acongojar

Spanish

Etymology

From congojar, from congoja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akonɡoˈxaɾ/ [a.kõŋ.ɡoˈxaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧con‧go‧jar

Verb

acongojar (first-person singular present acongojo, first-person singular preterite acongojé, past participle acongojado)

1. (transitive) to cause or inflict suffering
2. (transitive) to distress, grieve

   Synonym: angustiar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acongojar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			acongojar
gerund			acongojando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		acongojado		acongojada
		plural		acongojados		acongojadas
		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	acongojo	acongojastú acongojásvos	acongoja	acongojamos	acongojáis	acongojan
	imperfect	acongojaba	acongojabas	acongojaba	acongojábamos	acongojabais	acongojaban
	preterite	acongojé	acongojaste	acongojó	acongojamos	acongojasteis	acongojaron
	future	acongojaré	acongojarás	acongojará	acongojaremos	acongojaréis	acongojarán
	conditional	acongojaría	acongojarías	acongojaría	acongojaríamos	acongojaríais	acongojarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	acongoje	acongojestú acongojésvos2	acongoje	acongojemos	acongojéis	acongojen
	imperfect (ra)	acongojara	acongojaras	acongojara	acongojáramos	acongojarais	acongojaran
	imperfect (se)	acongojase	acongojases	acongojase	acongojásemos	acongojaseis	acongojasen
	future1	acongojare	acongojares	acongojare	acongojáremos	acongojareis	acongojaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		acongojatú acongojávos	acongoje	acongojemos	acongojad	acongojen
	negative		no acongojes	no acongoje	no acongojemos	no acongojéis	no acongojen

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

    Selected combined forms of acongojar

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 acongojar
	dative	acongojarme	acongojarte	acongojarle, acongojarse	acongojarnos	acongojaros	acongojarles, acongojarse
	accusative	acongojarme	acongojarte	acongojarlo, acongojarla, acongojarse	acongojarnos	acongojaros	acongojarlos, acongojarlas, acongojarse
with gerund acongojando
	dative	acongojándome	acongojándote	acongojándole, acongojándose	acongojándonos	acongojándoos	acongojándoles, acongojándose
	accusative	acongojándome	acongojándote	acongojándolo, acongojándola, acongojándose	acongojándonos	acongojándoos	acongojándolos, acongojándolas, acongojándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative acongoja
	dative	acongójame	acongójate	acongójale	acongójanos	not used	acongójales
	accusative	acongójame	acongójate	acongójalo, acongójala	acongójanos	not used	acongójalos, acongójalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative acongojá
	dative	acongojame	acongojate	acongojale	acongojanos	not used	acongojales
	accusative	acongojame	acongojate	acongojalo, acongojala	acongojanos	not used	acongojalos, acongojalas
with formal second-person singular imperative acongoje
	dative	acongójeme	not used	acongójele, acongójese	acongójenos	not used	acongójeles
	accusative	acongójeme	not used	acongójelo, acongójela, acongójese	acongójenos	not used	acongójelos, acongójelas
with first-person plural imperative acongojemos
	dative	not used	acongojémoste	acongojémosle	acongojémonos	acongojémoos	acongojémosles
	accusative	not used	acongojémoste	acongojémoslo, acongojémosla	acongojémonos	acongojémoos	acongojémoslos, acongojémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative acongojad
	dative	acongojadme	not used	acongojadle	acongojadnos	acongojaos	acongojadles
	accusative	acongojadme	not used	acongojadlo, acongojadla	acongojadnos	acongojaos	acongojadlos, acongojadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative acongojen
	dative	acongójenme	not used	acongójenle	acongójennos	not used	acongójenles, acongójense
	accusative	acongójenme	not used	acongójenlo, acongójenla	acongójennos	not used	acongójenlos, acongójenlas, acongójense

Alternative forms

• congojar

Derived terms

• acongojado

 

Further reading

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