verguear

Spanish

Etymology

From verga +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɾɡeˈaɾ/ [beɾ.ɣ̞eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ver‧gue‧ar

Verb

verguear (first-person singular present vergueo, first-person singular preterite vergueé, past participle vergueado)

1. (transitive) to say a phrase to (someone) using the word "verga", in a vulgar context

   Él me vergueó cuando me dijo: "¡Qué verga quieres!".

   He does vergueo to me when he told me: "What verga do you want!".

2. (transitive, vulgar, El Salvador) to give a beating to (someone)

   Synonym: dar verga

   Él me vergueó por insultarlo.

   He gave me a beating because I insulted him.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of verguear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			verguear
gerund			vergueando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		vergueado		vergueada
		plural		vergueados		vergueadas
		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	vergueo	vergueastú vergueásvos	verguea	vergueamos	vergueáis	verguean
	imperfect	vergueaba	vergueabas	vergueaba	vergueábamos	vergueabais	vergueaban
	preterite	vergueé	vergueaste	vergueó	vergueamos	vergueasteis	verguearon
	future	verguearé	verguearás	vergueará	verguearemos	verguearéis	verguearán
	conditional	verguearía	verguearías	verguearía	verguearíamos	verguearíais	verguearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	verguee	vergueestú vergueésvos2	verguee	vergueemos	vergueéis	vergueen
	imperfect (ra)	vergueara	verguearas	vergueara	vergueáramos	verguearais	verguearan
	imperfect (se)	verguease	vergueases	verguease	vergueásemos	vergueaseis	vergueasen
	future1	vergueare	vergueares	vergueare	vergueáremos	vergueareis	verguearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		vergueatú vergueávos	verguee	vergueemos	verguead	vergueen
	negative		no verguees	no verguee	no vergueemos	no vergueéis	no vergueen

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

    Selected combined forms of verguear

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 verguear
	dative	verguearme	verguearte	verguearle, verguearse	verguearnos	verguearos	verguearles, verguearse
	accusative	verguearme	verguearte	verguearlo, verguearla, verguearse	verguearnos	verguearos	verguearlos, verguearlas, verguearse
with gerund vergueando
	dative	vergueándome	vergueándote	vergueándole, vergueándose	vergueándonos	vergueándoos	vergueándoles, vergueándose
	accusative	vergueándome	vergueándote	vergueándolo, vergueándola, vergueándose	vergueándonos	vergueándoos	vergueándolos, vergueándolas, vergueándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative verguea
	dative	verguéame	verguéate	verguéale	verguéanos	not used	verguéales
	accusative	verguéame	verguéate	verguéalo, verguéala	verguéanos	not used	verguéalos, verguéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative vergueá
	dative	vergueame	vergueate	vergueale	vergueanos	not used	vergueales
	accusative	vergueame	vergueate	verguealo, vergueala	vergueanos	not used	verguealos, verguealas
with formal second-person singular imperative verguee
	dative	verguéeme	not used	verguéele, verguéese	verguéenos	not used	verguéeles
	accusative	verguéeme	not used	verguéelo, verguéela, verguéese	verguéenos	not used	verguéelos, verguéelas
with first-person plural imperative vergueemos
	dative	not used	vergueémoste	vergueémosle	vergueémonos	vergueémoos	vergueémosles
	accusative	not used	vergueémoste	vergueémoslo, vergueémosla	vergueémonos	vergueémoos	vergueémoslos, vergueémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative verguead
	dative	vergueadme	not used	vergueadle	vergueadnos	vergueaos	vergueadles
	accusative	vergueadme	not used	vergueadlo, vergueadla	vergueadnos	vergueaos	vergueadlos, vergueadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative vergueen
	dative	verguéenme	not used	verguéenle	verguéennos	not used	verguéenles, verguéense
	accusative	verguéenme	not used	verguéenlo, verguéenla	verguéennos	not used	verguéenlos, verguéenlas, verguéense

Further reading

• “verguear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28