rogar

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin rogāre, present active infinitive of rogō.

Verb

rogar (first-person singular indicative present rogo, past participle rogáu)

1. to beg

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese rogar, from Latin rogāre, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃roǵ-, ablaut of *h₃reǵ-.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈɡa(ʁ)/ [hoˈɡa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈɡa(ʁ)/ [hoˈɡa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈɡa(ɾ)/ [hoˈɡa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈɡa(ʁ)/ [χoˈɡa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈɡa(ɻ)/ [hoˈɡa(ɻ)]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈɡaɾ/ [ʁuˈɣaɾ]

• Homophone: rugar (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: ro‧gar

Verb

rogar (first-person singular present rogo, first-person singular preterite roguei, past participle rogado)

1. to request
2. to beg
3. to pray
4. to curse

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rogar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	rogar
Personal	rogar	rogares	rogar	rogarmos	rogardes	rogarem
Gerund
	rogando
Past participle
Masculine	rogado			rogados
Feminine	rogada			rogadas
Indicative
Present	rogo	rogas	roga	rogamos	rogais	rogam
Imperfect	rogava	rogavas	rogava	rogávamos	rogáveis	rogavam
Preterite	roguei	rogaste	rogou	rogamos1, rogámos2	rogastes	rogaram
Pluperfect	rogara	rogaras	rogara	rogáramos	rogáreis	rogaram
Future	rogarei	rogarás	rogará	rogaremos	rogareis	rogarão
Conditional
	rogaria	rogarias	rogaria	rogaríamos	rogaríeis	rogariam
Subjunctive
Present	rogue	rogues	rogue	roguemos	rogueis	roguem
Imperfect	rogasse	rogasses	rogasse	rogássemos	rogásseis	rogassem
Future	rogar	rogares	rogar	rogarmos	rogardes	rogarem
Imperative
Affirmative		roga	rogue	roguemos	rogai	roguem
Negative (não)		não rogues	não rogue	não roguemos	não rogueis	não roguem

¹Brazil.
²Portugal.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:rogar.

Derived terms

• rogatório

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish rogar, from Latin rogāre, which is either from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- and a doublet of regō, or from procō and a doublet of precor and procus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈɡaɾ/ [roˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ro‧gar

Verb

rogar (first-person singular present ruego, first-person singular preterite rogué, past participle rogado)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to beg, entreat, implore something

   Synonyms: suplicar, implorar

   Ruega lo que quieras: igual no te diré el secreto.

   Beg as much as you want: I won't tell you the secret anyway.

2. (transitive, intransitive) to urge, solicit, ask for something

   Synonyms: solicitar, suplicar

   Le rogamos que se presente un día antes.

   We urge you to attend one day before.

3. (intransitive) to pray for someone

   Acuérdate de rogarle a Dios por mí.

   Remember to pray to God on my behalf!

4. to require

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rogar (o-ue alternation; g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			rogar
gerund			rogando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rogado		rogada
		plural		rogados		rogadas
		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	ruego	ruegastú rogásvos	ruega	rogamos	rogáis	ruegan
	imperfect	rogaba	rogabas	rogaba	rogábamos	rogabais	rogaban
	preterite	rogué	rogaste	rogó	rogamos	rogasteis	rogaron
	future	rogaré	rogarás	rogará	rogaremos	rogaréis	rogarán
	conditional	rogaría	rogarías	rogaría	rogaríamos	rogaríais	rogarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ruegue	rueguestú roguésvos2	ruegue	roguemos	roguéis	rueguen
	imperfect (ra)	rogara	rogaras	rogara	rogáramos	rogarais	rogaran
	imperfect (se)	rogase	rogases	rogase	rogásemos	rogaseis	rogasen
	future1	rogare	rogares	rogare	rogáremos	rogareis	rogaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		ruegatú rogávos	ruegue	roguemos	rogad	rueguen
	negative		no ruegues	no ruegue	no roguemos	no roguéis	no rueguen

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

    Selected combined forms of rogar (o-ue alternation; 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 rogar
	dative	rogarme	rogarte	rogarle, rogarse	rogarnos	rogaros	rogarles, rogarse
	accusative	rogarme	rogarte	rogarlo, rogarla, rogarse	rogarnos	rogaros	rogarlos, rogarlas, rogarse
with gerund rogando
	dative	rogándome	rogándote	rogándole, rogándose	rogándonos	rogándoos	rogándoles, rogándose
	accusative	rogándome	rogándote	rogándolo, rogándola, rogándose	rogándonos	rogándoos	rogándolos, rogándolas, rogándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative ruega
	dative	ruégame	ruégate	ruégale	ruéganos	not used	ruégales
	accusative	ruégame	ruégate	ruégalo, ruégala	ruéganos	not used	ruégalos, ruégalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative rogá
	dative	rogame	rogate	rogale	roganos	not used	rogales
	accusative	rogame	rogate	rogalo, rogala	roganos	not used	rogalos, rogalas
with formal second-person singular imperative ruegue
	dative	ruégueme	not used	ruéguele, ruéguese	ruéguenos	not used	ruégueles
	accusative	ruégueme	not used	ruéguelo, ruéguela, ruéguese	ruéguenos	not used	ruéguelos, ruéguelas
with first-person plural imperative roguemos
	dative	not used	roguémoste	roguémosle	roguémonos	roguémoos	roguémosles
	accusative	not used	roguémoste	roguémoslo, roguémosla	roguémonos	roguémoos	roguémoslos, roguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative rogad
	dative	rogadme	not used	rogadle	rogadnos	rogaos	rogadles
	accusative	rogadme	not used	rogadlo, rogadla	rogadnos	rogaos	rogadlos, rogadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative rueguen
	dative	ruéguenme	not used	ruéguenle	ruéguennos	not used	ruéguenles, ruéguense
	accusative	ruéguenme	not used	ruéguenlo, ruéguenla	ruéguennos	not used	ruéguenlos, ruéguenlas, ruéguense

Derived terms

• a Dios rogando y con el mazo dando
• ruego

 

Related terms

• abrogar
• arrogar
• derogar
• interrogar
• rogación
• rogado
• rogador
• rogante
• rogativo
• rogatorio

 

Further reading

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