delegar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin delegāre, present active infinitive of dēlēgō (“I delegate”).

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.lɨ.ˈɣaɾ/

Verb

delegar (first-person singular present indicative delego, past participle delegado)

to delegate

Conjugation

Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb delegar

	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	delegar
Personal	delegar	delegares	delegar	delegarmos	delegardes	delegarem
Gerund
	delegando
Past participle
Masculine	delegado			delegados
Feminine	delegada			delegadas
Indicative
Present	delego	delegas	delega	delegamos	delegais	delegam
Imperfect	delegava	delegavas	delegava	delegávamos	delegáveis	delegavam
Preterite	deleguei	delegaste	delegou	delegamos delegámos	delegastes	delegaram
Pluperfect	delegara	delegaras	delegara	delegáramos	delegáreis	delegaram
Future	delegarei	delegarás	delegará	delegaremos	delegareis	delegarão
Conditional
	delegaria	delegarias	delegaria	delegaríamos	delegaríeis	delegariam
Subjunctive
Present	delegue	delegues	delegue	deleguemos	delegueis	deleguem
Imperfect	delegasse	delegasses	delegasse	delegássemos	delegásseis	delegassem
Future	delegar	delegares	delegar	delegarmos	delegardes	delegarem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	delega	delegue	deleguemos	delegai	deleguem
Negative (não)	-	delegues	delegue	deleguemos	delegueis	deleguem

Related terms

delegação

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin delegāre, present active infinitive of dēlēgō (“I delegate”).

Verb

delegar (first-person singular present delego, first-person singular preterite delegué, past participle delegado)

to delegate

Conjugation

Rule: g becomes a gu before e.

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

		singular			plural
infinitive			delegar
gerund			delegando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		delegado		delegada
		plural		delegados		delegadas
		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	delego	delegas^tú delegás^{^vos}	delega	delegamos	delegáis	delegan
	imperfect	delegaba	delegabas	delegaba	delegábamos	delegabais	delegaban
	preterite	delegué	delegaste	delegó	delegamos	delegasteis	delegaron
	future	delegaré	delegarás	delegará	delegaremos	delegaréis	delegarán
	conditional	delegaría	delegarías	delegaría	delegaríamos	delegaríais	delegarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	delegue	delegues^{^tú} delegués^{^vos²}	delegue	deleguemos	deleguéis	deleguen
	imperfect (ra)	delegara	delegaras	delegara	delegáramos	delegarais	delegaran
	imperfect (se)	delegase	delegases	delegase	delegásemos	delegaseis	delegasen
	future¹	delegare	delegares	delegare	delegáremos	delegareis	delegaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		delega^{^tú} delegá^{^vos}	delegue	deleguemos	delegad	deleguen
	negative		no delegues	no delegue	no deleguemos	no deleguéis	no deleguen

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:

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Spanish_verbs_ending_in_-ar_(conjugation_-gar)'>Spanish verbs ending in -ar (conjugation -gar)</a>

Selected combined forms of delegar^{edit data}

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 delegar
	dative	delegarme	delegarte	delegarle, delegarse	delegarnos	delegaros	delegarles, delegarse
	accusative	delegarme	delegarte	delegarlo, delegarla, delegarse	delegarnos	delegaros	delegarlos, delegarlas, delegarse

with gerund delegando
	dative	delegándome	delegándote	delegándole, delegándose	delegándonos	delegándoos	delegándoles, delegándose
	accusative	delegándome	delegándote	delegándolo, delegándola, delegándose	delegándonos	delegándoos	delegándolos, delegándolas, delegándose

with informal second-person singular imperative delega
	dative	delégame	delégate	delégale	deléganos	not used	delégales
	accusative	delégame	delégate	delégalo, delégala	deléganos	not used	delégalos, delégalas

with formal second-person singular imperative delegue
	dative	delégueme	not used	deléguele, deléguese	deléguenos	not used	delégueles
	accusative	delégueme	not used	deléguelo, deléguela, deléguese	deléguenos	not used	deléguelos, deléguelas

with first-person plural imperative deleguemos
	dative	not used	deleguémoste	deleguémosle	deleguémonos	deleguémoos	deleguémosles
	accusative	not used	deleguémoste	deleguémoslo, deleguémosla	deleguémonos	deleguémoos	deleguémoslos, deleguémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative delegad
	dative	delegadme	not used	delegadle	delegadnos	delegaos	delegadles
	accusative	delegadme	not used	delegadlo, delegadla	delegadnos	delegaos	delegadlos, delegadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative deleguen
	dative	deléguenme	not used	deléguenle	deléguennos	not used	deléguenles, deléguense
	accusative	deléguenme	not used	deléguenlo, deléguenla	deléguennos	not used	deléguenlos, deléguenlas, deléguense

Related terms

delegación

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