bregar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (brikan, “to break”), from Proto-Germanic *brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bregar (first-person singular present brego, first-person singular preterite breguí, past participle bregat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (intransitive) to fight, to struggle
- (transitive) to scrub
- (transitive) to brake (to crush the stems of flax or hemp in order to separate the fibers)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of bregar (first conjugation, g-gu alternation)
infinitive | bregar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | bregant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | bregat | bregada | |||||
plural | bregats | bregades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | brego | bregues | brega | breguem | bregueu | breguen | |
imperfect | bregava | bregaves | bregava | bregàvem | bregàveu | bregaven | |
future | bregaré | bregaràs | bregarà | bregarem | bregareu | bregaran | |
preterite | breguí | bregares | bregà | bregàrem | bregàreu | bregaren | |
conditional | bregaria | bregaries | bregaria | bregaríem | bregaríeu | bregarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | bregui | breguis | bregui | breguem | bregueu | breguin | |
imperfect | bregués | breguessis | bregués | breguéssim | breguéssiu | breguessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | brega | bregui | breguem | bregueu | breguin | |
negative (no) | — | no breguis | no bregui | no breguem | no bregueu | no breguin |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “bregar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (brikan, “to break”), from Proto-Germanic *brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bregar (first-person singular present brego, first-person singular preterite bregué, past participle bregado)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of bregar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | bregar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | bregando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | bregado | bregada | |||||
plural | bregados | bregadas | |||||
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 | brego | bregastú bregásvos |
brega | bregamos | bregáis | bregan | |
imperfect | bregaba | bregabas | bregaba | bregábamos | bregabais | bregaban | |
preterite | bregué | bregaste | bregó | bregamos | bregasteis | bregaron | |
future | bregaré | bregarás | bregará | bregaremos | bregaréis | bregarán | |
conditional | bregaría | bregarías | bregaría | bregaríamos | bregaríais | bregarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | bregue | breguestú breguésvos2 |
bregue | breguemos | breguéis | breguen | |
imperfect (ra) |
bregara | bregaras | bregara | bregáramos | bregarais | bregaran | |
imperfect (se) |
bregase | bregases | bregase | bregásemos | bregaseis | bregasen | |
future1 | bregare | bregares | bregare | bregáremos | bregareis | bregaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | bregatú bregávos |
bregue | breguemos | bregad | breguen | ||
negative | no bregues | no bregue | no breguemos | no breguéis | no breguen |
Selected combined forms of bregar (g-gu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “bregar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014