sesgar

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish sessegar, from Vulgar Latin *sessicō, from Latin sessus (“seated”), participle form of sedeō (“to sit”).

Verb

sesgar (first-person singular present sesgo, first-person singular preterite sesgué, past participle sesgado)

1. to cut diagonally
2. to cut on the bias
3. to slant

Conjugation

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

infinitive			sesgar
gerund			sesgando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sesgado		sesgada
		plural		sesgados		sesgadas
		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	sesgo	sesgastú sesgásvos	sesga	sesgamos	sesgáis	sesgan
	imperfect	sesgaba	sesgabas	sesgaba	sesgábamos	sesgabais	sesgaban
	preterite	sesgué	sesgaste	sesgó	sesgamos	sesgasteis	sesgaron
	future	sesgaré	sesgarás	sesgará	sesgaremos	sesgaréis	sesgarán
	conditional	sesgaría	sesgarías	sesgaría	sesgaríamos	sesgaríais	sesgarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sesgue	sesguestú sesguésvos2	sesgue	sesguemos	sesguéis	sesguen
	imperfect (ra)	sesgara	sesgaras	sesgara	sesgáramos	sesgarais	sesgaran
	imperfect (se)	sesgase	sesgases	sesgase	sesgásemos	sesgaseis	sesgasen
	future1	sesgare	sesgares	sesgare	sesgáremos	sesgareis	sesgaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		sesgatú sesgávos	sesgue	sesguemos	sesgad	sesguen
	negative		no sesgues	no sesgue	no sesguemos	no sesguéis	no sesguen

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

    Selected combined forms of sesgar (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 sesgar
	dative	sesgarme	sesgarte	sesgarle, sesgarse	sesgarnos	sesgaros	sesgarles, sesgarse
	accusative	sesgarme	sesgarte	sesgarlo, sesgarla, sesgarse	sesgarnos	sesgaros	sesgarlos, sesgarlas, sesgarse
with gerund sesgando
	dative	sesgándome	sesgándote	sesgándole, sesgándose	sesgándonos	sesgándoos	sesgándoles, sesgándose
	accusative	sesgándome	sesgándote	sesgándolo, sesgándola, sesgándose	sesgándonos	sesgándoos	sesgándolos, sesgándolas, sesgándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative sesga
	dative	sésgame	sésgate	sésgale	sésganos	not used	sésgales
	accusative	sésgame	sésgate	sésgalo, sésgala	sésganos	not used	sésgalos, sésgalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative sesgá
	dative	sesgame	sesgate	sesgale	sesganos	not used	sesgales
	accusative	sesgame	sesgate	sesgalo, sesgala	sesganos	not used	sesgalos, sesgalas
with formal second-person singular imperative sesgue
	dative	sésgueme	not used	sésguele, sésguese	sésguenos	not used	sésgueles
	accusative	sésgueme	not used	sésguelo, sésguela, sésguese	sésguenos	not used	sésguelos, sésguelas
with first-person plural imperative sesguemos
	dative	not used	sesguémoste	sesguémosle	sesguémonos	sesguémoos	sesguémosles
	accusative	not used	sesguémoste	sesguémoslo, sesguémosla	sesguémonos	sesguémoos	sesguémoslos, sesguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sesgad
	dative	sesgadme	not used	sesgadle	sesgadnos	sesgaos	sesgadles
	accusative	sesgadme	not used	sesgadlo, sesgadla	sesgadnos	sesgaos	sesgadlos, sesgadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative sesguen
	dative	sésguenme	not used	sésguenle	sésguennos	not used	sésguenles, sésguense
	accusative	sésguenme	not used	sésguenlo, sésguenla	sésguennos	not used	sésguenlos, sésguenlas, sésguense

Further reading

• “sesgar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28