coger

See also: Coger

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • (have sex): (Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina) cojer

Etymology

From Latin colligere, present active infinitive of colligō (I collect, I gather). Cognate to Portuguese colher. Compare also the borrowed doublet colegir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈxeɾ/

Verb

coger (first-person singular present cojo, first-person singular preterite cogí, past participle cogido)

  1. (Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Spain) to take, to catch, to hold, to get
  2. to pick, to harvest; to fish
  3. to seize, to arrest; to overtake
  4. (Spain) to imitate, to learn
  5. (vulgar, Argentina, Paraguay, Mexico, Central America) to have sex
  6. (Spain) to choose (a direction, route, when driving or walking)
  7. (Spain) to turn to (when driving or walking)
  8. (Spain) to board (means of transportation)

Conjugation

  • Rule: g becomes a j before a or o.

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