cagar

See also: čagar

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈɣaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

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

1. (vulgar) to shit

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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Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɣaɾ/

Verb

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)

Related terms

• caca

Derived terms

• cagalla
• cagallón

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “caga”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “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.

Verb

cagar

1. (vulgar) to shit

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central 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
	conditional 2nd form1	caguèra	caguèras	caguèra	cagueram	cagueratz	caguèran
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	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    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
	conditional 2nd form1	caguèra	caguèras	caguèra	cagueram	cagueratz	caguèran
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	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    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
	conditional 2nd form1	caguèra	caguèras	caguèra	cagueram	cagueratz	caguèran
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	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    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
	conditional 2nd form1	caguèra	caguèras	caguèra	cagueram	cagueratz	caguèran
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	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    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
	conditional 2nd form1	caguèra	caguèras	caguèra	cagueram	cagueratz	caguèran
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	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Verb

1. (vulgar, intransitive, transitive) to shit; to defecate
2. (vulgar, slang, figurative, intransitive) to get lucky

   Synonyms: ter sorte, tirar a sorte grande

3. (vulgar, slang, figurative, takes a reflexive pronoun) to shit oneself (to be very scared)
4. (Brazil, vulgar, slang, figurative, 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)

Synonyms

• (to shit): fazer cocô (neutral), defecar (somewhat formal), evacuar (medical)

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 cagair. ― 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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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]

Verb

1. (vulgar) to shit
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

Synonyms

• (shit): defecar, descomer (informal), hacer aguas mayores

Derived terms

• cagando cerillas
• cagando hostias
• cagar dinero
• cagarla
• 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

 

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001