trigar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan trigar, from Latin trīcārī (“dally, shuffle, be evasive”). Compare Occitan trigar, French tricher (“to cheat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [tɾiˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [tɾiˈɣaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

trigar (first-person singular present trigo, first-person singular preterite triguí, past participle trigat)

1. (intransitive) to take a long time, to be long
2. (intransitive) to be late
3. (transitive) to take (a certain amount of time)

Usage notes

• The main difference between trigar and durar when used transitively is that the former signifies some event that one has to wait for, while the latter signifies an ongoing action.

Conjugation

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

infinitive			trigar
gerund			trigant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		trigat		trigada
		plural		trigats		trigades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	trigo	trigues	triga	triguem	trigueu	triguen
	imperfect	trigava	trigaves	trigava	trigàvem	trigàveu	trigaven
	future	trigaré	trigaràs	trigarà	trigarem	trigareu	trigaran
	preterite	triguí	trigares	trigà	trigàrem	trigàreu	trigaren
	conditional	trigaria	trigaries	trigaria	trigaríem	trigaríeu	trigarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	trigui	triguis	trigui	triguem	trigueu	triguin
	imperfect	trigués	triguessis	trigués	triguéssim	triguéssiu	triguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	triga	trigui	triguem	trigueu	triguin
	negative (no)	—	no triguis	no trigui	no triguem	no trigueu	no triguin

Synonyms

• durar

Derived terms

• triga
• trigança
• triganer

References

• “trigar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Suevic *þrīhan or Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þreihan), from Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną (“to urge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾiˈɣaɾ/

Verb

trigar (first-person singular present trigo, first-person singular preterite triguei, past participle trigado)

1. (intransitive) to hurry; to hasten; to rush; to speed up

   Synonym: bulir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trigar (g-gu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	trigar
Personal	trigar	trigares	trigar	trigarmos	trigardes	trigaren
Gerund
	trigando
Past participle
Masculine	trigado			trigados
Feminine	trigada			trigadas
Indicative
Present	trigo	trigas	triga	trigamos	trigades	trigan
Imperfect	trigaba	trigabas	trigaba	trigabamos	trigabades	trigaban
Preterite	triguei	trigaches	trigou	trigamos	trigastes	trigaron
Pluperfect	trigara	trigaras	trigara	trigaramos	trigarades	trigaran
Future	trigarei	trigarás	trigará	trigaremos	trigaredes	trigarán
Conditional	trigaría	trigarías	trigaría	trigariamos	trigariades	trigarían
Subjunctive
Present	trigue	trigues	trigue	triguemos	triguedes	triguen
Imperfect	trigase	trigases	trigase	trigásemos	trigásedes	trigasen
Future	trigar	trigares	trigar	trigarmos	trigardes	trigaren
Imperative
Affirmative		triga	trigue	triguemos	trigade	triguen
Negative (non)		non trigues	non trigue	non triguemos	non triguedes	non triguen

    Reintegrated conjugation of trigar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	trigar
Personal	trigar	trigares	trigar	trigarmos	trigardes	trigarem
Gerund
	trigando
Past participle
Masculine	trigado			trigados
Feminine	trigada			trigadas
Indicative
Present	trigo	trigas	triga	trigamos	trigades, trigais	trigam
Imperfect	trigava	trigavas	trigava	trigávamos	trigávades, trigáveis, trigávais1	trigavam
Preterite	triguei	trigaste, trigache1	trigou	trigamos	trigastes	trigárom, trigaram
Pluperfect	trigara	trigaras	trigara	trigáramos	trigárades, trigáreis, trigárais1	trigaram
Future	trigarei	trigarás	trigará	trigaremos	trigaredes, trigareis	trigarám, trigarão
Conditional	trigaria	trigarias	trigaria	trigaríamos	trigaríades, trigaríeis, trigaríais1	trigariam
Subjunctive
Present	trigue	trigues	trigue	triguemos	triguedes, trigueis	triguem
Imperfect	trigasse	trigasses	trigasse	trigássemos	trigássedes, trigásseis	trigassem
Future	trigar	trigares	trigar	trigarmos	trigardes	trigarem
Imperative
Affirmative		triga	trigue	triguemos	trigade, trigai	triguem
Negative (nom)		nom trigues	nom trigue	nom triguemos	nom triguedes, nom trigueis	nom triguem

¹Less recommended.

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “trigar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Verb

trigar

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Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		trigar			aver trigat
gerund		trigant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		trigat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	trigui	trigas	triga	trigam	trigatz	trigan
	imperfect	trigavi	trigavas	trigava	trigàvem	trigàvetz	trigavan
	preterite	triguèri	triguères	triguèt	triguèrem	triguèretz	triguèron
	future	trigarai	trigaràs	trigarà	trigarem	trigaretz	trigaràn
	conditional	trigariái	trigariás	trigariá	trigariam	trigariatz	trigarián
	conditional 2nd form1	triguèra	triguèras	triguèra	trigueram	trigueratz	triguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	trigue	trigues	trigue	triguem	triguetz	triguen
	imperfect	triguèssi	triguèsses	triguèsse	triguèssem	triguèssetz	triguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			triga		triguem	trigatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		trigar			aver trigat
gerund		trigant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		trigat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	trigue	trigues	triga	trigam	trigatz	trigon
	imperfect	trigave	trigaves	trigava	trigaviam	trigaviatz	trigavon
	preterite	triguere	trigueres	triguet	triguem	triguetz	trigueron
	future	trigarai	trigaràs	trigará	trigarem	trigaretz	trigarán
	conditional	trigariá	trigariás	trigariá	trigariam	trigariatz	trigarián
	conditional 2nd form1	triguèra	triguèras	triguèra	trigueram	trigueratz	triguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	trigue	trigues	trigue	trigassiam	trigassiatz	trigon
	imperfect	triguesse	triguesses	triguesse	triguessiam	triguessiatz	triguesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			triga		trigassiam	trigatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		trigar			aver trigat
gerund		trigant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		trigat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	trigui	trigas	triga	trigam	trigatz	trigan
	imperfect	trigavi	trigavas	trigava	trigàvam	trigàvatz	trigavan
	preterite	triguèi	triguès	triguè	triguèm	triguètz	triguèn
	future	trigarèi	trigaràs	trigarà	trigaram	trigaratz	trigaràn
	conditional	trigarí	trigarés	trigaré	trigarem	trigaretz	trigarén
	conditional 2nd form1	triguèra	triguèras	triguèra	trigueram	trigueratz	triguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	trigui	trigues	trigue	triguem	triguetz	triguen
	imperfect	triguèssi	triguèsses	triguèsse	triguèssem	triguèssetz	triguèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			triga		triguem	trigatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		trigar			aver trigat
gerund		trigant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		trigat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	trigue	trigas	triga	trigam	trigatz	trigan
	imperfect	trigava	trigavas	trigava	trigàvam	trigàvatz	trigavan
	preterite	triguei	trigueras	triguet	triguèram	triguèratz	trigueran
	future	trigarai	trigaràs	trigará	trigarem	trigaretz	trigarán
	conditional	trigariá	trigariàs	trigariá	trigariam	trigariatz	trigarián
	conditional 2nd form1	triguèra	triguèras	triguèra	trigueram	trigueratz	triguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	trigue	trigues	trigue	triguem	triguetz	triguen
	imperfect	triguèsse	triguèsses	triguèsse	triguèssem	triguèssetz	triguèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			triga		triguem	trigatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		trigar			aver trigat
gerund		trigant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		trigat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	trigue	trigues	triga	trigam	trigatz	trigan
	imperfect	trigavi	trigavas	trigava	trigàvem	trigàvetz	trigavan
	preterite	triguère	triguères	triguèt	trigueriam	trigueriatz	triguèron
	future	trigarai	trigaràs	trigarà	trigarem	trigaretz	trigaràn
	conditional	trigariáu	trigariás	trigariá	trigariam	trigariatz	trigarián
	conditional 2nd form1	triguèra	triguèras	triguèra	trigueram	trigueratz	triguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	trigue	trigues	trigue	triguem	triguetz	trigan
	imperfect	triguèsse	triguèsses	triguèsse	triguessiam	triguessiatz	triguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			triga		triguem	trigatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin trīcāre, from Latin trīcārī.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾiˈɡa(ʁ)/ [tɾiˈɡa(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾiˈɡaɾ/ [tɾiˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾiˈɡaɾ/ [tɾiˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾiˈɡa.ɾi/ [tɾiˈɣa.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: tri‧gar

Verb

trigar (first-person singular present trigo, first-person singular preterite triguei, past participle trigado)

1. (reflexive, obsolete) to bustle, to hurry
2. (reflexive) to get tangled up, to meddle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trigar (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	trigar
Personal	trigar	trigares	trigar	trigarmos	trigardes	trigarem
Gerund
	trigando
Past participle
Masculine	trigado			trigados
Feminine	trigada			trigadas
Indicative
Present	trigo	trigas	triga	trigamos	trigais	trigam
Imperfect	trigava	trigavas	trigava	trigávamos	trigáveis	trigavam
Preterite	triguei	trigaste	trigou	trigamos1, trigámos2	trigastes	trigaram
Pluperfect	trigara	trigaras	trigara	trigáramos	trigáreis	trigaram
Future	trigarei	trigarás	trigará	trigaremos	trigareis	trigarão
Conditional	trigaria	trigarias	trigaria	trigaríamos	trigaríeis	trigariam
Subjunctive
Present	trigue	trigues	trigue	triguemos	trigueis	triguem
Imperfect	trigasse	trigasses	trigasse	trigássemos	trigásseis	trigassem
Future	trigar	trigares	trigar	trigarmos	trigardes	trigarem
Imperative
Affirmative		triga	trigue	triguemos	trigai	triguem
Negative (não)		não trigues	não trigue	não triguemos	não trigueis	não triguem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “trigar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “trigar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “trigar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “trigar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025