triptongar

Spanish

Etymology

From triptongo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾibtonˈɡaɾ/ [t̪ɾiβ̞.t̪õŋˈɡaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: trip‧ton‧gar

Verb

triptongar (first-person singular present triptongo, first-person singular preterite triptongué, past participle triptongado)

1. (transitive) to triphthongize

Conjugation

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

infinitive			triptongar
gerund			triptongando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		triptongado		triptongada
		plural		triptongados		triptongadas
		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	triptongo	triptongastú triptongásvos	triptonga	triptongamos	triptongáis	triptongan
	imperfect	triptongaba	triptongabas	triptongaba	triptongábamos	triptongabais	triptongaban
	preterite	triptongué	triptongaste	triptongó	triptongamos	triptongasteis	triptongaron
	future	triptongaré	triptongarás	triptongará	triptongaremos	triptongaréis	triptongarán
	conditional	triptongaría	triptongarías	triptongaría	triptongaríamos	triptongaríais	triptongarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	triptongue	triptonguestú triptonguésvos2	triptongue	triptonguemos	triptonguéis	triptonguen
	imperfect (ra)	triptongara	triptongaras	triptongara	triptongáramos	triptongarais	triptongaran
	imperfect (se)	triptongase	triptongases	triptongase	triptongásemos	triptongaseis	triptongasen
	future1	triptongare	triptongares	triptongare	triptongáremos	triptongareis	triptongaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		triptongatú triptongávos	triptongue	triptonguemos	triptongad	triptonguen
	negative		no triptongues	no triptongue	no triptonguemos	no triptonguéis	no triptonguen

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

Further reading

• “triptongar”, 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