alongar

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese alongar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from a- +‎ longo +‎ -ar, or from Vulgar Latin *allongāre, from Late Latin elongāre, present active infinitive of elongō, from Latin longus.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [aloŋˈɡaɾ]

Verb[edit]

alongar (first-person singular present alongo, first-person singular preterite alonguei, past participle alongado)

(transitive) to lengthen, to elongate
(takes a reflexive pronoun) to move away

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of alongar (g-gu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	alongar
Personal	alongar	alongares	alongar	alongarmos	alongardes	alongaren
Gerund
	alongando
Past participle
Masculine	alongado			alongados
Feminine	alongada			alongadas
Indicative
Present	alongo	alongas	alonga	alongamos	alongades	alongan
Imperfect	alongaba	alongabas	alongaba	alongabamos	alongabades	alongaban
Preterite	alonguei	alongaches	alongou	alongamos	alongastes	alongaron
Pluperfect	alongara	alongaras	alongara	alongaramos	alongarades	alongaran
Future	alongarei	alongarás	alongará	alongaremos	alongaredes	alongarán
Conditional	alongaría	alongarías	alongaría	alongariamos	alongariades	alongarían
Subjunctive
Present	alongue	alongues	alongue	alonguemos	alonguedes	alonguen
Imperfect	alongase	alongases	alongase	alongásemos	alongásedes	alongasen
Future	alongar	alongares	alongar	alongarmos	alongardes	alongaren
Imperative
Affirmative		alonga	alongue	alonguemos	alongade	alonguen
Negative (non)		non alongues	non alongue	non alonguemos	non alonguedes	non alonguen

Reintegrated conjugation of alongar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	alongar
Personal	alongar	alongares	alongar	alongarmos	alongardes	alongarem
Gerund
	alongando
Past participle
Masculine	alongado			alongados
Feminine	alongada			alongadas
Indicative
Present	alongo	alongas	alonga	alongamos	alongades, alongais	alongam
Imperfect	alongava	alongavas	alongava	alongávamos	alongávades, alongáveis, alongávais¹	alongavam
Preterite	alonguei	alongaste, alongache¹	alongou	alongamos	alongastes	alongárom, alongaram
Pluperfect	alongara	alongaras	alongara	alongáramos	alongárades, alongáreis, alongárais¹	alongaram
Future	alongarei	alongarás	alongará	alongaremos	alongaredes, alongareis	alongarám, alongarão
Conditional	alongaria	alongarias	alongaria	alongaríamos	alongaríades, alongaríeis, alongaríais¹	alongariam
Subjunctive
Present	alongue	alongues	alongue	alonguemos	alonguedes, alongueis	alonguem
Imperfect	alongasse	alongasses	alongasse	alongássemos	alongássedes, alongásseis	alongassem
Future	alongar	alongares	alongar	alongarmos	alongardes	alongarem
Imperative
Affirmative		alonga	alongue	alonguemos	alongade, alongai	alonguem
Negative (nom)		nom alongues	nom alongue	nom alonguemos	nom alonguedes, nom alongueis	nom alonguem

¹Less recommended.

References[edit]

“alongar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“alongar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“alongar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“alongar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“alongar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Occitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

a- +‎ long +‎ -ar, or from Vulgar Latin *allongāre, from Late Latin elongāre, present active infinitive of elongō, from Latin longus.

Verb[edit]

alongar

to lengthen, to elongate

Conjugation[edit]

Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		alongar			aver alongat
gerund		alongant			*use gerund of aver* + past participle**
past participle		alongat			—
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	alongui	alongas	alonga	alongam	alongatz	alongan
	imperfect	alongavi	alongavas	alongava	alongàvem	alongàvetz	alongavan
	preterite	alonguèri	alonguères	alonguèt	alonguèrem	alonguèretz	alonguèron
	future	alongarai	alongaràs	alongarà	alongarem	alongaretz	alongaràn
	conditional	alongariái	alongariás	alongariá	alongariam	alongariatz	alongarián
	conditional 2nd form¹	alonguèra	alonguèras	alonguèra	alongueram	alongueratz	alonguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	alongue	alongues	alongue	alonguem	alonguetz	alonguen
	imperfect	alonguèssi	alonguèsses	alonguèsse	alonguèssem	alonguèssetz	alonguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
imperative			alonga		alonguem	alongatz	¹Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		alongar			aver alongat
gerund		alongant			*use gerund of aver* + past participle**
past participle		alongat			—
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	alongue	alongues	alonga	alongam	alongatz	alongon
	imperfect	alongave	alongaves	alongava	alongaviam	alongaviatz	alongavon
	preterite	alonguere	alongueres	alonguet	alonguem	alonguetz	alongueron
	future	alongarai	alongaràs	alongará	alongarem	alongaretz	alongarán
	conditional	alongariá	alongariás	alongariá	alongariam	alongariatz	alongarián
	conditional 2nd form¹	alonguèra	alonguèras	alonguèra	alongueram	alongueratz	alonguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	alongue	alongues	alongue	alongassiam	alongassiatz	alongon
	imperfect	alonguesse	alonguesses	alonguesse	alonguessiam	alonguessiatz	alonguesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
imperative			alonga		alongassiam	alongatz	¹Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		alongar			aver alongat
gerund		alongant			*use gerund of aver* + past participle**
past participle		alongat			—
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	alongui	alongas	alonga	alongam	alongatz	alongan
	imperfect	alongavi	alongavas	alongava	alongàvam	alongàvatz	alongavan
	preterite	alonguèi	alonguès	alonguè	alonguèm	alonguètz	alonguèn
	future	alongarèi	alongaràs	alongarà	alongaram	alongaratz	alongaràn
	conditional	alongarí	alongarés	alongaré	alongarem	alongaretz	alongarén
	conditional 2nd form¹	alonguèra	alonguèras	alonguèra	alongueram	alongueratz	alonguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	alongui	alongues	alongue	alonguem	alonguetz	alonguen
	imperfect	alonguèssi	alonguèsses	alonguèsse	alonguèssem	alonguèssetz	alonguèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
imperative			alonga		alonguem	alongatz	¹Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		alongar			aver alongat
gerund		alongant			*use gerund of aver* + past participle**
past participle		alongat			—
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	alongue	alongas	alonga	alongam	alongatz	alongan
	imperfect	alongava	alongavas	alongava	alongàvam	alongàvatz	alongavan
	preterite	alonguei	alongueras	alonguet	alonguèram	alonguèratz	alongueran
	future	alongarai	alongaràs	alongará	alongarem	alongaretz	alongarán
	conditional	alongariá	alongariàs	alongariá	alongariam	alongariatz	alongarián
	conditional 2nd form¹	alonguèra	alonguèras	alonguèra	alongueram	alongueratz	alonguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	alongue	alongues	alongue	alonguem	alonguetz	alonguen
	imperfect	alonguèsse	alonguèsses	alonguèsse	alonguèssem	alonguèssetz	alonguèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
imperative			alonga		alonguem	alongatz	¹Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		alongar			aver alongat
gerund		alongant			*use gerund of aver* + past participle**
past participle		alongat			—
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	alongue	alongues	alonga	alongam	alongatz	alongan
	imperfect	alongavi	alongavas	alongava	alongàvem	alongàvetz	alongavan
	preterite	alonguère	alonguères	alonguèt	alongueriam	alongueriatz	alonguèron
	future	alongarai	alongaràs	alongarà	alongarem	alongaretz	alongaràn
	conditional	alongariáu	alongariás	alongariá	alongariam	alongariatz	alongarián
	conditional 2nd form¹	alonguèra	alonguèras	alonguèra	alongueram	alongueratz	alonguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	alongue	alongues	alongue	alonguem	alonguetz	alongan
	imperfect	alonguèsse	alonguèsses	alonguèsse	alonguessiam	alonguessiatz	alonguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
imperative			alonga		alonguem	alongatz	¹Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Derived terms[edit]

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a- +‎ longo +‎ -ar, or from Vulgar Latin *allongāre, from Late Latin elongāre, from Latin longus.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lõˈɡaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lõˈɡa.ɾi/

Hyphenation: a‧lon‧gar

Verb[edit]

alongar (first-person singular present alongo, first-person singular preterite alonguei, past participle alongado)

(transitive) to elongate, lengthen
(transitive) to delay, defer, slow
(transitive) to distance, space, move away, remove from

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of alongar (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	alongar
Personal	alongar	alongares	alongar	alongarmos	alongardes	alongarem
Gerund
	alongando
Past participle
Masculine	alongado			alongados
Feminine	alongada			alongadas
Indicative
Present	alongo	alongas	alonga	alongamos	alongais	alongam
Imperfect	alongava	alongavas	alongava	alongávamos	alongáveis	alongavam
Preterite	alonguei	alongaste	alongou	alongamos¹, alongámos²	alongastes	alongaram
Pluperfect	alongara	alongaras	alongara	alongáramos	alongáreis	alongaram
Future	alongarei	alongarás	alongará	alongaremos	alongareis	alongarão
Conditional	alongaria	alongarias	alongaria	alongaríamos	alongaríeis	alongariam
Subjunctive
Present	alongue	alongues	alongue	alonguemos	alongueis	alonguem
Imperfect	alongasse	alongasses	alongasse	alongássemos	alongásseis	alongassem
Future	alongar	alongares	alongar	alongarmos	alongardes	alongarem
Imperative
Affirmative		alonga	alongue	alonguemos	alongai	alonguem
Negative (não)		não alongues	não alongue	não alonguemos	não alongueis	não alonguem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms[edit]

elongação

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a- +‎ luengo +‎ -ar, or from Vulgar Latin *allongāre, from Late Latin elongāre, from Latin longus.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /alonˈɡaɾ/ [a.lõŋˈɡaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: a‧lon‧gar

Verb[edit]

alongar (first-person singular present aluengo, first-person singular preterite alongué, past participle alongado)

(obsolete, transitive) to elongate, lengthen
Synonym: alargar

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of alongar (o-ue alternation; g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			alongar
gerund			alongando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		alongado		alongada
		plural		alongados		alongadas
		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	aluengo	aluengas^{^tú} alongás^{^vos}	aluenga	alongamos	alongáis	aluengan
	imperfect	alongaba	alongabas	alongaba	alongábamos	alongabais	alongaban
	preterite	alongué	alongaste	alongó	alongamos	alongasteis	alongaron
	future	alongaré	alongarás	alongará	alongaremos	alongaréis	alongarán
	conditional	alongaría	alongarías	alongaría	alongaríamos	alongaríais	alongarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	aluengue	aluengues^{^tú} alongués^{^vos²}	aluengue	alonguemos	alonguéis	aluenguen
	imperfect (ra)	alongara	alongaras	alongara	alongáramos	alongarais	alongaran
	imperfect (se)	alongase	alongases	alongase	alongásemos	alongaseis	alongasen
	future¹	alongare	alongares	alongare	alongáremos	alongareis	alongaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		aluenga^{^tú} alongá^{^vos}	aluengue	alonguemos	alongad	aluenguen
	negative		no aluengues	no aluengue	no alonguemos	no alonguéis	no aluenguen

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

Selected combined forms of alongar (o-ue alternation; 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 alongar
	dative	alongarme	alongarte	alongarle, alongarse	alongarnos	alongaros	alongarles, alongarse
	accusative	alongarme	alongarte	alongarlo, alongarla, alongarse	alongarnos	alongaros	alongarlos, alongarlas, alongarse

with gerund alongando
	dative	alongándome	alongándote	alongándole, alongándose	alongándonos	alongándoos	alongándoles, alongándose
	accusative	alongándome	alongándote	alongándolo, alongándola, alongándose	alongándonos	alongándoos	alongándolos, alongándolas, alongándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative aluenga
	dative	aluéngame	aluéngate	aluéngale	aluénganos	not used	aluéngales
	accusative	aluéngame	aluéngate	aluéngalo, aluéngala	aluénganos	not used	aluéngalos, aluéngalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative alongá
	dative	alongame	alongate	alongale	alonganos	not used	alongales
	accusative	alongame	alongate	alongalo, alongala	alonganos	not used	alongalos, alongalas

with formal second-person singular imperative aluengue
	dative	aluéngueme	not used	aluénguele, aluénguese	aluénguenos	not used	aluéngueles
	accusative	aluéngueme	not used	aluénguelo, aluénguela, aluénguese	aluénguenos	not used	aluénguelos, aluénguelas

with first-person plural imperative alonguemos
	dative	not used	alonguémoste	alonguémosle	alonguémonos	alonguémoos	alonguémosles
	accusative	not used	alonguémoste	alonguémoslo, alonguémosla	alonguémonos	alonguémoos	alonguémoslos, alonguémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative alongad
	dative	alongadme	not used	alongadle	alongadnos	alongaos	alongadles
	accusative	alongadme	not used	alongadlo, alongadla	alongadnos	alongaos	alongadlos, alongadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative aluenguen
	dative	aluénguenme	not used	aluénguenle	aluénguennos	not used	aluénguenles, aluénguense
	accusative	aluénguenme	not used	aluénguenlo, aluénguenla	aluénguennos	not used	aluénguenlos, aluénguenlas, aluénguense

Related terms[edit]

elongar

alongar

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