mendigar
Portuguese
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mendigar, semi-learned borrowing from Latin mendicāre.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: men‧di‧gar
Verb
editmendigar (first-person singular present mendigo, first-person singular preterite mendiguei, past participle mendigado)
- (transitive, intransitive) ask for alms
- (transitive) request with instance; beseech; plead
- (intransitive) be a beggar
- (vulgar, often derogatory) ask for something even if you don't need it
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of mendigar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Quotations
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:mendigar.
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editSpanish
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin mendīcāre.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editmendigar (first-person singular present mendigo, first-person singular preterite mendigué, past participle mendigado)
- to beg
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of mendigar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of mendigar (g-gu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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editFurther reading
edit- “mendigar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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