alongar

Portuguese

Etymology

a- +‎ longo +‎ -ar, or from Vulgar Latin *allongāre, from Late Latin elongāre, present active infinitive of elongō, from Latin longus.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lõ.ˈɡaɾ/
Hyphenation: a‧lon‧gar

Verb

alongar (first-person singular present indicative alongo, past participle alongado)

to elongate, lengthen

Conjugation

Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb alongar

	Singular			Plural
Notes:^[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. The last letter g is changed to gu, depending on the following vowel, resulting in these three possible sequences: -ga-, -gue- and -go-. Verbs with this conjugation include: apagar, cegar, esmagar, largar, navegar, resmungar, sugar.
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	alongar
Personal	alongar	alongares	alongar	alongarmos	alongardes	alongarem
Gerund
	alongando
Past participle
Masculine	alongado			alongados
Feminine	alongada			alongadas
Indicative
Present	alongo	alongas	alonga	alongamos	alongais	alongam
Imperfect	alongava	alongavas	alongava	alongávamos	alongáveis	alongavam
Preterite	alonguei	alongaste	alongou	alongamos alongámos	alongastes	alongaram
Pluperfect	alongara	alongaras	alongara	alongáramos	alongáreis	alongaram
Future	alongarei	alongarás	alongará	alongaremos	alongareis	alongarão
Conditional
	alongaria	alongarias	alongaria	alongaríamos	alongaríeis	alongariam
Subjunctive
Present	alongue	alongues	alongue	alonguemos	alongueis	alonguem
Imperfect	alongasse	alongasses	alongasse	alongássemos	alongásseis	alongassem
Future	alongar	alongares	alongar	alongarmos	alongardes	alongarem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	alonga	alongue	alonguemos	alongai	alonguem
Negative (não)	-	alongues	alongue	alonguemos	alongueis	alonguem

Related terms

elongação

Spanish

Etymology

a- +‎ luengo +‎ -ar, or from Vulgar Latin *allongāre, from Late Latin elongāre, present active infinitive of elongō, from Latin longus.

Verb

alongar (first-person singular present aluengo, first-person singular preterite alongué, past participle alongado)

to elongate, lengthen.

Conjugation

Rule: o becomes a ue in stressed syllables; g becomes a gu before e.

Conjugation of alongar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

		singular			plural
infinitive			alongar
gerund			alongando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		alongado		alongada
		plural		alongados		alongadas
		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	aluengo	aluengas^tú alongás^{^vos}	aluenga	alongamos	alongáis	aluengan
	imperfect	alongaba	alongabas	alongaba	alongábamos	alongabais	alongaban
	preterite	alongué	alongaste	alongó	alongamos	alongasteis	alongaron
	future	alongaré	alongarás	alongará	alongaremos	alongaréis	alongarán
	conditional	alongaría	alongarías	alongaría	alongaríamos	alongaríais	alongarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	aluengue	aluengues	aluengue	alonguemos	alonguéis	aluenguen
	imperfect (ra)	alongara	alongaras	alongara	alongáramos	alongarais	alongaran
	imperfect (se)	alongase	alongases	alongase	alongásemos	alongaseis	alongasen
	future¹	alongare	alongares	alongare	alongáremos	alongareis	alongaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		aluenga^{^tú} alongá^{^vos}	aluengue	alonguemos	alongad	aluenguen
	negative		no aluengues	no aluengue	no alonguemos	no alonguéis	no aluenguen

¹ Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

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Related terms

elongación

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