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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Catalan pregar, from Latin precārī.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
pregar (first-person singular present prego, first-person singular preterite preguí, past participle pregat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/
Usage notes[edit]
- In its religious sense, the verb pregar is now less common than resar, especially when speaking of non-Christian religions.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of pregar (first conjugation, g-gu alternation)
| infinitive | pregar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | pregant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | pregat | pregada | |||||
| plural | pregats | pregades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | prego | pregues | prega | preguem | pregueu | preguen | |
| imperfect | pregava | pregaves | pregava | pregàvem | pregàveu | pregaven | |
| future | pregaré | pregaràs | pregarà | pregarem | pregareu | pregaran | |
| preterite | preguí | pregares | pregà | pregàrem | pregàreu | pregaren | |
| conditional | pregaria | pregaries | pregaria | pregaríem | pregaríeu | pregarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | pregui | preguis | pregui | preguem | pregueu | preguin | |
| imperfect | pregués | preguessis | pregués | preguéssim | preguéssiu | preguessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | prega | pregui | preguem | pregueu | preguin | |
| negative (no) | — | no preguis | no pregui | no preguem | no pregueu | no preguin | |
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “pregar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “pregar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “pregar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “pregar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese pregar, a semi-learned term taken from Latin plicāre, present active infinitive of plicō (“I fold”). See also chegar, an inherited doublet.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
Verb[edit]
pregar (first-person singular present prego, first-person singular preterite preguei, past participle pregado)
- (transitive) to fold
- (transitive, dated) to nail
- (of fire) to fire, burn
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of pregar (g-gu alternation)
Reintegrated conjugation of pregar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese pregar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *precāre, from Latin precārī, present active infinitive of precor.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
Verb[edit]
pregar (first-person singular present prego, first-person singular preterite preguei, past participle pregado)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of pregar (g-gu alternation)
Reintegrated conjugation of pregar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese preegar, from Latin praedicāre, present active infinitive of praedicō (“I proclaim”). Doublet of predicar.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
Verb[edit]
pregar (first-person singular present prego, first-person singular preterite preguei, past participle pregado)
- (archaic) to preach; to proclaim
- 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 47:
- Quando aquel Ihesus, meu señor, ya por la terras preegar, eu avia de moy grãde amor et soydade de veer a sua façe et quigi mãdar pintar a semelança do seu rrostro, que era a mays fremosa criatura do mũdo, en hũu pano por fillar cõ ela prazer et cõforto quando o vise; et querendoo fazer cõteyllo todo, et el pediome o pano et posoo ẽna sua cara et doumo encayado cõ tal figura cal era o seu santo rrostro;
- When that Jesus, my Lord, was going about the lands preaching, I had, because of how big was my love, longing for seeing His face; and I wanted to order a paint after His face, which was the most beautiful creation in the world, in a cloth, for having joy and confort whenever I saw it; and wanting to do it I told him, and He asked me for the cloth, put it on His face and gave it back to me stuck with a figure that was no other than His holy face;
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of pregar (g-gu alternation)
Reintegrated conjugation of pregar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “pregar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “preegar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “preg” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “preeg” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “pregar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “pregar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
- “pregar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “pregar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- “pregar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Ido[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French prier, Italian pregare. Compare Esperanto preĝi.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
pregar (present tense pregas, past tense pregis, future tense pregos, imperative pregez, conditional pregus)
- (transitive, religion) to pray (to)
- (transitive) to beg, entreat, beseech
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of pregar
|
present | past | future | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | pregar | pregir | pregor | ||||
| tense | pregas | pregis | pregos | ||||
| conditional | pregus | ||||||
| imperative | pregez | ||||||
| adjective active participle | preganta | preginta | pregonta | ||||
| adverbial active participle | pregante | preginte | pregonte | ||||
| nominal active participle | singular | preganto | preginto | pregonto | |||
| plural | preganti | preginti | pregonti | ||||
| adjective passive participle | pregata | pregita | pregota | ||||
| adverbial passive participle | pregate | pregite | pregote | ||||
| nominal passive participle | singular | pregato | pregito | pregoto | |||
| plural | pregati | pregiti | pregoti | ||||
Derived terms[edit]
- dicar prego (“to say a prayer”)
- facar prego (“to say a prayer”)
- me pregas (“I pray, I beg; if you please”)
- pregolibro (“prayer book”)
- pregostulo (“praying chair, praying desk”)
See also[edit]
Occitan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Occitan pregar, from Latin precārī.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
pregar
Derived terms[edit]
Dialectal variants[edit]
Old Occitan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
pregar
- to pray (as to God)
References[edit]
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “precari”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 337
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese pregar, a semi-learned term taken from Latin plicāre (“to fold”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to plait, to weave”). See also chegar, an inherited doublet, and the borrowing plicar.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: pre‧gar
Verb[edit]
pregar (first-person singular present prego, first-person singular preterite preguei, past participle pregado)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of pregar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese preegar, from Latin praedicāre (“to proclaim”), from prae (“before, in front”) + dicō (“devote, consecrate”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: pre‧gar
Verb[edit]
pregar (first-person singular present prego, first-person singular preterite preguei, past participle pregado)
- to preach (give a sermon)
- Synonym: proferir
- to preach; to advocate (encourage support)
- Synonyms: difundir, preconizar
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of pregar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
pregar (first-person singular present prego, first-person singular preterite pregué, past participle pregado)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of pregar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | pregar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | pregando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | pregado | pregada | |||||
| plural | pregados | pregadas | |||||
| 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 | prego | pregastú pregásvos |
prega | pregamos | pregáis | pregan | |
| imperfect | pregaba | pregabas | pregaba | pregábamos | pregabais | pregaban | |
| preterite | pregué | pregaste | pregó | pregamos | pregasteis | pregaron | |
| future | pregaré | pregarás | pregará | pregaremos | pregaréis | pregarán | |
| conditional | pregaría | pregarías | pregaría | pregaríamos | pregaríais | pregarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | pregue | preguestú preguésvos2 |
pregue | preguemos | preguéis | preguen | |
| imperfect (ra) |
pregara | pregaras | pregara | pregáramos | pregarais | pregaran | |
| imperfect (se) |
pregase | pregases | pregase | pregásemos | pregaseis | pregasen | |
| future1 | pregare | pregares | pregare | pregáremos | pregareis | pregaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | pregatú pregávos |
pregue | preguemos | pregad | preguen | ||
| negative | no pregues | no pregue | no preguemos | no preguéis | no preguen | ||
Selected combined forms of pregar (g-gu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading[edit]
- “pregar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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