pregar

Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *precāre, from Latin precārī, present active infinitive of precor.

Verb

pregar (first-person singular present prego, past participle pregat)

to pray, to ask humbly (to a person)
to pray (to God)

Usage notes

In its religious sense, the verb pregar is now less common than resar, especially when speaking of non-Christian religions.

Conjugation

as cantar, except that the g of the radical becomes gu before e or i in the ending

Conjugation of pregar (first conjugation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			pregar
present participle			pregant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pregat		pregada
		plural		pregats		pregades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	prego	pregues	prega	preguem	pregueu	preguen
	imperfect	pregava	pregaves	pregava	pregàvem	pregàveu	pregaven
	future	pregaré	pregaràs	pregarà	pregarem	pregareu	pregaran
	preterite	preguí	pregares	pregà	pregàrem	pregàreu	pregaren
	conditional	pregaria	pregaries	pregaria	pregaríem	pregaríeu	pregarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	pregui	preguis	pregui	preguem	pregueu	preguin
	imperfect	pregués	preguessis	pregués	preguéssim	preguéssiu	preguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
imperative		—	prega	pregui	preguem	pregueu	preguin

Related terms

pregador
pregària
preguera

References

Institut d’Estudis Catalans (1995). Diccionari de la llengua catalana (4th edition). →ISBN.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowing from French prier and Italian pregare. Compare Esperanto preĝi.

Verb

pregar (present tense pregas, past tense pregis, future tense pregos, imperative pregez, conditional pregus)

(transitive, religion) to pray (to)
(transitive) to beg, entreat, beseech

Conjugation

Conjugation of pregar

		present	past	future
infinitive		pregar	pregir	pregor
tense		pregas	pregis	pregos
conditional		pregus
imperative		pregez
adjective active participle		preganta	preginta	pregonta
adverbial active participle		pregante	preginte	pregonte
nominal active participle	singular	preganto	preginto	pregonto
nominal active participle	plural	preganti	preginti	pregonti
adjective passive participle		pregata	pregita	pregota
adverbial passive participle		pregate	pregite	pregote
nominal passive participle	singular	pregato	pregito	pregoto
nominal passive participle	plural	pregati	pregiti	pregoti

Derived terms

pregostulo (“praying chair, praying desk”)
pregolibro (“prayer book”)
facar prego (“to say a prayer”)
dicar prego (“to say a prayer”)
me pregas (“I pray, I beg; if you please”)

Old Occitan

Etymology

Latin precor.

Verb

pregar

to pray (as to God)

References

von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “precari”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 90, page 337

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese pregar, a semi-learned term taken from Latin plicāre, present active infinitive of plicō (“I fold”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to plait, to weave”). See also chegar, an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

(Paulista) IPA^(key): /pɾe.ˈɡa(ɹ)/
(South Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.ˈɡa(ɻ)/
(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.ˈɣaɾ/
Hyphenation: pre‧gar

Verb

pregar (first-person singular present indicative prego, past participle pregado)

to nail (employ a nail or similar object as a fastener)
to nail (to drive a nail with a tool)
to stare

Conjugation

Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb pregar

	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	pregar
Personal	pregar	pregares	pregar	pregarmos	pregardes	pregarem
Gerund
	pregando
Past participle
Masculine	pregado			pregados
Feminine	pregada			pregadas
Indicative
Present	prego	pregas	prega	pregamos	pregais	pregam
Imperfect	pregava	pregavas	pregava	pregávamos	pregáveis	pregavam
Preterite	preguei	pregaste	pregou	pregamos pregámos	pregastes	pregaram
Pluperfect	pregara	pregaras	pregara	pregáramos	pregáreis	pregaram
Future	pregarei	pregarás	pregará	pregaremos	pregareis	pregarão
Conditional
	pregaria	pregarias	pregaria	pregaríamos	pregaríeis	pregariam
Subjunctive
Present	pregue	pregues	pregue	preguemos	pregueis	preguem
Imperfect	pregasse	pregasses	pregasse	pregássemos	pregásseis	pregassem
Future	pregar	pregares	pregar	pregarmos	pregardes	pregarem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	prega	pregue	preguemos	pregai	preguem
Negative (não)	-	pregues	pregue	preguemos	pregueis	preguem

Synonyms

(to drive a nail): martelar
(to stare): encarar

Antonyms

(to drive a nail): despregar

Derived terms

despregar
pregar o olho
pregar peça

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Old Portuguese preegar, from Latin praedicāre, present active infinitive of praedicō (“I proclaim”), from prae (“before, in front”) + dicō (“devote, consecrate”).

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɛ.ˈɣaɾ/
Hyphenation: pre‧gar

Verb

pregar (first-person singular present indicative prego, past participle pregado)

to preach (give a sermon)
to preach; to advocate (encourage support)

Conjugation

See etymology 1.

Synonyms

(to give a sermon): proferir
(to advocate): difundir, preconizar

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