alegar

English

Etymology

ale + French aigre (“sour”)

Noun

alegar (uncountable)

1. vinegar produced from fermented ale.

Anagrams

• aglare, laager

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Dalmatian

Adjective

alegar

1. masculine plural of aleger

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin allēgāre.

Verb

1. to claim, allege
2. to plead

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:alegar.

Related terms

• alegação

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin allēgō, allēgāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aleˈɡaɾ/ [a.leˈɣ̞aɾ]

Verb

alegar (first-person singular present alego, first-person singular preterite alegué, past participle alegado)

1. (transitive) to cite as a defence or justification for one's actions

   Synonym: aducir

   alegando que ― on the ground(s) that

2. (transitive) to claim, to allege
3. (intransitive) to complain

   Synonyms: lamentar, protestar, quejarse, reclamar

4. (intransitive, law) to speak in defence of the accused in a criminal proceeding; to defend
5. (Canarian) to converse, talk

Conjugation

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

infinitive			alegar
gerund			alegando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		alegado		alegada
		plural		alegados		alegadas
		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	alego	alegastú alegásvos	alega	alegamos	alegáis	alegan
	imperfect	alegaba	alegabas	alegaba	alegábamos	alegabais	alegaban
	preterite	alegué	alegaste	alegó	alegamos	alegasteis	alegaron
	future	alegaré	alegarás	alegará	alegaremos	alegaréis	alegarán
	conditional	alegaría	alegarías	alegaría	alegaríamos	alegaríais	alegarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	alegue	aleguestú aleguésvos2	alegue	aleguemos	aleguéis	aleguen
	imperfect (ra)	alegara	alegaras	alegara	alegáramos	alegarais	alegaran
	imperfect (se)	alegase	alegases	alegase	alegásemos	alegaseis	alegasen
	future1	alegare	alegares	alegare	alegáremos	alegareis	alegaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		alegatú alegávos	alegue	aleguemos	alegad	aleguen
	negative		no alegues	no alegue	no aleguemos	no aleguéis	no aleguen

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

    Selected combined forms of alegar (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 alegar
	dative	alegarme	alegarte	alegarle, alegarse	alegarnos	alegaros	alegarles, alegarse
	accusative	alegarme	alegarte	alegarlo, alegarla, alegarse	alegarnos	alegaros	alegarlos, alegarlas, alegarse
with gerund alegando
	dative	alegándome	alegándote	alegándole, alegándose	alegándonos	alegándoos	alegándoles, alegándose
	accusative	alegándome	alegándote	alegándolo, alegándola, alegándose	alegándonos	alegándoos	alegándolos, alegándolas, alegándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative alega
	dative	alégame	alégate	alégale	aléganos	not used	alégales
	accusative	alégame	alégate	alégalo, alégala	aléganos	not used	alégalos, alégalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative alegá
	dative	alegame	alegate	alegale	aleganos	not used	alegales
	accusative	alegame	alegate	alegalo, alegala	aleganos	not used	alegalos, alegalas
with formal second-person singular imperative alegue
	dative	alégueme	not used	aléguele, aléguese	aléguenos	not used	alégueles
	accusative	alégueme	not used	aléguelo, aléguela, aléguese	aléguenos	not used	aléguelos, aléguelas
with first-person plural imperative aleguemos
	dative	not used	aleguémoste	aleguémosle	aleguémonos	aleguémoos	aleguémosles
	accusative	not used	aleguémoste	aleguémoslo, aleguémosla	aleguémonos	aleguémoos	aleguémoslos, aleguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative alegad
	dative	alegadme	not used	alegadle	alegadnos	alegaos	alegadles
	accusative	alegadme	not used	alegadlo, alegadla	alegadnos	alegaos	alegadlos, alegadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative aleguen
	dative	aléguenme	not used	aléguenle	aléguennos	not used	aléguenles, aléguense
	accusative	aléguenme	not used	aléguenlo, aléguenla	aléguennos	not used	aléguenlos, aléguenlas, aléguense

Related terms

• alegación
• alegato

Further reading

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