hurgar

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish furgar, from Vulgar Latin *fūricāre, from Latin fūr (“thief”) whence English ferret and furtive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uɾˈɡaɾ/ [uɾˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: hur‧gar

Verb

hurgar (first-person singular present hurgo, first-person singular preterite hurgué, past participle hurgado)

1. (intransitive) to root, rummage, poke about

   hurgar en algo ― to rummage through something

   • 2022 April 20, Álvaro Sánchez, “Netflix se desmorona en Bolsa casi un 40% ahogada por la competencia y las contraseñas compartidas”, in El País‎^[1]:

     […] porque ha terminado la ola de crecimiento desenfrenado que la impulsó durante los encierros pandémicos, cuando uno de los mayores entretenimientos para matar el tiempo de millones de ciudadanos de todo el planeta fue hurgar en el catálogo de Netflix.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (transitive) to poke at, pick

   hurgarse la nariz ― to pick one’s nose

Conjugation

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

infinitive			hurgar
gerund			hurgando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		hurgado		hurgada
		plural		hurgados		hurgadas
		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	hurgo	hurgastú hurgásvos	hurga	hurgamos	hurgáis	hurgan
	imperfect	hurgaba	hurgabas	hurgaba	hurgábamos	hurgabais	hurgaban
	preterite	hurgué	hurgaste	hurgó	hurgamos	hurgasteis	hurgaron
	future	hurgaré	hurgarás	hurgará	hurgaremos	hurgaréis	hurgarán
	conditional	hurgaría	hurgarías	hurgaría	hurgaríamos	hurgaríais	hurgarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	hurgue	hurguestú hurguésvos2	hurgue	hurguemos	hurguéis	hurguen
	imperfect (ra)	hurgara	hurgaras	hurgara	hurgáramos	hurgarais	hurgaran
	imperfect (se)	hurgase	hurgases	hurgase	hurgásemos	hurgaseis	hurgasen
	future1	hurgare	hurgares	hurgare	hurgáremos	hurgareis	hurgaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		hurgatú hurgávos	hurgue	hurguemos	hurgad	hurguen
	negative		no hurgues	no hurgue	no hurguemos	no hurguéis	no hurguen

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

    Selected combined forms of hurgar (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 hurgar
	dative	hurgarme	hurgarte	hurgarle, hurgarse	hurgarnos	hurgaros	hurgarles, hurgarse
	accusative	hurgarme	hurgarte	hurgarlo, hurgarla, hurgarse	hurgarnos	hurgaros	hurgarlos, hurgarlas, hurgarse
with gerund hurgando
	dative	hurgándome	hurgándote	hurgándole, hurgándose	hurgándonos	hurgándoos	hurgándoles, hurgándose
	accusative	hurgándome	hurgándote	hurgándolo, hurgándola, hurgándose	hurgándonos	hurgándoos	hurgándolos, hurgándolas, hurgándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative hurga
	dative	húrgame	húrgate	húrgale	húrganos	not used	húrgales
	accusative	húrgame	húrgate	húrgalo, húrgala	húrganos	not used	húrgalos, húrgalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative hurgá
	dative	hurgame	hurgate	hurgale	hurganos	not used	hurgales
	accusative	hurgame	hurgate	hurgalo, hurgala	hurganos	not used	hurgalos, hurgalas
with formal second-person singular imperative hurgue
	dative	húrgueme	not used	húrguele, húrguese	húrguenos	not used	húrgueles
	accusative	húrgueme	not used	húrguelo, húrguela, húrguese	húrguenos	not used	húrguelos, húrguelas
with first-person plural imperative hurguemos
	dative	not used	hurguémoste	hurguémosle	hurguémonos	hurguémoos	hurguémosles
	accusative	not used	hurguémoste	hurguémoslo, hurguémosla	hurguémonos	hurguémoos	hurguémoslos, hurguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative hurgad
	dative	hurgadme	not used	hurgadle	hurgadnos	hurgaos	hurgadles
	accusative	hurgadme	not used	hurgadlo, hurgadla	hurgadnos	hurgaos	hurgadlos, hurgadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative hurguen
	dative	húrguenme	not used	húrguenle	húrguennos	not used	húrguenles, húrguense
	accusative	húrguenme	not used	húrguenlo, húrguenla	húrguennos	not used	húrguenlos, húrguenlas, húrguense

Derived terms

• hurgar en la herida
• hurgarse la nariz

 

Related terms

• hurgón
• hurgonazo
• hurguetear

 

Further reading

• “hurgar”, 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