argüir

See also: arguir and argüír

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈɡwiɾ/, [aɾˈɣ̞wiɾ]

Verb

argüir

1. to make their first sounds a baby

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arguere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ər.ɡuˈi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aɾ.ɣuˈiɾ]
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

argüir (first-person singular present argüeixo, first-person singular preterite argüí, past participle arguït)

1. to argue a case, etc.
2. to discuss
3. to indicate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of argüir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			argüir
gerund			argüint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		arguït		arguïda
		plural		arguïts		arguïdes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	argüeixo	argüeixes	argüeix	arguïm	arguïu	argüeixen
	imperfect	arguïa	arguïes	arguïa	argüíem	argüíeu	arguïen
	future	argüiré	argüiràs	argüirà	argüirem	argüireu	argüiran
	preterite	argüí	arguïres	argüí	argüírem	argüíreu	arguïren
	conditional	argüiria	argüiries	argüiria	argüiríem	argüiríeu	argüirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	argüeixi	argüeixis	argüeixi	arguïm	arguïu	argüeixin
	imperfect	argüís	arguïssis	argüís	argüíssim	argüíssiu	arguïssin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	argüeix	argüeixi	arguïm	arguïu	argüeixin
	negative (no)	—	no argüeixis	no argüeixi	no arguïm	no arguïu	no argüeixin

Related terms

• argument

Further reading

• “argüir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “argüir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “argüir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “argüir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Verb

argüir (first-person singular present indicative arguo, past participle argüido)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1990 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of arguir; may still occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of argüir (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	argüir
Personal	argüir	argüires	argüir	argüirmos	argüirdes	argüirem
Gerund
	argüindo
Past participle
Masculine	argüido			argüidos
Feminine	argüida			argüidas
Indicative
Present	arguo	argües	argüe	argüimos	argüis	argüem
Imperfect	argüia	argüias	argüia	argüíamos	argüíeis	argüiam
Preterite	argüi	argüiste	argüiu	argüimos	argüistes	argüiram
Pluperfect	argüira	argüiras	argüira	argüíramos	argüíreis	argüiram
Future	argüirei	argüirás	argüirá	argüiremos	argüireis	argüirão
Conditional	argüiria	argüirias	argüiria	argüiríamos	argüiríeis	argüiriam
Subjunctive
Present	argua	arguas	argua	arguamos	arguais	arguam
Imperfect	argüisse	argüisses	argüisse	argüíssemos	argüísseis	argüissem
Future	argüir	argüires	argüir	argüirmos	argüirdes	argüirem
Imperative
Affirmative		argüe	argua	arguamos	argüi	arguam
Negative (não)		não arguas	não argua	não arguamos	não arguais	não arguam

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arguere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈɡwiɾ/ [aɾˈɣ̞wiɾ]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: ar‧güir

Verb

argüir (first-person singular present arguyo, first-person singular preterite argüí, past participle argüido)

1. (transitive) to argue, reason

   Synonym: argumentar

2. (transitive) to indicate, suggest
3. (transitive) to demonstrate, prove
4. (transitive) to infer, imagine

Conjugation

    Conjugation of argüir (gu-gü alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			argüir
gerund			arguyendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		argüido		argüida
		plural		argüidos		argüidas
		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	arguyo	arguyestú argüísvos	arguye	argüimos	argüís	arguyen
	imperfect	argüía	argüías	argüía	argüíamos	argüíais	argüían
	preterite	argüí	argüiste	arguyó	argüimos	argüisteis	arguyeron
	future	argüiré	argüirás	argüirá	argüiremos	argüiréis	argüirán
	conditional	argüiría	argüirías	argüiría	argüiríamos	argüiríais	argüirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	arguya	arguyastú arguyásvos2	arguya	arguyamos	arguyáis	arguyan
	imperfect (ra)	arguyera	arguyeras	arguyera	arguyéramos	arguyerais	arguyeran
	imperfect (se)	arguyese	arguyeses	arguyese	arguyésemos	arguyeseis	arguyesen
	future1	arguyere	arguyeres	arguyere	arguyéremos	arguyereis	arguyeren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		arguyetú argüívos	arguya	arguyamos	argüid	arguyan
	negative		no arguyas	no arguya	no arguyamos	no arguyáis	no arguyan

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

    Selected combined forms of argüir (gu-gü 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 argüir	dative	argüirme	argüirte	argüirle, argüirse	argüirnos	argüiros	argüirles, argüirse
	accusative	argüirme	argüirte	argüirlo, argüirla, argüirse	argüirnos	argüiros	argüirlos, argüirlas, argüirse
with gerund arguyendo	dative	arguyéndome	arguyéndote	arguyéndole, arguyéndose	arguyéndonos	arguyéndoos	arguyéndoles, arguyéndose
	accusative	arguyéndome	arguyéndote	arguyéndolo, arguyéndola, arguyéndose	arguyéndonos	arguyéndoos	arguyéndolos, arguyéndolas, arguyéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative arguye	dative	argúyeme	argúyete	argúyele	argúyenos	not used	argúyeles
	accusative	argúyeme	argúyete	argúyelo, argúyela	argúyenos	not used	argúyelos, argúyelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative argüí	dative	argüime	argüite	argüile	argüinos	not used	argüiles
	accusative	argüime	argüite	argüilo, argüila	argüinos	not used	argüilos, argüilas
with formal second-person singular imperative arguya	dative	argúyame	not used	argúyale, argúyase	argúyanos	not used	argúyales
	accusative	argúyame	not used	argúyalo, argúyala, argúyase	argúyanos	not used	argúyalos, argúyalas
with first-person plural imperative arguyamos	dative	not used	arguyámoste	arguyámosle	arguyámonos	arguyámoos	arguyámosles
	accusative	not used	arguyámoste	arguyámoslo, arguyámosla	arguyámonos	arguyámoos	arguyámoslos, arguyámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative argüid	dative	argüidme	not used	argüidle	argüidnos	argüíos	argüidles
	accusative	argüidme	not used	argüidlo, argüidla	argüidnos	argüíos	argüidlos, argüidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative arguyan	dative	argúyanme	not used	argúyanle	argúyannos	not used	argúyanles, argúyanse
	accusative	argúyanme	not used	argúyanlo, argúyanla	argúyannos	not used	argúyanlos, argúyanlas, argúyanse

Derived terms

• argüende

 

Related terms

• argumentar

 

Further reading

• “argüir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10