mendigar

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mendigar, semi-learned borrowing from Latin mendicāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mẽ.d͡ʒiˈɡa(ʁ)/ [mẽ.d͡ʒiˈɡa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mẽ.d͡ʒiˈɡa(ʁ)/ [mẽ.d͡ʒiˈɡa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /mẽ.d͡ʒiˈɡa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /mẽ.d͡ʒiˈɡa(ʁ)/ [mẽ.d͡ʒiˈɡa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mẽ.d͡ʒiˈɡa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mẽ.diˈɡaɾ/ [mẽ.diˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mẽ.diˈɡaɾ/ [mẽ.diˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mẽ.diˈɡa.ɾi/ [mẽ.diˈɣa.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: men‧di‧gar

Verb

mendigar (first-person singular present mendigo, first-person singular preterite mendiguei, past participle mendigado)

1. (transitive, intransitive) ask for alms
2. (transitive) request with instance; beseech; plead
3. (intransitive) be a beggar
4. (informal, often derogatory) ask for something even if you don't need it

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mendigar (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	mendigar
Personal	mendigar	mendigares	mendigar	mendigarmos	mendigardes	mendigarem
Gerund
	mendigando
Past participle
Masculine	mendigado			mendigados
Feminine	mendigada			mendigadas
Indicative
Present	mendigo	mendigas	mendiga	mendigamos	mendigais	mendigam
Imperfect	mendigava	mendigavas	mendigava	mendigávamos	mendigáveis	mendigavam
Preterite	mendiguei	mendigaste	mendigou	mendigamos1, mendigámos2	mendigastes	mendigaram
Pluperfect	mendigara	mendigaras	mendigara	mendigáramos	mendigáreis	mendigaram
Future	mendigarei	mendigarás	mendigará	mendigaremos	mendigareis	mendigarão
Conditional	mendigaria	mendigarias	mendigaria	mendigaríamos	mendigaríeis	mendigariam
Subjunctive
Present	mendigue	mendigues	mendigue	mendiguemos	mendigueis	mendiguem
Imperfect	mendigasse	mendigasses	mendigasse	mendigássemos	mendigásseis	mendigassem
Future	mendigar	mendigares	mendigar	mendigarmos	mendigardes	mendigarem
Imperative
Affirmative		mendiga	mendigue	mendiguemos	mendigai	mendiguem
Negative (não)		não mendigues	não mendigue	não mendiguemos	não mendigueis	não mendiguem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mendigar.

Related terms

• mendigo

 

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mendīcāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mendiˈɡaɾ/ [mẽn̪.d̪iˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: men‧di‧gar

Verb

mendigar (first-person singular present mendigo, first-person singular preterite mendigué, past participle mendigado)

1. to beg

Conjugation

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

infinitive			mendigar
gerund			mendigando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mendigado		mendigada
		plural		mendigados		mendigadas
		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	mendigo	mendigastú mendigásvos	mendiga	mendigamos	mendigáis	mendigan
	imperfect	mendigaba	mendigabas	mendigaba	mendigábamos	mendigabais	mendigaban
	preterite	mendigué	mendigaste	mendigó	mendigamos	mendigasteis	mendigaron
	future	mendigaré	mendigarás	mendigará	mendigaremos	mendigaréis	mendigarán
	conditional	mendigaría	mendigarías	mendigaría	mendigaríamos	mendigaríais	mendigarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mendigue	mendiguestú mendiguésvos2	mendigue	mendiguemos	mendiguéis	mendiguen
	imperfect (ra)	mendigara	mendigaras	mendigara	mendigáramos	mendigarais	mendigaran
	imperfect (se)	mendigase	mendigases	mendigase	mendigásemos	mendigaseis	mendigasen
	future1	mendigare	mendigares	mendigare	mendigáremos	mendigareis	mendigaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mendigatú mendigávos	mendigue	mendiguemos	mendigad	mendiguen
	negative		no mendigues	no mendigue	no mendiguemos	no mendiguéis	no mendiguen

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

    Selected combined forms of mendigar (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 mendigar
	dative	mendigarme	mendigarte	mendigarle, mendigarse	mendigarnos	mendigaros	mendigarles, mendigarse
	accusative	mendigarme	mendigarte	mendigarlo, mendigarla, mendigarse	mendigarnos	mendigaros	mendigarlos, mendigarlas, mendigarse
with gerund mendigando
	dative	mendigándome	mendigándote	mendigándole, mendigándose	mendigándonos	mendigándoos	mendigándoles, mendigándose
	accusative	mendigándome	mendigándote	mendigándolo, mendigándola, mendigándose	mendigándonos	mendigándoos	mendigándolos, mendigándolas, mendigándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative mendiga
	dative	mendígame	mendígate	mendígale	mendíganos	not used	mendígales
	accusative	mendígame	mendígate	mendígalo, mendígala	mendíganos	not used	mendígalos, mendígalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative mendigá
	dative	mendigame	mendigate	mendigale	mendiganos	not used	mendigales
	accusative	mendigame	mendigate	mendigalo, mendigala	mendiganos	not used	mendigalos, mendigalas
with formal second-person singular imperative mendigue
	dative	mendígueme	not used	mendíguele, mendíguese	mendíguenos	not used	mendígueles
	accusative	mendígueme	not used	mendíguelo, mendíguela, mendíguese	mendíguenos	not used	mendíguelos, mendíguelas
with first-person plural imperative mendiguemos
	dative	not used	mendiguémoste	mendiguémosle	mendiguémonos	mendiguémoos	mendiguémosles
	accusative	not used	mendiguémoste	mendiguémoslo, mendiguémosla	mendiguémonos	mendiguémoos	mendiguémoslos, mendiguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative mendigad
	dative	mendigadme	not used	mendigadle	mendigadnos	mendigaos	mendigadles
	accusative	mendigadme	not used	mendigadlo, mendigadla	mendigadnos	mendigaos	mendigadlos, mendigadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative mendiguen
	dative	mendíguenme	not used	mendíguenle	mendíguennos	not used	mendíguenles, mendíguense
	accusative	mendíguenme	not used	mendíguenlo, mendíguenla	mendíguennos	not used	mendíguenlos, mendíguenlas, mendíguense

Related terms

• mendicante
• mendigo

 

Further reading

• “mendigar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28