arrogar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arrogāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁoˈɡa(ʁ)/ [a.hoˈɡa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁoˈɡa(ʁ)/ [a.hoˈɡa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.ʁoˈɡa(ɾ)/ [a.hoˈɡa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.ʁoˈɡa(ʁ)/ [a.χoˈɡa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁoˈɡa(ɻ)/ [a.hoˈɡa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʁuˈɡaɾ/ [ɐ.ʁuˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʁuˈɡaɾ/ [ɐ.ʁuˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʁuˈɡa.ɾi/ [ɐ.ʁuˈɣa.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: ar‧ro‧gar

Verb

arrogar (first-person singular present arrogo, first-person singular preterite arroguei, past participle arrogado)

1. to arrogate, adopt

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arrogar (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	arrogar
Personal	arrogar	arrogares	arrogar	arrogarmos	arrogardes	arrogarem
Gerund
	arrogando
Past participle
Masculine	arrogado			arrogados
Feminine	arrogada			arrogadas
Indicative
Present	arrogo	arrogas	arroga	arrogamos	arrogais	arrogam
Imperfect	arrogava	arrogavas	arrogava	arrogávamos	arrogáveis	arrogavam
Preterite	arroguei	arrogaste	arrogou	arrogamos1, arrogámos2	arrogastes	arrogaram
Pluperfect	arrogara	arrogaras	arrogara	arrogáramos	arrogáreis	arrogaram
Future	arrogarei	arrogarás	arrogará	arrogaremos	arrogareis	arrogarão
Conditional	arrogaria	arrogarias	arrogaria	arrogaríamos	arrogaríeis	arrogariam
Subjunctive
Present	arrogue	arrogues	arrogue	arroguemos	arrogueis	arroguem
Imperfect	arrogasse	arrogasses	arrogasse	arrogássemos	arrogásseis	arrogassem
Future	arrogar	arrogares	arrogar	arrogarmos	arrogardes	arrogarem
Imperative
Affirmative		arroga	arrogue	arroguemos	arrogai	arroguem
Negative (não)		não arrogues	não arrogue	não arroguemos	não arrogueis	não arroguem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arrogāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aroˈɡaɾ/ [a.roˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧rro‧gar

Verb

arrogar (first-person singular present arrogo, first-person singular preterite arrogué, past participle arrogado)

1. (transitive, law) to assume, claim, take (a title or right)
2. (ditransitive, usually reflexive) to ascribe, arrogate, to take it upon oneself

   arrogarse el crédito ― to take the credit

Conjugation

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

infinitive			arrogar
gerund			arrogando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		arrogado		arrogada
		plural		arrogados		arrogadas
		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	arrogo	arrogastú arrogásvos	arroga	arrogamos	arrogáis	arrogan
	imperfect	arrogaba	arrogabas	arrogaba	arrogábamos	arrogabais	arrogaban
	preterite	arrogué	arrogaste	arrogó	arrogamos	arrogasteis	arrogaron
	future	arrogaré	arrogarás	arrogará	arrogaremos	arrogaréis	arrogarán
	conditional	arrogaría	arrogarías	arrogaría	arrogaríamos	arrogaríais	arrogarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	arrogue	arroguestú arroguésvos2	arrogue	arroguemos	arroguéis	arroguen
	imperfect (ra)	arrogara	arrogaras	arrogara	arrogáramos	arrogarais	arrogaran
	imperfect (se)	arrogase	arrogases	arrogase	arrogásemos	arrogaseis	arrogasen
	future1	arrogare	arrogares	arrogare	arrogáremos	arrogareis	arrogaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		arrogatú arrogávos	arrogue	arroguemos	arrogad	arroguen
	negative		no arrogues	no arrogue	no arroguemos	no arroguéis	no arroguen

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

    Selected combined forms of arrogar (g-gu 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 arrogar
	dative	arrogarme	arrogarte	arrogarle, arrogarse	arrogarnos	arrogaros	arrogarles, arrogarse
	accusative	arrogarme	arrogarte	arrogarlo, arrogarla, arrogarse	arrogarnos	arrogaros	arrogarlos, arrogarlas, arrogarse
with gerund arrogando
	dative	arrogándome	arrogándote	arrogándole, arrogándose	arrogándonos	arrogándoos	arrogándoles, arrogándose
	accusative	arrogándome	arrogándote	arrogándolo, arrogándola, arrogándose	arrogándonos	arrogándoos	arrogándolos, arrogándolas, arrogándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative arroga
	dative	arrógame	arrógate	arrógale	arróganos	not used	arrógales
	accusative	arrógame	arrógate	arrógalo, arrógala	arróganos	not used	arrógalos, arrógalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative arrogá
	dative	arrogame	arrogate	arrogale	arroganos	not used	arrogales
	accusative	arrogame	arrogate	arrogalo, arrogala	arroganos	not used	arrogalos, arrogalas
with formal second-person singular imperative arrogue
	dative	arrógueme	not used	arróguele, arróguese	arróguenos	not used	arrógueles
	accusative	arrógueme	not used	arróguelo, arróguela, arróguese	arróguenos	not used	arróguelos, arróguelas
with first-person plural imperative arroguemos
	dative	not used	arroguémoste	arroguémosle	arroguémonos	arroguémoos	arroguémosles
	accusative	not used	arroguémoste	arroguémoslo, arroguémosla	arroguémonos	arroguémoos	arroguémoslos, arroguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative arrogad
	dative	arrogadme	not used	arrogadle	arrogadnos	arrogaos	arrogadles
	accusative	arrogadme	not used	arrogadlo, arrogadla	arrogadnos	arrogaos	arrogadlos, arrogadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative arroguen
	dative	arróguenme	not used	arróguenle	arróguennos	not used	arróguenles, arróguense
	accusative	arróguenme	not used	arróguenlo, arróguenla	arróguennos	not used	arróguenlos, arróguenlas, arróguense

Related terms

• arrogación
• arrogancia
• arrogante
• rogar

 

Further reading

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