estragar

Galician

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese estragar, from Vulgar Latin *stragare, from Latin strāges (“defeat, slaughter”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /estɾaˈɣaɾ/

Verb

estragar (first-person singular present estrago, first-person singular preterite estraguei, past participle estragado)

  1. (transitive) to spoil, damage, corrupt, waste
    • 1295, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 11:
      ouverõ alj outrosi muy grãdes lides conos mouros, et uençerõnos et astragarõ toda essa terra a ferro et a fogo
      they had there other large battles with the Moors, and they defeated them and wasted all that land with fire and iron
    As chuvias estragaron a colleita.
    The rains ruined the harvest.
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to go bad (of foods and commodities)
    Esas laranxas estragáronse.
    These oranges have gone bad.
    Synonym: gorar

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *stragare, from Latin *strago, from Latin strāges (“defeat, slaughter”).

Pronunciation

Verb

estragar (first-person singular present indicative estrago, past participle estragado)

  1. to spoil, damage, corrupt
    As chuvas estragaram a colheita.
    The rains ruined the harvest.
  2. to botch, bungle
    Ele não estraga nada.
    He doesn't screw anything up.
  3. to go bad (of foods and commodities)
    Essas laranjas estragaram.
    These oranges have gone bad.

Conjugation

Spanish

Verb

estragar (first-person singular present estrago, first-person singular preterite estragué, past participle estragado)

  1. to corrupt, ruin, spoil, ravage.

Conjugation

  • Rule: g becomes a gu before e.
    Conjugation of estragar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
infinitive estragar
gerund estragando
past participle masculine feminine
singular estragado estragada
plural estragados estragadas
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 estrago estragastú
estragásvos		 estraga estragamos estragáis estragan
imperfect estragaba estragabas estragaba estragábamos estragabais estragaban
preterite estragué estragaste estragó estragamos estragasteis estragaron
future estragaré estragarás estragará estragaremos estragaréis estragarán
conditional estragaría estragarías estragaría estragaríamos estragaríais estragarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present estrague estraguestú
estraguésvos2		 estrague estraguemos estraguéis estraguen
imperfect
(ra)		 estragara estragaras estragara estragáramos estragarais estragaran
imperfect
(se)		 estragase estragases estragase estragásemos estragaseis estragasen
future1 estragare estragares estragare estragáremos estragareis estragaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative estragatú
estragávos		 estrague estraguemos estragad estraguen
negative no estragues no estrague no estraguemos no estraguéis no estraguen
  • 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:

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