vogar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin vocō, vocāre (“call”), or alternatively from a Proto-Germanic *wagōną (“to sway, fluctuate”), or related to French voguer. Compare also Spanish bogar, Italian vogare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [buˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [voˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [voˈɣaɾ]

Verb

vogar (first-person singular present vogo, first-person singular preterite voguí, past participle vogat)

1. (intransitive) to row, to scull

   Synonym: remar

2. (transitive) to row
3. (transitive) to rock, to toll (bells)

   Synonyms: gronxar, brandar

Derived terms

• voga
• vogada
• vogador
• vogament

 

Further reading

• “vogar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Galician

Etymology

Borrowed either from Catalan vogar or from Old French voguer, either from Latin vocō, vocāre (“call”) or from Proto-Germanic *wagōną (“to sway, fluctuate”). Compare also Spanish bogar, Italian vogare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɔ.ˈɣaɾ]

Verb

1. (intransitive, navigation) to row

   Catro vellos mariñeiros / todos metidos nun bote / Voga, voga, mariñeiro! / imos pra Viveiro / xa se ve San Roque! (folk song)

   Four old sailor / all together aboard a boat: / «Row, row, sailors! / we're goind to Viveiro / already we see San Roque!»

   Synonym: remar

2. (intransitive, navigation, of ships) to navigate

   Synonyms: navegar, singrar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vogar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vogar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vogar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Icelandic

Noun

vogar f

1. indefinite genitive singular of vog

Noun

vogar m

1. indefinite nominative plural of vogur

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan vogar, itself possibly from Latin vocō, vocāre (“call”), or alternatively related to French vogue, voguer, and of Germanic origin. Compare also Spanish bogar, Italian vogare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /voˈɡa(ʁ)/
• IPA^(key): /vuˈɣaɾ/
• Hyphenation: vo‧gar

Verb

1. (intransitive) to be in vogue
2. Template:indtr to navigate; to sail (of a watercraft: to move over a body of water)

   Synonyms: navegar, singrar

3. (intransitive) to drift; to float (to move slowly)

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Venetian

Etymology

From Old French vogue, from the verb voguer (“to sway, move along”), from Old Italian vogare, of Germanic origin, from Old Saxon wagon (“to float, move as in waves”).

Or, possibly from Latin vocāre, present active infinitive of vocō. Compare Italian vogare.

Verb

vogar

1. (intransitive) to row, paddle

Conjugation

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of vogar (first conjugation)

infinitive	vogar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		vogando
past participle		vogà
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	vogo	(te) voghi	(el/ła) voga	voghémo, vogòn	voghé	(i/łe) voga
imperfect	vogava	(te) vogavi	(el/ła) vogava	vogàvimo	vogavi	(i/łe) vogava
future	vogarò	(te) vogarè	(el/ła) vogarà	vogarémo	vogarè	(i/łe) vogarà
conditional	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	vogarìa	(te) vogarisi	(el/ła) vogarìa	vogarìsimo	vogarisi	(i/łe) vogarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	voghe, voga	(te) voghi	(el/ła) voghe, (el/ła) voga	voghémo, vogone	voghé	(i/łe) voghe, (i/łe) voga
imperfect	vogase	(te) vogasi	(el/ła) vogase	vogàsimo	vogasi	(i/łe) vogase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) voga	(el/ła) voga, (el/ła) voghe	voghémo	voghé	(i/łe) voga, (i/łe) voghe

Related terms

• vogada

See also

• remar