singar

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German singen.

Verb

singar

1. to sing

Conjugation

• Present tense:

  I singhe (I sing)

  du singast (you sing) (singular)

  er singat (he sings)

  bar singan (we sing)

  iar singat (you sing) (plural)

  se singan (they sing)

Spanish

Etymology

From the verb singlar (“to scull a ship”), from French cingler (“to navigate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sinˈɡaɾ/ [sĩŋˈɡaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: sin‧gar

Verb

singar (first-person singular present singo, first-person singular preterite singué, past participle singado)

1. (Dominican Republic, Cuba, Puerto Rico, vulgar) to have sex
2. (Cuba) to annoy, to be an asshole
3. to scull a boat from the stern

Conjugation

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

infinitive			singar
gerund			singando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		singado		singada
		plural		singados		singadas
		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	singo	singastú singásvos	singa	singamos	singáis	singan
	imperfect	singaba	singabas	singaba	singábamos	singabais	singaban
	preterite	singué	singaste	singó	singamos	singasteis	singaron
	future	singaré	singarás	singará	singaremos	singaréis	singarán
	conditional	singaría	singarías	singaría	singaríamos	singaríais	singarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	singue	singuestú singuésvos2	singue	singuemos	singuéis	singuen
	imperfect (ra)	singara	singaras	singara	singáramos	singarais	singaran
	imperfect (se)	singase	singases	singase	singásemos	singaseis	singasen
	future1	singare	singares	singare	singáremos	singareis	singaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		singatú singávos	singue	singuemos	singad	singuen
	negative		no singues	no singue	no singuemos	no singuéis	no singuen

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

Further reading

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