amusgar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin or Vulgar Latin *amussicāre, from Latin mussāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amusˈɡaɾ/ [a.muzˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧mus‧gar

Verb

amusgar (first-person singular present amusgo, first-person singular preterite amusgué, past participle amusgado)

1. to throw back (one's ears)
2. to narrow (one's eyes)

Conjugation

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

infinitive			amusgar
gerund			amusgando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		amusgado		amusgada
		plural		amusgados		amusgadas
		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	amusgo	amusgastú amusgásvos	amusga	amusgamos	amusgáis	amusgan
	imperfect	amusgaba	amusgabas	amusgaba	amusgábamos	amusgabais	amusgaban
	preterite	amusgué	amusgaste	amusgó	amusgamos	amusgasteis	amusgaron
	future	amusgaré	amusgarás	amusgará	amusgaremos	amusgaréis	amusgarán
	conditional	amusgaría	amusgarías	amusgaría	amusgaríamos	amusgaríais	amusgarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	amusgue	amusguestú amusguésvos2	amusgue	amusguemos	amusguéis	amusguen
	imperfect (ra)	amusgara	amusgaras	amusgara	amusgáramos	amusgarais	amusgaran
	imperfect (se)	amusgase	amusgases	amusgase	amusgásemos	amusgaseis	amusgasen
	future1	amusgare	amusgares	amusgare	amusgáremos	amusgareis	amusgaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		amusgatú amusgávos	amusgue	amusguemos	amusgad	amusguen
	negative		no amusgues	no amusgue	no amusguemos	no amusguéis	no amusguen

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

    Selected combined forms of amusgar (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 amusgar
	dative	amusgarme	amusgarte	amusgarle, amusgarse	amusgarnos	amusgaros	amusgarles, amusgarse
	accusative	amusgarme	amusgarte	amusgarlo, amusgarla, amusgarse	amusgarnos	amusgaros	amusgarlos, amusgarlas, amusgarse
with gerund amusgando
	dative	amusgándome	amusgándote	amusgándole, amusgándose	amusgándonos	amusgándoos	amusgándoles, amusgándose
	accusative	amusgándome	amusgándote	amusgándolo, amusgándola, amusgándose	amusgándonos	amusgándoos	amusgándolos, amusgándolas, amusgándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative amusga
	dative	amúsgame	amúsgate	amúsgale	amúsganos	not used	amúsgales
	accusative	amúsgame	amúsgate	amúsgalo, amúsgala	amúsganos	not used	amúsgalos, amúsgalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative amusgá
	dative	amusgame	amusgate	amusgale	amusganos	not used	amusgales
	accusative	amusgame	amusgate	amusgalo, amusgala	amusganos	not used	amusgalos, amusgalas
with formal second-person singular imperative amusgue
	dative	amúsgueme	not used	amúsguele, amúsguese	amúsguenos	not used	amúsgueles
	accusative	amúsgueme	not used	amúsguelo, amúsguela, amúsguese	amúsguenos	not used	amúsguelos, amúsguelas
with first-person plural imperative amusguemos
	dative	not used	amusguémoste	amusguémosle	amusguémonos	amusguémoos	amusguémosles
	accusative	not used	amusguémoste	amusguémoslo, amusguémosla	amusguémonos	amusguémoos	amusguémoslos, amusguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative amusgad
	dative	amusgadme	not used	amusgadle	amusgadnos	amusgaos	amusgadles
	accusative	amusgadme	not used	amusgadlo, amusgadla	amusgadnos	amusgaos	amusgadlos, amusgadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative amusguen
	dative	amúsguenme	not used	amúsguenle	amúsguennos	not used	amúsguenles, amúsguense
	accusative	amúsguenme	not used	amúsguenlo, amúsguenla	amúsguennos	not used	amúsguenlos, amúsguenlas, amúsguense

Related terms

• remusgar

 

Further reading

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