cagar

See also: čagar

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], 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. (vulgar) to shit

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

• caga tió

Related terms

• cagat

Further reading

• “cagar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Occitan

Etymology

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

Verb

cagar

1. (vulgar) to shit

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Standard Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		cagar			èsser cagat
past participle		cagat			-
gerund		cagant			èssent cagat
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cagi	cagas	caga	cagam	cagatz	cagan
	imperfect	cagavi	cagavas	cagava	cagàvem	cagàvetz	cagavan
	preterite	cagèri	cagères	cagèt	cagèrem	cagèretz	cagèron
	future	cagarai	cagaràs	cagarà	cagarem	cagaretz	cagaràn
conditional		cagariái	cagariás	cagariá	cagariam	cagariatz	cagarián
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of Aver plus the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of Aver plus the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of Aver plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of Aver plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cage	cages	cage	cagem	cagetz	cagen
	imperfect	cagèssi	cagèsses	cagèsse	cagèssem	cagèssetz	cagèsson
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
imperative		-	tu	-	nosautres	vosautres	-
			caga		cagem	cagatz

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		cagar			èsser cagat
past participle		cagat			-
gerund		cagant			èssent cagat
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cage	cages	caga	cagam	cagatz	cagon
	imperfect	cagave	cagaves	cagava	cagaviam	cagaviatz	cagavon
	preterite	cagere	cageres	caget	cagem	cagetz	cageron
	future	cagarai	cagaràs	cagará	cagarem	cagaretz	cagarán
conditional		cagariá	cagariás	cagariá	cagariam	cagariatz	cagarián
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of Aver plus the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of Aver plus the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of Aver plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of Aver plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cage	cages	cage	cagassiam	cagassiatz	cagon
	imperfect	cagesse	cagesses	cagesse	cagessiam	cagessiatz	cagesson
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
imperative		-	tu	-	nosautres	vosautres	-
			caga		cagassiam	cagatz

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		cagar			èsser cagat
past participle		cagat			-
gerund		cagant			èssent cagat
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cagi	cagas	caga	cagam	cagatz	cagan
	imperfect	cagavi	cagavas	cagava	cagàvam	cagàvatz	cagavan
	preterite	cagèi	cagès	cagè	cagèm	cagètz	cagèn
	future	cagarèi	cagaràs	cagarà	cagaram	cagaratz	cagaràn
conditional		cagarí	cagarés	cagaré	cagarem	cagaretz	cagarén
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of Aver plus the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of Aver plus the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of Aver plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of Aver plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cagi	cages	cage	cagem	cagetz	cagen
	imperfect	cagèssi	cagèsses	cagèsse	cagèssem	cagèssetz	cagèssen
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
imperative		-	tu	-	nosautres	vosautres	-
			caga		cagem	cagatz

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		cagar			èsser cagat
past participle		cagat			-
gerund		cagant			èssent cagat
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cage	cagas	caga	cagam	cagatz	cagan
	imperfect	cagava	cagavas	cagava	cagàvam	cagàvatz	cagavan
	preterite	cagei	cageras	caget	cagèram	cagèratz	cageran
	future	cagarai	cagaràs	cagará	cagarem	cagaretz	cagarán
conditional		cagariá	cagariàs	cagariá	cagariam	cagariatz	cagarián
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of Aver plus the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of Aver plus the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of Aver plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of Aver plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cage	cages	cage	cagem	cagetz	cagen
	imperfect	cagèsse	cagèsses	cagèsse	cagèssem	cagèssetz	cagèssen
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
imperative		-	tu	-	nosautres	vosautres	-
			caga		cagem	cagatz

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		cagar			èsser cagat
past participle		cagat			-
gerund		cagant			èssent cagat
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cage	cages	caga	cagam	cagatz	cagan
	imperfect	cagavi	cagavas	cagava	cagàvem	cagàvetz	cagavan
	preterite	cagère	cagères	cagèt	cageriam	cageriatz	cagèron
	future	cagarai	cagaràs	cagarà	cagarem	cagaretz	cagaràn
conditional		cagariáu	cagariás	cagariá	cagariam	cagariatz	cagarián
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of Aver plus the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of Aver plus the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of Aver plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of Aver plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cage	cages	cage	cagem	cagetz	cagan
	imperfect	cagèsse	cagèsses	cagèsse	cagessiam	cagessiatz	cagèsson
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
imperative		-	tu	-	nosautres	vosautres	-
			caga		cagem	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
2. (vulgar, slang, figuratively, intransitive) to get lucky
3. (vulgar, slang, figuratively, takes a reflexive pronoun) to shit oneself (to be very scared)
4. (Brazil, vulgar, slang, figuratively, with para) not to give a fuck (to really not care)
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

Synonyms

• (to shit): fazer cocô (neutral), defecar (somewhat formal), evacuar (medical)
• (to get lucky): tirar a sorte grande, ter sorte

Related terms

• cagado

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

cagar m (genitive singular cagair, plural cagairean)

1. verbal noun of cagair
2. whisper
3. secret
4. dear, darling

   Trobhad, a cagair. ― Come, dear.

Synonyms

• (secret): rùn

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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-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɡaɾ/, [kaˈɣaɾ]

Verb

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

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

   ¡Anda a cagar!

   ¡Vete a cagar!

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

   ¡No la cagues!

Conjugation

• Rule: g becomes a gu before e.

    Conjugation of cagar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

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

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

Other verbs with this conjugation:

► Spanish verbs ending in -ar (conjugation -gar)

    Selected combined forms of cagar^{edit data}

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 imperative caga
	dative	cágame	cágate	cágale	cáganos	not used	cágales
	accusative	cágame	cágate	cágalo, cágala	cáganos	not used	cágalos, cágalas
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

Synonyms

• (shit): defecar, descomer (informal)
• (make a mistake): equivocarse

Related terms

• caca
• cagadera
• cagadero

• cagado
• cagarse
• cagón

Further reading

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