberguis	no albergui	no alberguem	no albergueu	no alberguin

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese albergar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old Occitan albergar, from Proto-West Germanic *harjabergu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [alβeɾˈɣaɾ]

Verb

albergar (first-person singular present albergo, first-person singular preterite alberguei, past participle albergado)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to lodge, house, shelter
2. (transitive) to store

Conjugation

    Conjugation of albergar (g-gu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	albergar
Personal	albergar	albergares	albergar	albergarmos	albergardes	albergaren
Gerund
	albergando
Past participle
Masculine	albergado			albergados
Feminine	albergada			albergadas
Indicative
Present	albergo	albergas	alberga	albergamos	albergades	albergan
Imperfect	albergaba	albergabas	albergaba	albergabamos	albergabades	albergaban
Preterite	alberguei	albergaches	albergou	albergamos	albergastes	albergaron
Pluperfect	albergara	albergaras	albergara	albergaramos	albergarades	albergaran
Future	albergarei	albergarás	albergará	albergaremos	albergaredes	albergarán
Conditional	albergaría	albergarías	albergaría	albergariamos	albergariades	albergarían
Subjunctive
Present	albergue	albergues	albergue	alberguemos	alberguedes	alberguen
Imperfect	albergase	albergases	albergase	albergásemos	albergásedes	albergasen
Future	albergar	albergares	albergar	albergarmos	albergardes	albergaren
Imperative
Affirmative		alberga	albergue	alberguemos	albergade	alberguen
Negative (non)		non albergues	non albergue	non alberguemos	non alberguedes	non alberguen

    Reintegrated conjugation of albergar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	albergar
Personal	albergar	albergares	albergar	albergarmos	albergardes	albergarem
Gerund
	albergando
Past participle
Masculine	albergado			albergados
Feminine	albergada			albergadas
Indicative
Present	albergo	albergas	alberga	albergamos	albergades, albergais	albergam
Imperfect	albergava	albergavas	albergava	albergávamos	albergávades, albergáveis, albergávais1	albergavam
Preterite	alberguei	albergaste, albergache1	albergou	albergamos	albergastes	albergárom, albergaram
Pluperfect	albergara	albergaras	albergara	albergáramos	albergárades, albergáreis, albergárais1	albergaram
Future	albergarei	albergarás	albergará	albergaremos	albergaredes, albergareis	albergarám, albergarão
Conditional	albergaria	albergarias	albergaria	albergaríamos	albergaríades, albergaríeis, albergaríais1	albergariam
Subjunctive
Present	albergue	albergues	albergue	alberguemos	alberguedes, albergueis	alberguem
Imperfect	albergasse	albergasses	albergasse	albergássemos	albergássedes, albergásseis	albergassem
Future	albergar	albergares	albergar	albergarmos	albergardes	albergarem
Imperative
Affirmative		alberga	albergue	alberguemos	albergade, albergai	alberguem
Negative (nom)		nom albergues	nom albergue	nom alberguemos	nom alberguedes, nom albergueis	nom alberguem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• albergaría
• albergue
• albergueiro

 

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “albergar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “alberg”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “albergar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “albergar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “albergar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “albergar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Old Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish [Term?]. See English auberge.

Verb

albergar

1. to host; to lodge (provide a place to stay)
   • 12th century, Garin d'Apchier, Mos Cominals fai ben parer

     ni·l voilla albergar un ser

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese albergar, from albergue (“hostel”) + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.beʁˈɡa(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.beɦˈɡa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.beʁˈɡa(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.beɦˈɡa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aw.beɾˈɡa(ɾ)/ [aʊ̯.beɾˈɡa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aw.beʁˈɡa(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.beʁˈɡa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.beɻˈɡa(ɻ)/ [aʊ̯.beɻˈɡa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.bɨɾˈɡaɾ/ [aɫ.βɨɾˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.bɨɾˈɡaɾ/ [aɫ.βɨɾˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.bɨɾˈɡa.ɾi/ [aɫ.βɨɾˈɣa.ɾi]

Verb

albergar (first-person singular present albergo, first-person singular preterite alberguei, past participle albergado)

1. to lodge at a hostel

   Synonym: hospedar

2. (epidemiology) to harbour (to be the host of an organism)

   Synonym: hospedar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of albergar (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	albergar
Personal	albergar	albergares	albergar	albergarmos	albergardes	albergarem
Gerund
	albergando
Past participle
Masculine	albergado			albergados
Feminine	albergada			albergadas
Indicative
Present	albergo	albergas	alberga	albergamos	albergais	albergam
Imperfect	albergava	albergavas	albergava	albergávamos	albergáveis	albergavam
Preterite	alberguei	albergaste	albergou	albergamos1, albergámos2	albergastes	albergaram
Pluperfect	albergara	albergaras	albergara	albergáramos	albergáreis	albergaram
Future	albergarei	albergarás	albergará	albergaremos	albergareis	albergarão
Conditional	albergaria	albergarias	albergaria	albergaríamos	albergaríeis	albergariam
Subjunctive
Present	albergue	albergues	albergue	alberguemos	albergueis	alberguem
Imperfect	albergasse	albergasses	albergasse	albergássemos	albergásseis	albergassem
Future	albergar	albergares	albergar	albergarmos	albergardes	albergarem
Imperative
Affirmative		alberga	albergue	alberguemos	albergai	alberguem
Negative (não)		não albergues	não albergue	não alberguemos	não albergueis	não alberguem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• albergado
• albergador
• albergagem
• albergamento
• albergaria
• albergue
• albergueiro
• alberguista

Spanish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin alberga, from Proto-West Germanic *harjabergu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /albeɾˈɡaɾ/ [al.β̞eɾˈɣ̞aɾ]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: al‧ber‧gar

Verb

albergar (first-person singular present albergo, first-person singular preterite albergué, past participle albergado)

1. (transitive) to house, shelter, lodge

Conjugation

    Conjugation of albergar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			albergar
gerund			albergando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		albergado		albergada
		plural		albergados		albergadas
		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	albergo	albergastú albergásvos	alberga	albergamos	albergáis	albergan
	imperfect	albergaba	albergabas	albergaba	albergábamos	albergabais	albergaban
	preterite	albergué	albergaste	albergó	albergamos	albergasteis	albergaron
	future	albergaré	albergarás	albergará	albergaremos	albergaréis	albergarán
	conditional	albergaría	albergarías	albergaría	albergaríamos	albergaríais	albergarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	albergue	alberguestú alberguésvos2	albergue	alberguemos	alberguéis	alberguen
	imperfect (ra)	albergara	albergaras	albergara	albergáramos	albergarais	albergaran
	imperfect (se)	albergase	albergases	albergase	albergásemos	albergaseis	albergasen
	future1	albergare	albergares	albergare	albergáremos	albergareis	albergaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		albergatú albergávos	albergue	alberguemos	albergad	alberguen
	negative		no albergues	no albergue	no alberguemos	no alberguéis	no alberguen

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

    Selected combined forms of albergar (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 albergar
	dative	albergarme	albergarte	albergarle, albergarse	albergarnos	albergaros	albergarles, albergarse
	accusative	albergarme	albergarte	albergarlo, albergarla, albergarse	albergarnos	albergaros	albergarlos, albergarlas, albergarse
with gerund albergando
	dative	albergándome	albergándote	albergándole, albergándose	albergándonos	albergándoos	albergándoles, albergándose
	accusative	albergándome	albergándote	albergándolo, albergándola, albergándose	albergándonos	albergándoos	albergándolos, albergándolas, albergándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative alberga
	dative	albérgame	albérgate	albérgale	albérganos	not used	albérgales
	accusative	albérgame	albérgate	albérgalo, albérgala	albérganos	not used	albérgalos, albérgalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative albergá
	dative	albergame	albergate	albergale	alberganos	not used	albergales
	accusative	albergame	albergate	albergalo, albergala	alberganos	not used	albergalos, albergalas
with formal second-person singular imperative albergue
	dative	albérgueme	not used	albérguele, albérguese	albérguenos	not used	albérgueles
	accusative	albérgueme	not used	albérguelo, albérguela, albérguese	albérguenos	not used	albérguelos, albérguelas
with first-person plural imperative alberguemos
	dative	not used	alberguémoste	alberguémosle	alberguémonos	alberguémoos	alberguémosles
	accusative	not used	alberguémoste	alberguémoslo, alberguémosla	alberguémonos	alberguémoos	alberguémoslos, alberguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative albergad
	dative	albergadme	not used	albergadle	albergadnos	albergaos	albergadles
	accusative	albergadme	not used	albergadlo, albergadla	albergadnos	albergaos	albergadlos, albergadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative alberguen
	dative	albérguenme	not used	albérguenle	albérguennos	not used	albérguenles, albérguense
	accusative	albérguenme	not used	albérguenlo, albérguenla	albérguennos	not used	albérguenlos, albérguenlas, albérguense

Derived terms

• albergo
• albergue

 

Further reading

• “albergar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28