sugerir

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin suggerō.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.ʒeˈɾi(ʁ)/ [su.ʒeˈɾi(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.ʒɨˈɾiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.ʒɨˈɾiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.ʒɨˈɾi.ɾi/

• Homophone: sugeri (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: su‧ge‧rir

Verb

sugerir (first-person singular present sugiro, third-person singular present sugere, first-person singular preterite sugeri, past participle sugerido)

1. to suggest

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sugerir (i-e alternation in present singular) (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	sugerir
Personal	sugerir	sugerires	sugerir	sugerirmos	sugerirdes	sugerirem
Gerund
	sugerindo
Past participle
Masculine	sugerido			sugeridos
Feminine	sugerida			sugeridas
Indicative
Present	sugiro	sugeres	sugere	sugerimos	sugeris	sugerem
Imperfect	sugeria	sugerias	sugeria	sugeríamos	sugeríeis	sugeriam
Preterite	sugeri	sugeriste	sugeriu	sugerimos	sugeristes	sugeriram
Pluperfect	sugerira	sugeriras	sugerira	sugeríramos	sugeríreis	sugeriram
Future	sugerirei	sugerirás	sugerirá	sugeriremos	sugerireis	sugerirão
Conditional	sugeriria	sugeririas	sugeriria	sugeriríamos	sugeriríeis	sugeririam
Subjunctive
Present	sugira	sugiras	sugira	sugiramos	sugirais	sugiram
Imperfect	sugerisse	sugerisses	sugerisse	sugeríssemos	sugerísseis	sugerissem
Future	sugerir	sugerires	sugerir	sugerirmos	sugerirdes	sugerirem
Imperative
Affirmative		sugere	sugira	sugiramos	sugeri	sugiram
Negative (não)		não sugiras	não sugira	não sugiramos	não sugirais	não sugiram

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin suggerō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suxeˈɾiɾ/ [su.xeˈɾiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: su‧ge‧rir

Verb

sugerir (first-person singular present sugiero, first-person singular preterite sugerí, past participle sugerido)

1. to suggest

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sugerir (e-ie-i alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			sugerir
gerund			sugiriendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sugerido		sugerida
		plural		sugeridos		sugeridas
		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	sugiero	sugierestú sugerísvos	sugiere	sugerimos	sugerís	sugieren
	imperfect	sugería	sugerías	sugería	sugeríamos	sugeríais	sugerían
	preterite	sugerí	sugeriste	sugirió	sugerimos	sugeristeis	sugirieron
	future	sugeriré	sugerirás	sugerirá	sugeriremos	sugeriréis	sugerirán
	conditional	sugeriría	sugerirías	sugeriría	sugeriríamos	sugeriríais	sugerirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sugiera	sugierastú sugirásvos2	sugiera	sugiramos	sugiráis	sugieran
	imperfect (ra)	sugiriera	sugirieras	sugiriera	sugiriéramos	sugirierais	sugirieran
	imperfect (se)	sugiriese	sugirieses	sugiriese	sugiriésemos	sugirieseis	sugiriesen
	future1	sugiriere	sugirieres	sugiriere	sugiriéremos	sugiriereis	sugirieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		sugieretú sugerívos	sugiera	sugiramos	sugerid	sugieran
	negative		no sugieras	no sugiera	no sugiramos	no sugiráis	no sugieran

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

    Selected combined forms of sugerir (e-ie-i 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 sugerir	dative	sugerirme	sugerirte	sugerirle, sugerirse	sugerirnos	sugeriros	sugerirles, sugerirse
	accusative	sugerirme	sugerirte	sugerirlo, sugerirla, sugerirse	sugerirnos	sugeriros	sugerirlos, sugerirlas, sugerirse
with gerund sugiriendo	dative	sugiriéndome	sugiriéndote	sugiriéndole, sugiriéndose	sugiriéndonos	sugiriéndoos	sugiriéndoles, sugiriéndose
	accusative	sugiriéndome	sugiriéndote	sugiriéndolo, sugiriéndola, sugiriéndose	sugiriéndonos	sugiriéndoos	sugiriéndolos, sugiriéndolas, sugiriéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative sugiere	dative	sugiéreme	sugiérete	sugiérele	sugiérenos	not used	sugiéreles
	accusative	sugiéreme	sugiérete	sugiérelo, sugiérela	sugiérenos	not used	sugiérelos, sugiérelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative sugerí	dative	sugerime	sugerite	sugerile	sugerinos	not used	sugeriles
	accusative	sugerime	sugerite	sugerilo, sugerila	sugerinos	not used	sugerilos, sugerilas
with formal second-person singular imperative sugiera	dative	sugiérame	not used	sugiérale, sugiérase	sugiéranos	not used	sugiérales
	accusative	sugiérame	not used	sugiéralo, sugiérala, sugiérase	sugiéranos	not used	sugiéralos, sugiéralas
with first-person plural imperative sugiramos	dative	not used	sugirámoste	sugirámosle	sugirámonos	sugirámoos	sugirámosles
	accusative	not used	sugirámoste	sugirámoslo, sugirámosla	sugirámonos	sugirámoos	sugirámoslos, sugirámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sugerid	dative	sugeridme	not used	sugeridle	sugeridnos	sugeríos	sugeridles
	accusative	sugeridme	not used	sugeridlo, sugeridla	sugeridnos	sugeríos	sugeridlos, sugeridlas
with formal second-person plural imperative sugieran	dative	sugiéranme	not used	sugiéranle	sugiérannos	not used	sugiéranles, sugiéranse
	accusative	sugiéranme	not used	sugiéranlo, sugiéranla	sugiérannos	not used	sugiéranlos, sugiéranlas, sugiéranse

Derived terms

• sugerencia

 

Related terms

• sugestión
• sugestivo

 

Further reading

• “sugerir”, 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

Venetan

Alternative forms

• sujerir

Etymology

From Latin suggerō (compare Italian suggerir).

Verb

sugerir

1. (transitive) to suggest
2. (transitive) to prompt

Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of sugerir (third conjugation)

infinitive	sugerir
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		sugeréndo
past participle		sugerito, sugerìo
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	sugeriso	(te) sugerisi	(el/ła) sugerise	sugerimo	sugerì	(i/łe) sugerise
imperfect	sugerìa	(te) sugerivi	(el/ła) sugerìa	sugerìvimo	sugerivi	(i/łe) sugerìa
future	sugerirò	(te) sugerirè	(el/ła) sugerirà	sugerirémo	sugerirè	(i/łe) sugerirà
conditional	sugerirìa	(te) sugeririsi	(el/ła) sugerirìa	sugerirìsimo	sugeririsi	(i/łe) sugerirìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	sugerisa	(te) sugerisi	(el/ła) sugerisa	sugerimo	sugerì	(i/łe) sugerisa
imperfect	sugerise	(te) sugerisi	(el/ła) sugerise	sugerisimo	sugerisi	(i/łe) sugerise
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) sugerisi	(el/ła) sugerisa	sugerimo	sugerì	(i/łe) sugerisa