cagar

See also: čagar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin cacāre, present active infinitive of cacō, from a Proto-Indo-European *kakka-.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /kəˈɡa/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kaˈɡaɾ/
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

cagar (first-person singular present cago, past participle cagat)

1. (intransitive, vulgar) to shit
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun, vulgar) to shit involuntarily, in public, etc.
3. (transitive, vulgar) to shit out

Conjugation

Conjugation of cagar (first conjugation)

infinitive			cagar
present participle			cagant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cagat		cagada
		plural		cagats		cagades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cago	cagues	caga	caguem	cagueu	caguen
	imperfect	cagava	cagaves	cagava	cagàvem	cagàveu	cagaven
	future	cagaré	cagaràs	cagarà	cagarem	cagareu	cagaran
	preterite	caguí	cagares	cagà	cagàrem	cagàreu	cagaren
	conditional	cagaria	cagaries	cagaria	cagaríem	cagaríeu	cagarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cagui	caguis	cagui	caguem	cagueu	caguin
	imperfect	cagués	caguessis	cagués	caguéssim	caguéssiu	caguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	caga	cagui	caguem	cagueu	caguin

Derived terms

Derived terms

• caga tió
• cagacalces
• cagadora
• cagadubtes
• cagaferro
• cagalló
• caganer
• caganiu
• cagarada
• cagarina
• cagarro
• caguera

Related terms

• cagat
• concagar

Further reading

• “cagar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cagar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese, from Latin cacāre, present active infinitive of cacō, from a Proto-Indo-European *kakka-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɣaɾ/, /kaˈħaɾ/

Verb

cagar (first-person singular present cago, first-person singular preterite caguei, past participle cagado)

1. (vulgar, intransitive) to shit
2. (vulgar, intransitive) to tell someone off, exclamation of rejection

   Vai cagar! ― Go shit yourself!

3. (vulgar, transitive) to ruin, to spoil
4. (vulgar, takes a reflexive pronoun) to shit oneself (to be very scared)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cagar

infinitive			cagar
gerund			cagando
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		cagado		cagados
		feminine		cagada		cagadas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	cago	cagas	caga	cagamos	cagades	cagan
	imperfect	cagaba	cagabas	cagaba	cagabamos	cagabades	cagaban
	preterite	caguei	cagaches	cagou	cagamos	cagastes	cagaron
	pluperfect	cagara	cagaras	cagara	cagaramos	cagarades	cagaran
	future	cagarei	cagarás	cagará	cagaremos	cagaredes	cagarán
	conditional	cagaría	cagarías	cagaría	cagariamos	cagariades	cagarían
subjunctive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	cague	cagues	cague	caguemos	caguedes	caguen
	preterite	cagase	cagases	cagase	cagásemos	cagásedes	cagasen
	future	cagar	cagares	cagar	cagarmos	cagardes	cagaren
imperative		—	ti	Vde.	nós	vós	Vdes.
	affirmative	—	caga	cague	caguemos	cagade	caguen
	negative	—	cagues	cague	caguemos	caguedes	caguen
personal infinitive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
		cagar	cagares	cagar	cagarmos	cagardes	cagaren

Related terms

• caca

Derived terms

• cagalla
• cagallón

References

• “cagar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “caga” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “cagar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cagar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cagar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin cacāre, present active infinitive of cacō.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Verb

cagar

1. (vulgar) to shit

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Standard Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		cagar			aver cagat
gerund		cagant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		cagat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cagui	cagas	caga	cagam	cagatz	cagan
	imperfect	cagavi	cagavas	cagava	cagàvem	cagàvetz	cagavan
	preterite	caguèri	caguères	caguèt	caguèrem	caguèretz	caguèron
	future	cagarai	cagaràs	cagarà	cagarem	cagaretz	cagaràn
	conditional	cagariái	cagariás	cagariá	cagariam	cagariatz	cagarián
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cague	cagues	cague	caguem	caguetz	caguen
	imperfect	caguèssi	caguèsses	caguèsse	caguèssem	caguèssetz	caguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			caga		caguem	cagatz

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		cagar			aver cagat
gerund		cagant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		cagat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cague	cagues	caga	cagam	cagatz	cagon
	imperfect	cagave	cagaves	cagava	cagaviam	cagaviatz	cagavon
	preterite	caguere	cagueres	caguet	caguem	caguetz	cagueron
	future	cagarai	cagaràs	cagará	cagarem	cagaretz	cagarán
	conditional	cagariá	cagariás	cagariá	cagariam	cagariatz	cagarián
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cague	cagues	cague	cagassiam	cagassiatz	cagon
	imperfect	caguesse	caguesses	caguesse	caguessiam	caguessiatz	caguesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			caga		cagassiam	cagatz

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		cagar			aver cagat
gerund		cagant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		cagat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cagui	cagas	caga	cagam	cagatz	cagan
	imperfect	cagavi	cagavas	cagava	cagàvam	cagàvatz	cagavan
	preterite	caguèi	caguès	caguè	caguèm	caguètz	caguèn
	future	cagarèi	cagaràs	cagarà	cagaram	cagaratz	cagaràn
	conditional	cagarí	cagarés	cagaré	cagarem	cagaretz	cagarén
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cagui	cagues	cague	caguem	caguetz	caguen
	imperfect	caguèssi	caguèsses	caguèsse	caguèssem	caguèssetz	caguèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			caga		caguem	cagatz

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		cagar			aver cagat
gerund		cagant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		cagat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cague	cagas	caga	cagam	cagatz	cagan
	imperfect	cagava	cagavas	cagava	cagàvam	cagàvatz	cagavan
	preterite	caguei	cagueras	caguet	caguèram	caguèratz	cagueran
	future	cagarai	cagaràs	cagará	cagarem	cagaretz	cagarán
	conditional	cagariá	cagariàs	cagariá	cagariam	cagariatz	cagarián
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cague	cagues	cague	caguem	caguetz	caguen
	imperfect	caguèsse	caguèsses	caguèsse	caguèssem	caguèssetz	caguèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			caga		caguem	cagatz

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		cagar			aver cagat
gerund		cagant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		cagat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cague	cagues	caga	cagam	cagatz	cagan
	imperfect	cagavi	cagavas	cagava	cagàvem	cagàvetz	cagavan
	preterite	caguère	caguères	caguèt	cagueriam	cagueriatz	caguèron
	future	cagarai	cagaràs	cagarà	cagarem	cagaretz	cagaràn
	conditional	cagariáu	cagariás	cagariá	cagariam	cagariatz	cagarián
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cague	cagues	cague	caguem	caguetz	cagan
	imperfect	caguèsse	caguèsses	caguèsse	caguessiam	caguessiatz	caguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			caga		caguem	cagatz

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese cagar, from Latin cacāre, present active infinitive of cacō, from a Proto-Indo-European *kakka-.

Verb

cagar (first-person singular present indicative cago, past participle cagado)

1. (vulgar, intransitive, transitive) to shit; to defecate

   Synonyms: (neutral) fazer cocô, (somewhat formal) defecar, (medical) evacuar

2. (vulgar, slang, figuratively, intransitive) to get lucky

   Synonyms: ter sorte, tirar a sorte grande

3. (vulgar, slang, figuratively, takes a reflexive pronoun) to shit oneself (to be very scared)
4. (vulgar, slang, figuratively, with para) not to give a fuck (to really not care)

   Mandei uma mensagem pra ela e ela cagou para mim.

   I sent her a message and she didn't give a fuck.

5. (vulgar, slang, intransitive, or transitive with em) to fuck up; to botch; to screw up (to do something incorrectly)

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb cagar

Notes:[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. The last letter g is changed to gu depending on the following vowel, resulting in these three possible sequences: -ga-, -gue- and -go-. Verbs with this conjugation include: apagar, cegar, esmagar, largar, navegar, resmungar, sugar.
	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cagar
Personal	cagar	cagares	cagar	cagarmos	cagardes	cagarem
Gerund
	cagando
Past participle
Masculine	cagado			cagados
Feminine	cagada			cagadas
Indicative
Present	cago	cagas	caga	cagamos	cagais	cagam
Imperfect	cagava	cagavas	cagava	cagávamos	cagáveis	cagavam
Preterite	caguei	cagaste	cagou	cagamos cagámos	cagastes	cagaram
Pluperfect	cagara	cagaras	cagara	cagáramos	cagáreis	cagaram
Future	cagarei	cagarás	cagará	cagaremos	cagareis	cagarão
Conditional
	cagaria	cagarias	cagaria	cagaríamos	cagaríeis	cagariam
Subjunctive
Present	cague	cagues	cague	caguemos	cagueis	caguem
Imperfect	cagasse	cagasses	cagasse	cagássemos	cagásseis	cagassem
Future	cagar	cagares	cagar	cagarmos	cagardes	cagarem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	caga	cague	caguemos	cagai	caguem
Negative (não)	-	cagues	cague	caguemos	cagueis	caguem

Related terms

• cagado

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cocur, cocar (“consultation, (secret) discussion, confabulation; act of consulting, conferring, planning”), from com + cor.

Noun

cagar m (genitive singular cagair, plural cagairean)

1. verbal noun of cagair
2. whisper
3. secret

   Synonym: rùn

4. dear, darling

   Trobhad, a chagair. ― Come, dear.

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
cagar	chagar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cocur”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish cagar, from Latin cacāre, present active infinitive of cacō, ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European root *kakka-. Compare English cack.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɡaɾ/, [kaˈɣ̞aɾ]

• Audio (Colombia)

  (file)

Verb

cagar (first-person singular present cago, first-person singular preterite cagué, past participle cagado)

1. (vulgar) to shit

   Voy a cagarme ― I am going to shit (myself)

   Synonyms: defecar, (informal) descomer, hacer aguas mayores

2. (vulgar) to tell someone off, exclamation of rejection

   ¡Anda a cagar! ― Go shit yourself!

   ¡Vete a cagar! ― Go shit yourself!

3. (colloquial) to bust
4. (colloquial) to get busted
5. (colloquial) to ruin something; to screw
6. (intransitive, Chile, colloquial) to fail
7. (transitive, Chile) to cheat someone
8. (transitive, Spain, colloquial) to make a mistake

   ¡No la cagues! ― Don't ruin it!

   Synonym: equivocarse

9. (reflexive) (vulgar) to shit oneself, crap oneself (defecate in one's clothes)
10. (reflexive) (vulgar) to shit oneself (be extremely frightened)
11. (reflexive) (vulgar) fuck (used to express extreme anger, surprise, joy, shock or to show a lot of disrespect)

Conjugation

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

infinitive			cagar
gerund			cagando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cagado		cagada
		plural		cagados		cagadas
		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	cago	cagastú cagásvos	caga	cagamos	cagáis	cagan
	imperfect	cagaba	cagabas	cagaba	cagábamos	cagabais	cagaban
	preterite	cagué	cagaste	cagó	cagamos	cagasteis	cagaron
	future	cagaré	cagarás	cagará	cagaremos	cagaréis	cagarán
	conditional	cagaría	cagarías	cagaría	cagaríamos	cagaríais	cagarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cague	caguestú caguésvos2	cague	caguemos	caguéis	caguen
	imperfect (ra)	cagara	cagaras	cagara	cagáramos	cagarais	cagaran
	imperfect (se)	cagase	cagases	cagase	cagásemos	cagaseis	cagasen
	future1	cagare	cagares	cagare	cagáremos	cagareis	cagaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cagatú cagávos	cague	caguemos	cagad	caguen
	negative		no cagues	no cague	no caguemos	no caguéis	no caguen

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

    Selected combined forms of cagar (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 cagar
	dative	cagarme	cagarte	cagarle, cagarse	cagarnos	cagaros	cagarles, cagarse
	accusative	cagarme	cagarte	cagarlo, cagarla, cagarse	cagarnos	cagaros	cagarlos, cagarlas, cagarse
with gerund cagando
	dative	cagándome	cagándote	cagándole, cagándose	cagándonos	cagándoos	cagándoles, cagándose
	accusative	cagándome	cagándote	cagándolo, cagándola, cagándose	cagándonos	cagándoos	cagándolos, cagándolas, cagándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative caga
	dative	cágame	cágate	cágale	cáganos	not used	cágales
	accusative	cágame	cágate	cágalo, cágala	cáganos	not used	cágalos, cágalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cagá
	dative	cagame	cagate	cagale	caganos	not used	cagales
	accusative	cagame	cagate	cagalo, cagala	caganos	not used	cagalos, cagalas
with formal second-person singular imperative cague
	dative	cágueme	not used	cáguele, cáguese	cáguenos	not used	cágueles
	accusative	cágueme	not used	cáguelo, cáguela, cáguese	cáguenos	not used	cáguelos, cáguelas
with first-person plural imperative caguemos
	dative	not used	caguémoste	caguémosle	caguémonos	caguémoos	caguémosles
	accusative	not used	caguémoste	caguémoslo, caguémosla	caguémonos	caguémoos	caguémoslos, caguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cagad
	dative	cagadme	not used	cagadle	cagadnos	cagaos	cagadles
	accusative	cagadme	not used	cagadlo, cagadla	cagadnos	cagaos	cagadlos, cagadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative caguen
	dative	cáguenme	not used	cáguenle	cáguennos	not used	cáguenles, cáguense
	accusative	cáguenme	not used	cáguenlo, cáguenla	cáguennos	not used	cáguenlos, cáguenlas, cáguense

Usage notes

When used to express anger (or even joy, shock, surprise), a common expression is "me cago en la leche", or "me cago en la puta", which can be translated as "fuck this!" or "fuck this shit!" or "holy fuck!". A similar construction can be used when expressing anger or disrespect directed at someone or something, for example ¡Me cago en mi jefe! (Fuck my boss!), ¡Me cago en tu opinión! (Fuck your opinion!) ¡Me cago en todo! (Fuck it all!). In addition, an innumerable number of creative variations can be attested which have the same meaning ¡Me cago en el mar!, ¡Me cago en la mierda!, ¡Me cago en Dios!, ¡Me cago en tu puta madre! etc.

Derived terms

• cagando cerillas
• cagando hostias
• cagar dinero
• cagarla
• cágate lorito
• cagatintas
• me cago en la leche; me cago en la mar (see also synonyms)
• que te cagas

 

Related terms

• caca
• cagadera
• cagadero
• cagado
• cagarse
• cagón

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: kagar

Further reading

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