albergar

Catalan

Verb

albergar (first-person singular present albergo, first-person singular preterite alberguí, past participle albergat)

1. To lodge; put up
2. to store

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese albergar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old Occitan albergar, from Proto-West Germanic *harjabergu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [alβeɾˈɣaɾ]

Verb

1. (transitive, intransitive) to lodge, house, shelter
2. (transitive) to store

Related terms

• albergaría
• albergue
• albergueiro

 

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “albergar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “alberg”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “albergar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “albergar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “albergar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Old Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish [Term?]. See English auberge.

Verb

albergar

1. to host; to lodge (provide a place to stay)
   • 12th century, Garin d'Apchier, Mos Cominals fai ben parer

     ni·l voilla albergar un ser

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese albergar, from albergue (“hostel”) + -ar.

Verb

1. to lodge at a hostel

   Synonym: hospedar

2. (epidemiology) to harbour (to be the host of an organism)

   Synonym: hospedar

Related terms

• albergado
• albergador
• albergagem
• albergamento

• albergaria
• albergue
• albergueiro
• alberguista

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Spanish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin alberga, from Proto-West Germanic *harjabergu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /albeɾˈɡaɾ/ [al.β̞eɾˈɣ̞aɾ]

Verb

albergar (first-person singular present albergo, first-person singular preterite albergué, past participle albergado)

1. (transitive) to house, shelter, lodge

Conjugation

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

infinitive			albergar
gerund			albergando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		albergado		albergada
		plural		albergados		albergadas
		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	albergo	albergastú albergásvos	alberga	albergamos	albergáis	albergan
	imperfect	albergaba	albergabas	albergaba	albergábamos	albergabais	albergaban
	preterite	albergué	albergaste	albergó	albergamos	albergasteis	albergaron
	future	albergaré	albergarás	albergará	albergaremos	albergaréis	albergarán
	conditional	albergaría	albergarías	albergaría	albergaríamos	albergaríais	albergarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	albergue	alberguestú alberguésvos2	albergue	alberguemos	alberguéis	alberguen
	imperfect (ra)	albergara	albergaras	albergara	albergáramos	albergarais	albergaran
	imperfect (se)	albergase	albergases	albergase	albergásemos	albergaseis	albergasen
	future1	albergare	albergares	albergare	albergáremos	albergareis	albergaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		albergatú albergávos	albergue	alberguemos	albergad	alberguen
	negative		no albergues	no albergue	no alberguemos	no alberguéis	no alberguen

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

    Selected combined forms of albergar (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 albergar
	dative	albergarme	albergarte	albergarle, albergarse	albergarnos	albergaros	albergarles, albergarse
	accusative	albergarme	albergarte	albergarlo, albergarla, albergarse	albergarnos	albergaros	albergarlos, albergarlas, albergarse
with gerund albergando
	dative	albergándome	albergándote	albergándole, albergándose	albergándonos	albergándoos	albergándoles, albergándose
	accusative	albergándome	albergándote	albergándolo, albergándola, albergándose	albergándonos	albergándoos	albergándolos, albergándolas, albergándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative alberga
	dative	albérgame	albérgate	albérgale	albérganos	not used	albérgales
	accusative	albérgame	albérgate	albérgalo, albérgala	albérganos	not used	albérgalos, albérgalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative albergá
	dative	albergame	albergate	albergale	alberganos	not used	albergales
	accusative	albergame	albergate	albergalo, albergala	alberganos	not used	albergalos, albergalas
with formal second-person singular imperative albergue
	dative	albérgueme	not used	albérguele, albérguese	albérguenos	not used	albérgueles
	accusative	albérgueme	not used	albérguelo, albérguela, albérguese	albérguenos	not used	albérguelos, albérguelas
with first-person plural imperative alberguemos
	dative	not used	alberguémoste	alberguémosle	alberguémonos	alberguémoos	alberguémosles
	accusative	not used	alberguémoste	alberguémoslo, alberguémosla	alberguémonos	alberguémoos	alberguémoslos, alberguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative albergad
	dative	albergadme	not used	albergadle	albergadnos	albergaos	albergadles
	accusative	albergadme	not used	albergadlo, albergadla	albergadnos	albergaos	albergadlos, albergadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative alberguen
	dative	albérguenme	not used	albérguenle	albérguennos	not used	albérguenles, albérguense
	accusative	albérguenme	not used	albérguenlo, albérguenla	albérguennos	not used	albérguenlos, albérguenlas, albérguense

Derived terms

• albergo
• albergue

Further reading

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