coger
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Spanish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin colligere, present active infinitive of colligō (“collect, gather”).
Alternative forms [edit]
- (have sex): (Mexico, Argentina) cojer
Verb [edit]
coger (first-person singular present cojo, first-person singular preterite cogí, past participle cogido)
- to take, to catch, to hold, to get
- to pick, to harvest; to fish
- to seize, to arrest; to overtake
- (Spain) to imitate, to learn
- (vulgar, Argentina, Paraguay, Mexico, Central America) to have sex
- (Spain) to choose (a direction, route, when driving or walking)
- (Spain) to turn to (when driving or walking)
- (Spain) to board (means of transportation)
Conjugation [edit]
Conjugation of coger (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Rule: g becomes a j before a or o.
Other verbs with this conjugation:
| infinitive | coger | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | cogiendo | ||||||
| past participle | cogido | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú | él/ella usted |
nosotros | vosotros | ellos/ellas ustedes |
|
| present | cojo | coges | coge | cogemos | cogéis | cogen | |
| imperfect | cogía | cogías | cogía | cogíamos | cogíais | cogían | |
| preterite | cogí | cogiste | cogió | cogimos | cogisteis | cogieron | |
| future | cogeré | cogerás | cogerá | cogeremos | cogeréis | cogerán | |
| conditional | cogería | cogerías | cogería | cogeríamos | cogeríais | cogerían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú | él/ella usted |
nosotros | vosotros | ellos/ellas ustedes |
|
| present | coja | cojas | coja | cojamos | cojáis | cojan | |
| imperfect (ra) |
cogiera | cogieras | cogiera | cogiéramos | cogierais | cogieran | |
| imperfect (se) |
cogiese | cogieses | cogiese | cogiésemos | cogieseis | cogiesen | |
| future | cogiere | cogieres | cogiere | cogiéremos | cogiereis | cogieren | |
| imperative | — | tú | usted | nosotros | vosotros | ustedes | |
| affirmative | coge | coja | cojamos | coged | cojan | ||
| negative | no cojas | no coja | no cojamos | no cojáis | no cojan | ||
Synonyms [edit]
- (hold): agarrar, tomar, prender, asir
- (harvest): cosechar, recolectar
- (fish): pescar, atrapar
- (arrest): atrapar, aprehender, capturar
- (have sex): chingar (Mexico), follar (Spain, USA)
- (choose): manejar por, conducir por, irse por
- (turn): dar vuelta por, irse por
- (board): irse en, irse por
