hurgar
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Spanish furgar, from Vulgar Latin *fūricāre, from Latin fūr (“thief”) whence English ferret and furtive.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
hurgar (first-person singular present hurgo, first-person singular preterite hurgué, past participle hurgado)
- (intransitive) to root, rummage, poke about
- hurgar en algo ― to rummage through something
- 2022 April 20, Álvaro Sánchez, “Netflix se desmorona en Bolsa casi un 40% ahogada por la competencia y las contraseñas compartidas”, in El País[1]:
- […] porque ha terminado la ola de crecimiento desenfrenado que la impulsó durante los encierros pandémicos, cuando uno de los mayores entretenimientos para matar el tiempo de millones de ciudadanos de todo el planeta fue hurgar en el catálogo de Netflix.
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- (transitive) to poke at, pick
- hurgarse la nariz ― to pick one’s nose
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of hurgar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | hurgar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | hurgando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | hurgado | hurgada | |||||
plural | hurgados | hurgadas | |||||
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 | hurgo | hurgastú hurgásvos |
hurga | hurgamos | hurgáis | hurgan | |
imperfect | hurgaba | hurgabas | hurgaba | hurgábamos | hurgabais | hurgaban | |
preterite | hurgué | hurgaste | hurgó | hurgamos | hurgasteis | hurgaron | |
future | hurgaré | hurgarás | hurgará | hurgaremos | hurgaréis | hurgarán | |
conditional | hurgaría | hurgarías | hurgaría | hurgaríamos | hurgaríais | hurgarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | hurgue | hurguestú hurguésvos2 |
hurgue | hurguemos | hurguéis | hurguen | |
imperfect (ra) |
hurgara | hurgaras | hurgara | hurgáramos | hurgarais | hurgaran | |
imperfect (se) |
hurgase | hurgases | hurgase | hurgásemos | hurgaseis | hurgasen | |
future1 | hurgare | hurgares | hurgare | hurgáremos | hurgareis | hurgaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | hurgatú hurgávos |
hurgue | hurguemos | hurgad | hurguen | ||
negative | no hurgues | no hurgue | no hurguemos | no hurguéis | no hurguen |
Selected combined forms of hurgar (g-gu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “hurgar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014