pugnar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [puŋˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [puŋˈnaɾ]

Verb

pugnar (first-person singular present pugno, first-person singular preterite pugní, past participle pugnat)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puɡ(i)ˈna(ʁ)/
• IPA^(key): /puɣˈnaɾ/
• Hyphenation: pug‧nar

Verb

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pugnāre, present active infinitive of pugnō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puɡˈnaɾ/ [puɣ̞ˈnaɾ]
• Hyphenation: pug‧nar

Verb

pugnar (first-person singular present pugno, first-person singular preterite pugné, past participle pugnado)

1. to struggle; fight

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pugnar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			pugnar
gerund			pugnando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pugnado		pugnada
		plural		pugnados		pugnadas
		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	pugno	pugnastú pugnásvos	pugna	pugnamos	pugnáis	pugnan
	imperfect	pugnaba	pugnabas	pugnaba	pugnábamos	pugnabais	pugnaban
	preterite	pugné	pugnaste	pugnó	pugnamos	pugnasteis	pugnaron
	future	pugnaré	pugnarás	pugnará	pugnaremos	pugnaréis	pugnarán
	conditional	pugnaría	pugnarías	pugnaría	pugnaríamos	pugnaríais	pugnarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pugne	pugnestú pugnésvos2	pugne	pugnemos	pugnéis	pugnen
	imperfect (ra)	pugnara	pugnaras	pugnara	pugnáramos	pugnarais	pugnaran
	imperfect (se)	pugnase	pugnases	pugnase	pugnásemos	pugnaseis	pugnasen
	future1	pugnare	pugnares	pugnare	pugnáremos	pugnareis	pugnaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pugnatú pugnávos	pugne	pugnemos	pugnad	pugnen
	negative		no pugnes	no pugne	no pugnemos	no pugnéis	no pugnen

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

    Selected combined forms of pugnar

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 pugnar
	dative	pugnarme	pugnarte	pugnarle, pugnarse	pugnarnos	pugnaros	pugnarles, pugnarse
	accusative	pugnarme	pugnarte	pugnarlo, pugnarla, pugnarse	pugnarnos	pugnaros	pugnarlos, pugnarlas, pugnarse
with gerund pugnando
	dative	pugnándome	pugnándote	pugnándole, pugnándose	pugnándonos	pugnándoos	pugnándoles, pugnándose
	accusative	pugnándome	pugnándote	pugnándolo, pugnándola, pugnándose	pugnándonos	pugnándoos	pugnándolos, pugnándolas, pugnándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative pugna
	dative	púgname	púgnate	púgnale	púgnanos	not used	púgnales
	accusative	púgname	púgnate	púgnalo, púgnala	púgnanos	not used	púgnalos, púgnalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative pugná
	dative	pugname	pugnate	pugnale	pugnanos	not used	pugnales
	accusative	pugname	pugnate	pugnalo, pugnala	pugnanos	not used	pugnalos, pugnalas
with formal second-person singular imperative pugne
	dative	púgneme	not used	púgnele, púgnese	púgnenos	not used	púgneles
	accusative	púgneme	not used	púgnelo, púgnela, púgnese	púgnenos	not used	púgnelos, púgnelas
with first-person plural imperative pugnemos
	dative	not used	pugnémoste	pugnémosle	pugnémonos	pugnémoos	pugnémosles
	accusative	not used	pugnémoste	pugnémoslo, pugnémosla	pugnémonos	pugnémoos	pugnémoslos, pugnémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative pugnad
	dative	pugnadme	not used	pugnadle	pugnadnos	pugnaos	pugnadles
	accusative	pugnadme	not used	pugnadlo, pugnadla	pugnadnos	pugnaos	pugnadlos, pugnadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative pugnen
	dative	púgnenme	not used	púgnenle	púgnennos	not used	púgnenles, púgnense
	accusative	púgnenme	not used	púgnenlo, púgnenla	púgnennos	not used	púgnenlos, púgnenlas, púgnense

Further reading

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