alegar

English

Etymology

ale + French aigre (“sour”)

Noun

alegar (uncountable)

1. vinegar produced from fermented ale.

Anagrams

• aglare, laager

Dalmatian

Adjective

alegar

1. masculine plural of aleger

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin allēgāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.leˈɡa(ʁ)/ [a.leˈɡa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.leˈɡa(ʁ)/ [a.leˈɡa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.leˈɡa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.leˈɡa(ʁ)/ [a.leˈɡa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.leˈɡa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lɨˈɡaɾ/ [ɐ.lɨˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lɨˈɡaɾ/ [ɐ.lɨˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lɨˈɡa.ɾi/ [ɐ.lɨˈɣa.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: a‧le‧gar

Verb

alegar (first-person singular present alego, first-person singular preterite aleguei, past participle alegado)

1. to claim, allege
2. to plead

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alegar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	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	alegar
Personal	alegar	alegares	alegar	alegarmos	alegardes	alegarem
Gerund
	alegando
Past participle
Masculine	alegado			alegados
Feminine	alegada			alegadas
Indicative
Present	alego	alegas	alega	alegamos	alegais	alegam
Imperfect	alegava	alegavas	alegava	alegávamos	alegáveis	alegavam
Preterite	aleguei	alegaste	alegou	alegamos1, alegámos2	alegastes	alegaram
Pluperfect	alegara	alegaras	alegara	alegáramos	alegáreis	alegaram
Future	alegarei	alegarás	alegará	alegaremos	alegareis	alegarão
Conditional	alegaria	alegarias	alegaria	alegaríamos	alegaríeis	alegariam
Subjunctive
Present	alegue	alegues	alegue	aleguemos	alegueis	aleguem
Imperfect	alegasse	alegasses	alegasse	alegássemos	alegásseis	alegassem
Future	alegar	alegares	alegar	alegarmos	alegardes	alegarem
Imperative
Affirmative		alega	alegue	aleguemos	alegai	aleguem
Negative (não)		não alegues	não alegue	não aleguemos	não alegueis	não aleguem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:alegar.

Derived terms

• alegável

Related terms

• alegação

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin allēgāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aleˈɡaɾ/ [a.leˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧le‧gar

Verb

alegar (first-person singular present alego, first-person singular preterite alegué, past participle alegado)

1. (transitive) to cite as a defence or justification for one's actions

   Synonym: aducir

   alegando que ― on the ground(s) that

2. (transitive) to claim, to allege
3. (intransitive) to complain

   Synonyms: lamentar, protestar, quejarse, reclamar

4. (intransitive, law) to speak in defence of the accused in a criminal proceeding; to defend
5. (Canarian) to converse, talk

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alegar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			alegar
gerund			alegando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		alegado		alegada
		plural		alegados		alegadas
		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	alego	alegastú alegásvos	alega	alegamos	alegáis	alegan
	imperfect	alegaba	alegabas	alegaba	alegábamos	alegabais	alegaban
	preterite	alegué	alegaste	alegó	alegamos	alegasteis	alegaron
	future	alegaré	alegarás	alegará	alegaremos	alegaréis	alegarán
	conditional	alegaría	alegarías	alegaría	alegaríamos	alegaríais	alegarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	alegue	aleguestú aleguésvos2	alegue	aleguemos	aleguéis	aleguen
	imperfect (ra)	alegara	alegaras	alegara	alegáramos	alegarais	alegaran
	imperfect (se)	alegase	alegases	alegase	alegásemos	alegaseis	alegasen
	future1	alegare	alegares	alegare	alegáremos	alegareis	alegaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		alegatú alegávos	alegue	aleguemos	alegad	aleguen
	negative		no alegues	no alegue	no aleguemos	no aleguéis	no aleguen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of alegar (g-gu alternation)

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 alegar
	dative	alegarme	alegarte	alegarle, alegarse	alegarnos	alegaros	alegarles, alegarse
	accusative	alegarme	alegarte	alegarlo, alegarla, alegarse	alegarnos	alegaros	alegarlos, alegarlas, alegarse
with gerund alegando
	dative	alegándome	alegándote	alegándole, alegándose	alegándonos	alegándoos	alegándoles, alegándose
	accusative	alegándome	alegándote	alegándolo, alegándola, alegándose	alegándonos	alegándoos	alegándolos, alegándolas, alegándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative alega
	dative	alégame	alégate	alégale	aléganos	not used	alégales
	accusative	alégame	alégate	alégalo, alégala	aléganos	not used	alégalos, alégalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative alegá
	dative	alegame	alegate	alegale	aleganos	not used	alegales
	accusative	alegame	alegate	alegalo, alegala	aleganos	not used	alegalos, alegalas
with formal second-person singular imperative alegue
	dative	alégueme	not used	aléguele, aléguese	aléguenos	not used	alégueles
	accusative	alégueme	not used	aléguelo, aléguela, aléguese	aléguenos	not used	aléguelos, aléguelas
with first-person plural imperative aleguemos
	dative	not used	aleguémoste	aleguémosle	aleguémonos	aleguémoos	aleguémosles
	accusative	not used	aleguémoste	aleguémoslo, aleguémosla	aleguémonos	aleguémoos	aleguémoslos, aleguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative alegad
	dative	alegadme	not used	alegadle	alegadnos	alegaos	alegadles
	accusative	alegadme	not used	alegadlo, alegadla	alegadnos	alegaos	alegadlos, alegadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative aleguen
	dative	aléguenme	not used	aléguenle	aléguennos	not used	aléguenles, aléguense
	accusative	aléguenme	not used	aléguenlo, aléguenla	aléguennos	not used	aléguenlos, aléguenlas, aléguense

Related terms

• alegación
• alegato

 

Further reading

• “alegar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014