perdigar

Spanish

Etymology

A verb based ultimately on Latin perdix (“partridge”), whence Spanish perdiz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /peɾdiˈɡaɾ/ [peɾ.ð̞iˈɣ̞aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: per‧di‧gar

Verb

perdigar (first-person singular present perdigo, first-person singular preterite perdigué, past participle perdigado)

to fry lighty
- 1854, Novelistas posteriores a Cervantes. Tomo 2, con un bosquejo historico sobre la novel espanola, 270: Novelistas posteriores a Cervantes. Tomo 2, con un bosquejo historico sobre la novel espanola
  Dicho y hecho, ya la huésped las ponia á perdigar; calificaron todos á nuestro poeta por hombre de buen humor.
  Said and done, the guest already put them to fry lightly; they all rated our poet as a man of good humor.
to roast lighty

Conjugation

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

		singular			plural
infinitive			perdigar
gerund			perdigando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		perdigado		perdigada
		plural		perdigados		perdigadas
		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	perdigo	perdigas^{^tú} perdigás^{^vos}	perdiga	perdigamos	perdigáis	perdigan
	imperfect	perdigaba	perdigabas	perdigaba	perdigábamos	perdigabais	perdigaban
	preterite	perdigué	perdigaste	perdigó	perdigamos	perdigasteis	perdigaron
	future	perdigaré	perdigarás	perdigará	perdigaremos	perdigaréis	perdigarán
	conditional	perdigaría	perdigarías	perdigaría	perdigaríamos	perdigaríais	perdigarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	perdigue	perdigues^{^tú} perdigués^{^vos²}	perdigue	perdiguemos	perdiguéis	perdiguen
	imperfect (ra)	perdigara	perdigaras	perdigara	perdigáramos	perdigarais	perdigaran
	imperfect (se)	perdigase	perdigases	perdigase	perdigásemos	perdigaseis	perdigasen
	future¹	perdigare	perdigares	perdigare	perdigáremos	perdigareis	perdigaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		perdiga^{^tú} perdigá^{^vos}	perdigue	perdiguemos	perdigad	perdiguen
	negative		no perdigues	no perdigue	no perdiguemos	no perdiguéis	no perdiguen

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

Selected combined forms of perdigar (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 perdigar	dative	perdigarme	perdigarte	perdigarle, perdigarse	perdigarnos	perdigaros	perdigarles, perdigarse
with infinitive perdigar	accusative	perdigarme	perdigarte	perdigarlo, perdigarla, perdigarse	perdigarnos	perdigaros	perdigarlos, perdigarlas, perdigarse

with gerund perdigando	dative	perdigándome	perdigándote	perdigándole, perdigándose	perdigándonos	perdigándoos	perdigándoles, perdigándose
with gerund perdigando	accusative	perdigándome	perdigándote	perdigándolo, perdigándola, perdigándose	perdigándonos	perdigándoos	perdigándolos, perdigándolas, perdigándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative perdiga	dative	perdígame	perdígate	perdígale	perdíganos	not used	perdígales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative perdiga	accusative	perdígame	perdígate	perdígalo, perdígala	perdíganos	not used	perdígalos, perdígalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative perdigá	dative	perdigame	perdigate	perdigale	perdiganos	not used	perdigales
	accusative	perdigame	perdigate	perdigalo, perdigala	perdiganos	not used	perdigalos, perdigalas

with formal second-person singular imperative perdigue	dative	perdígueme	not used	perdíguele, perdíguese	perdíguenos	not used	perdígueles
with formal second-person singular imperative perdigue	accusative	perdígueme	not used	perdíguelo, perdíguela, perdíguese	perdíguenos	not used	perdíguelos, perdíguelas

with first-person plural imperative perdiguemos	dative	not used	perdiguémoste	perdiguémosle	perdiguémonos	perdiguémoos	perdiguémosles
with first-person plural imperative perdiguemos	accusative	not used	perdiguémoste	perdiguémoslo, perdiguémosla	perdiguémonos	perdiguémoos	perdiguémoslos, perdiguémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative perdigad	dative	perdigadme	not used	perdigadle	perdigadnos	perdigaos	perdigadles
with informal second-person plural imperative perdigad	accusative	perdigadme	not used	perdigadlo, perdigadla	perdigadnos	perdigaos	perdigadlos, perdigadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative perdiguen	dative	perdíguenme	not used	perdíguenle	perdíguennos	not used	perdíguenles, perdíguense
with formal second-person plural imperative perdiguen	accusative	perdíguenme	not used	perdíguenlo, perdíguenla	perdíguennos	not used	perdíguenlos, perdíguenlas, perdíguense

Derived terms

desperdigar

References

Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “perdiz”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 488