anegar

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 14th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin ēnecāre, present active infinitive of ēnecō (“I kill”), or through a Vulgar Latin form *adnecāre, derived from necō. Compare Portuguese anegar, Spanish anegar, French noyer, Italian annegare, Romanian îneca, which also received the specialized sense of "to drown" from Late or Vulgar Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aneˈɣaɾ]

Verb

1. (archaic) to sink
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 286:

     Mays ouueron moy mao vento, que lles tolleu sua passagen, ca sse leuãtou hũa grã tormenta, fea et escura et pauorosa, que lles rreuolueu todo o mar et lles durou todo o día, tã braua que as naues ouueran de quebrar et de sse anegar a fondo.

     But they had many bad winds, that grabbed their passage, because a great storm raised, ugly and dark and dreadful, that make the sea rough and lasted for the whole day, so wild that the ships almost broke and sank to the bottom.

2. (transitive or pronominal) to flood, inundate, drown

   Synonyms: alagar, asolagar, inundar

References

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

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *adnecāre, prefixed from Latin necāre (“murder”). The verb's sense specialized to 'drown' througout Romance; compare French noyer, Italian annegare, Romanian îneca, Portuguese anegar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aneˈɡaɾ/ [a.neˈɣ̞aɾ]

Verb

anegar (first-person singular present anego, first-person singular preterite anegué, past participle anegado)

1. (transitive) to drown, to inundate, to flood

Conjugation

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

infinitive			anegar
gerund			anegando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		anegado		anegada
		plural		anegados		anegadas
		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	anego	anegastú anegásvos	anega	anegamos	anegáis	anegan
	imperfect	anegaba	anegabas	anegaba	anegábamos	anegabais	anegaban
	preterite	anegué	anegaste	anegó	anegamos	anegasteis	anegaron
	future	anegaré	anegarás	anegará	anegaremos	anegaréis	anegarán
	conditional	anegaría	anegarías	anegaría	anegaríamos	anegaríais	anegarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	anegue	aneguestú aneguésvos2	anegue	aneguemos	aneguéis	aneguen
	imperfect (ra)	anegara	anegaras	anegara	anegáramos	anegarais	anegaran
	imperfect (se)	anegase	anegases	anegase	anegásemos	anegaseis	anegasen
	future1	anegare	anegares	anegare	anegáremos	anegareis	anegaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		anegatú anegávos	anegue	aneguemos	anegad	aneguen
	negative		no anegues	no anegue	no aneguemos	no aneguéis	no aneguen

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

    Selected combined forms of anegar (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 anegar
	dative	anegarme	anegarte	anegarle, anegarse	anegarnos	anegaros	anegarles, anegarse
	accusative	anegarme	anegarte	anegarlo, anegarla, anegarse	anegarnos	anegaros	anegarlos, anegarlas, anegarse
with gerund anegando
	dative	anegándome	anegándote	anegándole, anegándose	anegándonos	anegándoos	anegándoles, anegándose
	accusative	anegándome	anegándote	anegándolo, anegándola, anegándose	anegándonos	anegándoos	anegándolos, anegándolas, anegándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative anega
	dative	anégame	anégate	anégale	anéganos	not used	anégales
	accusative	anégame	anégate	anégalo, anégala	anéganos	not used	anégalos, anégalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative anegá
	dative	anegame	anegate	anegale	aneganos	not used	anegales
	accusative	anegame	anegate	anegalo, anegala	aneganos	not used	anegalos, anegalas
with formal second-person singular imperative anegue
	dative	anégueme	not used	anéguele, anéguese	anéguenos	not used	anégueles
	accusative	anégueme	not used	anéguelo, anéguela, anéguese	anéguenos	not used	anéguelos, anéguelas
with first-person plural imperative aneguemos
	dative	not used	aneguémoste	aneguémosle	aneguémonos	aneguémoos	aneguémosles
	accusative	not used	aneguémoste	aneguémoslo, aneguémosla	aneguémonos	aneguémoos	aneguémoslos, aneguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative anegad
	dative	anegadme	not used	anegadle	anegadnos	anegaos	anegadles
	accusative	anegadme	not used	anegadlo, anegadla	anegadnos	anegaos	anegadlos, anegadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative aneguen
	dative	anéguenme	not used	anéguenle	anéguennos	not used	anéguenles, anéguense
	accusative	anéguenme	not used	anéguenlo, anéguenla	anéguennos	not used	anéguenlos, anéguenlas, anéguense

Derived terms

• anegación
• anegadizo
• anegamiento
• anego

 

Further reading

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