sirgar

Catalan

Etymology

From sirga +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [sirˈɡa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [siɾˈɣaɾ]

Verb

sirgar (first-person singular present sirgo, first-person singular preterite sirguí, past participle sirgat)

1. (nautical, transitive) to tow
2. (intransitive, figurative) to work hard, to slog

Conjugation

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

infinitive			sirgar
gerund			sirgant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sirgat		sirgada
		plural		sirgats		sirgades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	sirgo	sirgues	sirga	sirguem	sirgueu	sirguen
	imperfect	sirgava	sirgaves	sirgava	sirgàvem	sirgàveu	sirgaven
	future	sirgaré	sirgaràs	sirgarà	sirgarem	sirgareu	sirgaran
	preterite	sirguí	sirgares	sirgà	sirgàrem	sirgàreu	sirgaren
	conditional	sirgaria	sirgaries	sirgaria	sirgaríem	sirgaríeu	sirgarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	sirgui	sirguis	sirgui	sirguem	sirgueu	sirguin
	imperfect	sirgués	sirguessis	sirgués	sirguéssim	sirguéssiu	sirguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	sirga	sirgui	sirguem	sirgueu	sirguin
	negative (no)	—	no sirguis	no sirgui	no sirguem	no sirgueu	no sirguin

Derived terms

• sirgador

Further reading

• “sirgar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Etymology

From sirga +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siɾˈɡaɾ/ [siɾˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: sir‧gar

Verb

sirgar (first-person singular present sirgo, first-person singular preterite sirgué, past participle sirgado)

1. (nautical, transitive) to tow

Conjugation

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

infinitive			sirgar
gerund			sirgando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sirgado		sirgada
		plural		sirgados		sirgadas
		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	sirgo	sirgastú sirgásvos	sirga	sirgamos	sirgáis	sirgan
	imperfect	sirgaba	sirgabas	sirgaba	sirgábamos	sirgabais	sirgaban
	preterite	sirgué	sirgaste	sirgó	sirgamos	sirgasteis	sirgaron
	future	sirgaré	sirgarás	sirgará	sirgaremos	sirgaréis	sirgarán
	conditional	sirgaría	sirgarías	sirgaría	sirgaríamos	sirgaríais	sirgarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sirgue	sirguestú sirguésvos2	sirgue	sirguemos	sirguéis	sirguen
	imperfect (ra)	sirgara	sirgaras	sirgara	sirgáramos	sirgarais	sirgaran
	imperfect (se)	sirgase	sirgases	sirgase	sirgásemos	sirgaseis	sirgasen
	future1	sirgare	sirgares	sirgare	sirgáremos	sirgareis	sirgaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		sirgatú sirgávos	sirgue	sirguemos	sirgad	sirguen
	negative		no sirgues	no sirgue	no sirguemos	no sirguéis	no sirguen

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

    Selected combined forms of sirgar (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 sirgar
	dative	sirgarme	sirgarte	sirgarle, sirgarse	sirgarnos	sirgaros	sirgarles, sirgarse
	accusative	sirgarme	sirgarte	sirgarlo, sirgarla, sirgarse	sirgarnos	sirgaros	sirgarlos, sirgarlas, sirgarse
with gerund sirgando
	dative	sirgándome	sirgándote	sirgándole, sirgándose	sirgándonos	sirgándoos	sirgándoles, sirgándose
	accusative	sirgándome	sirgándote	sirgándolo, sirgándola, sirgándose	sirgándonos	sirgándoos	sirgándolos, sirgándolas, sirgándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative sirga
	dative	sírgame	sírgate	sírgale	sírganos	not used	sírgales
	accusative	sírgame	sírgate	sírgalo, sírgala	sírganos	not used	sírgalos, sírgalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative sirgá
	dative	sirgame	sirgate	sirgale	sirganos	not used	sirgales
	accusative	sirgame	sirgate	sirgalo, sirgala	sirganos	not used	sirgalos, sirgalas
with formal second-person singular imperative sirgue
	dative	sírgueme	not used	sírguele, sírguese	sírguenos	not used	sírgueles
	accusative	sírgueme	not used	sírguelo, sírguela, sírguese	sírguenos	not used	sírguelos, sírguelas
with first-person plural imperative sirguemos
	dative	not used	sirguémoste	sirguémosle	sirguémonos	sirguémoos	sirguémosles
	accusative	not used	sirguémoste	sirguémoslo, sirguémosla	sirguémonos	sirguémoos	sirguémoslos, sirguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sirgad
	dative	sirgadme	not used	sirgadle	sirgadnos	sirgaos	sirgadles
	accusative	sirgadme	not used	sirgadlo, sirgadla	sirgadnos	sirgaos	sirgadlos, sirgadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative sirguen
	dative	sírguenme	not used	sírguenle	sírguennos	not used	sírguenles, sírguense
	accusative	sírguenme	not used	sírguenlo, sírguenla	sírguennos	not used	sírguenlos, sírguenlas, sírguense

Further reading

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