cagar
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin cacāre, present active infinitive of cacō, from a Proto-Indo-European *kakka-.
Pronunciation
Verb
cagar (first-person singular present cago, past participle cagat)
- (vulgar) to shit
Conjugation
| infinitive | cagar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | cagant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | cagat | cagada | |||||
| plural | cagats | cagades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | cago | cagues | caga | caguem | cagueu | caguen | |
| imperfect | cagava | cagaves | cagava | cagàvem | cagàveu | cagaven | |
| future | cagaré | cagaràs | cagarà | cagarem | cagareu | cagaran | |
| preterite | caguí | cagares | cagà | cagàrem | cagàreu | cagaren | |
| conditional | cagaria | cagaries | cagaria | cagaríem | cagaríeu | cagarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | cagui | caguis | cagui | caguem | cagueu | caguin | |
| imperfect | cagués | caguessis | cagués | caguéssim | caguéssiu | caguessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| — | caga | cagui | caguem | cagueu | caguin | ||
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “cagar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin cacāre, present active infinitive of cacō.
Verb
cagar
- (vulgar) to shit
Conjugation
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | cagar | èsser cagat | |||||
| past participle | cagat | - | |||||
| gerund | cagant | èssent cagat | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | cagi | cagas | caga | cagam | cagatz | cagan | |
| imperfect | cagavi | cagavas | cagava | cagàvem | cagàvetz | cagavan | |
| preterite | cagèri | cagères | cagèt | cagèrem | cagèretz | cagèron | |
| future | cagarai | cagaràs | cagarà | cagarem | cagaretz | cagaràn | |
| conditional | cagariái | cagariás | cagariá | cagariam | cagariatz | cagarián | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of Aver plus the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of Aver plus the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of Aver plus the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of Aver plus the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of Aver plus the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | cage | cages | cage | cagem | cagetz | cagen | |
| imperfect | cagèssi | cagèsses | cagèsse | cagèssem | cagèssetz | cagèsson | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | - | tu | - | nosautres | vosautres | - | |
| caga | cagem | cagatz | |||||
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | cagar | èsser cagat | |||||
| past participle | cagat | - | |||||
| gerund | cagant | èssent cagat | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | cage | cages | caga | cagam | cagatz | cagon | |
| imperfect | cagave | cagaves | cagava | cagaviam | cagaviatz | cagavon | |
| preterite | cagere | cageres | caget | cagem | cagetz | cageron | |
| future | cagarai | cagaràs | cagará | cagarem | cagaretz | cagarán | |
| conditional | cagariá | cagariás | cagariá | cagariam | cagariatz | cagarián | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of Aver plus the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of Aver plus the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of Aver plus the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of Aver plus the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of Aver plus the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | cage | cages | cage | cagassiam | cagassiatz | cagon | |
| imperfect | cagesse | cagesses | cagesse | cagessiam | cagessiatz | cagesson | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | - | tu | - | nosautres | vosautres | - | |
| caga | cagassiam | cagatz | |||||
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | cagar | èsser cagat | |||||
| past participle | cagat | - | |||||
| gerund | cagant | èssent cagat | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | cagi | cagas | caga | cagam | cagatz | cagan | |
| imperfect | cagavi | cagavas | cagava | cagàvam | cagàvatz | cagavan | |
| preterite | cagèi | cagès | cagè | cagèm | cagètz | cagèn | |
| future | cagarèi | cagaràs | cagarà | cagaram | cagaratz | cagaràn | |
| conditional | cagarí | cagarés | cagaré | cagarem | cagaretz | cagarén | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of Aver plus the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of Aver plus the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of Aver plus the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of Aver plus the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of Aver plus the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | cagi | cages | cage | cagem | cagetz | cagen | |
| imperfect | cagèssi | cagèsses | cagèsse | cagèssem | cagèssetz | cagèssen | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | - | tu | - | nosautres | vosautres | - | |
| caga | cagem | cagatz | |||||
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | cagar | èsser cagat | |||||
| past participle | cagat | - | |||||
| gerund | cagant | èssent cagat | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | cage | cagas | caga | cagam | cagatz | cagan | |
| imperfect | cagava | cagavas | cagava | cagàvam | cagàvatz | cagavan | |
| preterite | cagei | cageras | caget | cagèram | cagèratz | cageran | |
| future | cagarai | cagaràs | cagará | cagarem | cagaretz | cagarán | |
| conditional | cagariá | cagariàs | cagariá | cagariam | cagariatz | cagarián | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of Aver plus the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of Aver plus the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of Aver plus the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of Aver plus the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of Aver plus the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | cage | cages | cage | cagem | cagetz | cagen | |
| imperfect | cagèsse | cagèsses | cagèsse | cagèssem | cagèssetz | cagèssen | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | - | tu | - | nosautres | vosautres | - | |
| caga | cagem | cagatz | |||||
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | cagar | èsser cagat | |||||
| past participle | cagat | - | |||||
| gerund | cagant | èssent cagat | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | cage | cages | caga | cagam | cagatz | cagan | |
| imperfect | cagavi | cagavas | cagava | cagàvem | cagàvetz | cagavan | |
| preterite | cagère | cagères | cagèt | cageriam | cageriatz | cagèron | |
| future | cagarai | cagaràs | cagarà | cagarem | cagaretz | cagaràn | |
| conditional | cagariáu | cagariás | cagariá | cagariam | cagariatz | cagarián | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of Aver plus the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of Aver plus the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of Aver plus the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of Aver plus the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of Aver plus the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | cage | cages | cage | cagem | cagetz | cagan | |
| imperfect | cagèsse | cagèsses | cagèsse | cagessiam | cagessiatz | cagèsson | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | - | tu | - | nosautres | vosautres | - | |
| caga | cagem | cagatz | |||||
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese cagar, from Latin cacāre, present active infinitive of cacō, from a Proto-Indo-European *kakka-.
Verb
cagar (first-person singular present indicative cago, past participle cagado)
- (vulgar, intransitive, transitive) to shit; to defecate
- (vulgar, slang, figuratively, intransitive) to get lucky
- (vulgar, slang, figuratively, takes a reflexive pronoun) to shit oneself (to be very scared)
- (Brazil, vulgar, slang, figuratively, with para) not to give a fuck (to really not care)
- (vulgar, slang, intransitive, or transitive with em) to fuck up; to botch; to screw up (to do something incorrectly)
Conjugation
| Notes:[edit] | ||||||
| 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 | cagar | |||||
| Personal | cagar | cagares | cagar | cagarmos | cagardes | cagarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| cagando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | cagado | cagados | ||||
| Feminine | cagada | cagadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | cago | cagas | caga | cagamos | cagais | cagam |
| Imperfect | cagava | cagavas | cagava | cagávamos | cagáveis | cagavam |
| Preterite | caguei | cagaste | cagou | cagamos cagámos |
cagastes | cagaram |
| Pluperfect | cagara | cagaras | cagara | cagáramos | cagáreis | cagaram |
| Future | cagarei | cagarás | cagará | cagaremos | cagareis | cagarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| cagaria | cagarias | cagaria | cagaríamos | cagaríeis | cagariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | cague | cagues | cague | caguemos | cagueis | caguem |
| Imperfect | cagasse | cagasses | cagasse | cagássemos | cagásseis | cagassem |
| Future | cagar | cagares | cagar | cagarmos | cagardes | cagarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | - | caga | cague | caguemos | cagai | caguem |
| Negative (não) | - | cagues | cague | caguemos | cagueis | caguem |
Synonyms
- (to shit): fazer cocô (neutral), defecar (somewhat formal), evacuar (medical)
- (to get lucky): tirar a sorte grande, ter sorte
Related terms
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
cagar m (genitive singular cagair, plural cagairean)
Synonyms
- (secret): rùn
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish cagar, from Latin cacāre, present active infinitive of cacō, ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European root *kakka-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈɡaɾ/, [kaˈɣaɾ]
Verb
cagar (first-person singular present cago, first-person singular preterite cagué, past participle cagado)
- (vulgar) to shit
- (vulgar) to tell someone off, exclamation of rejection
- ¡Anda a cagar!
- ¡Vete a cagar!
- (colloquial) to bust
- (colloquial) to get busted
- (intransitive, Chile, colloquial) to fail
- (transitive, Chile) to cheat someone
- (transitive, Spain, colloquial) to make a mistake
- ¡No la cagues!
Conjugation
- Rule: g becomes a gu before e.
| infinitive | cagar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | cagando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | cagado | cagada | |||||
| plural | cagados | cagadas | |||||
| 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 | cago | cagastú cagásvos |
caga | cagamos | cagáis | cagan | |
| imperfect | cagaba | cagabas | cagaba | cagábamos | cagabais | cagaban | |
| preterite | cagué | cagaste | cagó | cagamos | cagasteis | cagaron | |
| future | cagaré | cagarás | cagará | cagaremos | cagaréis | cagarán | |
| conditional | cagaría | cagarías | cagaría | cagaríamos | cagaríais | cagarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | cague | caguestú caguésvos2 |
cague | caguemos | caguéis | caguen | |
| imperfect (ra) |
cagara | cagaras | cagara | cagáramos | cagarais | cagaran | |
| imperfect (se) |
cagase | cagases | cagase | cagásemos | cagaseis | cagasen | |
| future1 | cagare | cagares | cagare | cagáremos | cagareis | cagaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | cagatú cagávos |
cague | caguemos | cagad | caguen | ||
| negative | no cagues | no cague | no caguemos | no caguéis | no caguen | ||
- 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
- 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Other verbs with this conjugation:
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 cagar | |||||||
| dative | cagarme | cagarte | cagarle, cagarse | cagarnos | cagaros | cagarles, cagarse | |
| accusative | cagarme | cagarte | cagarlo, cagarla, cagarse | cagarnos | cagaros | cagarlos, cagarlas, cagarse | |
| with gerund cagando | |||||||
| dative | cagándome | cagándote | cagándole, cagándose | cagándonos | cagándoos | cagándoles, cagándose | |
| accusative | cagándome | cagándote | cagándolo, cagándola, cagándose | cagándonos | cagándoos | cagándolos, cagándolas, cagándose | |
| with informal second-person singular imperative caga | |||||||
| dative | cágame | cágate | cágale | cáganos | not used | cágales | |
| accusative | cágame | cágate | cágalo, cágala | cáganos | not used | cágalos, cágalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative cague | |||||||
| dative | cágueme | not used | cáguele, cáguese | cáguenos | not used | cágueles | |
| accusative | cágueme | not used | cáguelo, cáguela, cáguese | cáguenos | not used | cáguelos, cáguelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative caguemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | caguémoste | caguémosle | caguémonos | caguémoos | caguémosles | |
| accusative | not used | caguémoste | caguémoslo, caguémosla | caguémonos | caguémoos | caguémoslos, caguémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative cagad | |||||||
| dative | cagadme | not used | cagadle | cagadnos | cagaos | cagadles | |
| accusative | cagadme | not used | cagadlo, cagadla | cagadnos | cagaos | cagadlos, cagadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative caguen | |||||||
| dative | cáguenme | not used | cáguenle | cáguennos | not used | cáguenles, cáguense | |
| accusative | cáguenme | not used | cáguenlo, cáguenla | cáguennos | not used | cáguenlos, cáguenlas, cáguense | |
Synonyms
- (shit): defecar, descomer (informal)
- (make a mistake): equivocarse
Related terms
Further reading
- “cagar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.