agringar

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ gringo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡɾinˈɡaɾ/ [a.ɣ̞ɾĩŋˈɡaɾ]

Verb

agringar (first-person singular present agringo, first-person singular preterite agringué, past participle agringado) (Latin America)

1. (transitive) to assimilate into gringo (Anglo-American) culture, to Americanize
2. (reflexive) to become a gringo (American)

Conjugation

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

infinitive			agringar
gerund			agringando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		agringado		agringada
		plural		agringados		agringadas
		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	agringo	agringastú agringásvos	agringa	agringamos	agringáis	agringan
	imperfect	agringaba	agringabas	agringaba	agringábamos	agringabais	agringaban
	preterite	agringué	agringaste	agringó	agringamos	agringasteis	agringaron
	future	agringaré	agringarás	agringará	agringaremos	agringaréis	agringarán
	conditional	agringaría	agringarías	agringaría	agringaríamos	agringaríais	agringarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	agringue	agringuestú agringuésvos2	agringue	agringuemos	agringuéis	agringuen
	imperfect (ra)	agringara	agringaras	agringara	agringáramos	agringarais	agringaran
	imperfect (se)	agringase	agringases	agringase	agringásemos	agringaseis	agringasen
	future1	agringare	agringares	agringare	agringáremos	agringareis	agringaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		agringatú agringávos	agringue	agringuemos	agringad	agringuen
	negative		no agringues	no agringue	no agringuemos	no agringuéis	no agringuen

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

Further reading

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