pregar
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Old Catalan pregar, from Latin precārī.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
pregar (first-person singular present prego, past participle pregat)
Usage notesEdit
In its religious sense, the verb pregar is now less common than resar, especially when speaking of non-Christian religions.
ConjugationEdit
as cantar, except that the g of the radical becomes gu before e or i in the ending
| infinitive | pregar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | pregant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | pregat | pregada | |||||
| plural | pregats | pregades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | prego | pregues | prega | preguem | pregueu | preguen | |
| imperfect | pregava | pregaves | pregava | pregàvem | pregàveu | pregaven | |
| future | pregaré | pregaràs | pregarà | pregarem | pregareu | pregaran | |
| preterite | preguí | pregares | pregà | pregàrem | pregàreu | pregaren | |
| conditional | pregaria | pregaries | pregaria | pregaríem | pregaríeu | pregarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | pregui | preguis | pregui | preguem | pregueu | preguin | |
| imperfect | pregués | preguessis | pregués | preguéssim | preguéssiu | preguessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| — | prega | pregui | preguem | pregueu | preguin | ||
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “pregar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “pregar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “pregar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “pregar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
GalicianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese pregar, a semi-learned term taken from Latin plicāre, present active infinitive of plicō (“I fold”). See also chegar, an inherited doublet.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
pregar (first-person singular present prego, first-person singular preterite preguei, past participle pregado)
- (transitive) to fold
- (transitive, dated) to nail
- (of fire) to fire, burn
ConjugationEdit
- Note: preg- are changed to pregu- before front vowels (e).
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese pregar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *precāre, from Latin precārī, present active infinitive of precor.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
pregar (first-person singular present prego, first-person singular preterite preguei, past participle pregado)
ConjugationEdit
- Note: preg- are changed to pregu- before front vowels (e).
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese preegar, from Latin praedicāre, present active infinitive of praedicō (“I proclaim”). Doublet of predicar.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
pregar (first-person singular present prego, first-person singular preterite preguei, past participle pregado)
- (archaic) to preach; to proclaim
- 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 47:
- Quando aquel Ihesus, meu señor, ya por la terras preegar, eu avia de moy grãde amor et soydade de veer a sua façe et quigi mãdar pintar a semelança do seu rrostro, que era a mays fremosa criatura do mũdo, en hũu pano por fillar cõ ela prazer et cõforto quando o vise; et querendoo fazer cõteyllo todo, et el pediome o pano et posoo ẽna sua cara et doumo encayado cõ tal figura cal era o seu santo rrostro;
- When that Jesus, my Lord, was going about the lands preaching, I had, because of how big was my love, longing for seeing His face; and I wanted to order a paint after His face, which was the most beautiful creation in the world, in a cloth, for having joy and confort whenever I saw it; and wanting to do it I told him, and He asked me for the cloth, put it on His face and gave it back to me stuck with a figure that was no other than His holy face;
ConjugationEdit
- Note: preg- are changed to pregu- before front vowels (e).
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “pregar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “preegar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “preg” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “preeg” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “pregar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “pregar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “pregar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
IdoEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French prier, Italian pregare. Compare Esperanto preĝi.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
pregar (present tense pregas, past tense pregis, future tense pregos, imperative pregez, conditional pregus)
- (transitive, religion) to pray (to)
- (transitive) to beg, entreat, beseech
ConjugationEdit
|
present | past | future | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | pregar | pregir | pregor | ||||
| tense | pregas | pregis | pregos | ||||
| conditional | pregus | ||||||
| imperative | pregez | ||||||
| adjective active participle | preganta | preginta | pregonta | ||||
| adverbial active participle | pregante | preginte | pregonte | ||||
| nominal active participle | singular | preganto | preginto | pregonto | |||
| plural | preganti | preginti | pregonti | ||||
| adjective passive participle | pregata | pregita | pregota | ||||
| adverbial passive participle | pregate | pregite | pregote | ||||
| nominal passive participle | singular | pregato | pregito | pregoto | |||
| plural | pregati | pregiti | pregoti | ||||
Derived termsEdit
- dicar prego (“to say a prayer”)
- facar prego (“to say a prayer”)
- me pregas (“I pray, I beg; if you please”)
- pregolibro (“prayer book”)
- pregostulo (“praying chair, praying desk”)
See alsoEdit
OccitanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Occitan pregar, from Latin precārī.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
pregar
Derived termsEdit
Dialectal variantsEdit
Old OccitanEdit
EtymologyEdit
VerbEdit
pregar
- to pray (as to God)
ReferencesEdit
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “precari”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 337
PortugueseEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese pregar, a semi-learned term taken from Latin plicāre (“to fold”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to plait, to weave”). See also chegar, an inherited doublet, and the borrowing plicar.
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: pre‧gar
VerbEdit
pregar (first-person singular present prego, first-person singular preterite preguei, past participle pregado)
ConjugationEdit
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese preegar, from Latin praedicāre (“to proclaim”), from prae (“before, in front”) + dicō (“devote, consecrate”).
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: pre‧gar
VerbEdit
pregar (first-person singular present prego, first-person singular preterite preguei, past participle pregado)
- to preach (give a sermon)
- Synonym: proferir
- to preach; to advocate (encourage support)
- Synonyms: difundir, preconizar
- inflection of pregar:
ConjugationEdit
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
pregar (first-person singular present prego, first-person singular preterite pregué, past participle pregado)
ConjugationEdit
| infinitive | pregar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | pregando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | pregado | pregada | |||||
| plural | pregados | pregadas | |||||
| 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 | prego | pregastú pregásvos |
prega | pregamos | pregáis | pregan | |
| imperfect | pregaba | pregabas | pregaba | pregábamos | pregabais | pregaban | |
| preterite | pregué | pregaste | pregó | pregamos | pregasteis | pregaron | |
| future | pregaré | pregarás | pregará | pregaremos | pregaréis | pregarán | |
| conditional | pregaría | pregarías | pregaría | pregaríamos | pregaríais | pregarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | pregue | preguestú preguésvos2 |
pregue | preguemos | preguéis | preguen | |
| imperfect (ra) |
pregara | pregaras | pregara | pregáramos | pregarais | pregaran | |
| imperfect (se) |
pregase | pregases | pregase | pregásemos | pregaseis | pregasen | |
| future1 | pregare | pregares | pregare | pregáremos | pregareis | pregaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | pregatú pregávos |
pregue | preguemos | pregad | preguen | ||
| negative | no pregues | no pregue | no preguemos | no preguéis | no preguen | ||
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further readingEdit
- “pregar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014