regoldar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish regoldar, perhaps inherited from re- + Late Latin gurgitāre, cf. Medieval Latin regurgitō. Common in early modern Spanish, but eventually replaced by the Latinism eructar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reɡolˈdaɾ/ [re.ɣ̞ol̪ˈd̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧gol‧dar

Verb

regoldar (first-person singular present regüeldo, first-person singular preterite regoldé, past participle regoldado)

1. (obsolete) to belch, burp (expel gas loudly or rudely from the stomach through the mouth)

   Synonym: eructar

   • 1615, Cervantes, Don Quixote 2.43:

     Ten cuenta de no... erutar delante de nadie. Esso de erutar no entiendo, dixo Sancho, y don Quixote le dixo, Erutar, Sancho, quiere dezir regoldar, y éste es uno de los más torpes vocablos que tiene la lengua castellana, aunque es muy significativo, y assí la gente curiosa se ha acogido al latín, y al regoldar dize erutar, y a los regüeldos, erutaciones, y quando algunos no entienden estos términos, importa poco, que el uso los yrá introduziendo con el tiempo.

     "Please make sure you don't belch (erutar) in front of anyone." "I don't understand what you mean by erutar", said Sancho. And Don Quixote replied, "Erutar, Sancho, means 'to belch, burp' (regoldar), which is one of the most regrettable terms in the Castilian tongue, but it's very important, so curious people have taken recourse to Latin, saying erutar instead of regoldar, and erutaciones instead of regüeldos. When some people don't understand these terms, it matters little: usage will eventually introduce them."

Conjugation

    Conjugation of regoldar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			regoldar
gerund			regoldando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		regoldado		regoldada
		plural		regoldados		regoldadas
		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	regüeldo	regüeldastú regoldásvos	regüelda	regoldamos	regoldáis	regüeldan
	imperfect	regoldaba	regoldabas	regoldaba	regoldábamos	regoldabais	regoldaban
	preterite	regoldé	regoldaste	regoldó	regoldamos	regoldasteis	regoldaron
	future	regoldaré	regoldarás	regoldará	regoldaremos	regoldaréis	regoldarán
	conditional	regoldaría	regoldarías	regoldaría	regoldaríamos	regoldaríais	regoldarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	regüelde	regüeldestú regoldésvos2	regüelde	regoldemos	regoldéis	regüelden
	imperfect (ra)	regoldara	regoldaras	regoldara	regoldáramos	regoldarais	regoldaran
	imperfect (se)	regoldase	regoldases	regoldase	regoldásemos	regoldaseis	regoldasen
	future1	regoldare	regoldares	regoldare	regoldáremos	regoldareis	regoldaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		regüeldatú regoldávos	regüelde	regoldemos	regoldad	regüelden
	negative		no regüeldes	no regüelde	no regoldemos	no regoldéis	no regüelden

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

    Selected combined forms of regoldar (o-ue 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 regoldar
	dative	regoldarme	regoldarte	regoldarle, regoldarse	regoldarnos	regoldaros	regoldarles, regoldarse
	accusative	regoldarme	regoldarte	regoldarlo, regoldarla, regoldarse	regoldarnos	regoldaros	regoldarlos, regoldarlas, regoldarse
with gerund regoldando
	dative	regoldándome	regoldándote	regoldándole, regoldándose	regoldándonos	regoldándoos	regoldándoles, regoldándose
	accusative	regoldándome	regoldándote	regoldándolo, regoldándola, regoldándose	regoldándonos	regoldándoos	regoldándolos, regoldándolas, regoldándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative regüelda
	dative	regüéldame	regüéldate	regüéldale	regüéldanos	not used	regüéldales
	accusative	regüéldame	regüéldate	regüéldalo, regüéldala	regüéldanos	not used	regüéldalos, regüéldalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative regoldá
	dative	regoldame	regoldate	regoldale	regoldanos	not used	regoldales
	accusative	regoldame	regoldate	regoldalo, regoldala	regoldanos	not used	regoldalos, regoldalas
with formal second-person singular imperative regüelde
	dative	regüéldeme	not used	regüéldele, regüéldese	regüéldenos	not used	regüéldeles
	accusative	regüéldeme	not used	regüéldelo, regüéldela, regüéldese	regüéldenos	not used	regüéldelos, regüéldelas
with first-person plural imperative regoldemos
	dative	not used	regoldémoste	regoldémosle	regoldémonos	regoldémoos	regoldémosles
	accusative	not used	regoldémoste	regoldémoslo, regoldémosla	regoldémonos	regoldémoos	regoldémoslos, regoldémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative regoldad
	dative	regoldadme	not used	regoldadle	regoldadnos	regoldaos	regoldadles
	accusative	regoldadme	not used	regoldadlo, regoldadla	regoldadnos	regoldaos	regoldadlos, regoldadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative regüelden
	dative	regüéldenme	not used	regüéldenle	regüéldennos	not used	regüéldenles, regüéldense
	accusative	regüéldenme	not used	regüéldenlo, regüéldenla	regüéldennos	not used	regüéldenlos, regüéldenlas, regüéldense

Related terms

• regüeldo

 

Further reading

• “regoldar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014