cegar

Asturian

Verb

cegar (first-person singular indicative present cego, past participle cegáu)

1. (transitive) to blind (make temporarily or permanently blind)

Conjugation

Conjugation of cegar

infinitive		cegar
gerund		cegando
past participle		m cegáu, f cegada, n cegao, m pl cegaos, f pl cegaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	cego	cegues	cega	cegamos	cegáis	ceguen
	imperfect	cegaba	cegabes	cegaba	cegábemos, cegábamos	cegabeis, cegabais	cegaben
	preterite	cegué	cegasti, ceguesti	cegó	ceguemos	cegastis, ceguestis	cegaron
	pluperfect	cegare, cegara	cegares, cegaras	cegare, cegara	cegáremos, cegáramos	cegareis, cegarais	cegaren, cegaran
	future	cegaré	cegarás	cegará	cegaremos	cegaréis	cegarán
	conditional	cegaría	cegaríes	cegaría	cegaríemos, cegaríamos	cegaríeis, cegaríais	cegaríen
subjunctive	present	cegue	cegues, cegas	cegue	ceguemos	ceguéis	ceguen, cegan
	imperfect	cegare, cegara	cegares, cegaras	cegare, cegara	cegáremos, cegáramos	cegareis, cegarais	cegaren, cegaran
imperative		—	cega	—	—	cegái	—

Related terms

• ciegu

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Galician

Verb

cegar (first-person singular present cego, first-person singular preterite ceguei, past participle cegado)

1. to blind

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cegar

infinitive			cegar
gerund			cegando
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		cegado		cegados
		feminine		cegada		cegadas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	cego	cegas	cega	cegamos	cegades	cegan
	imperfect	cegaba	cegabas	cegaba	cegabamos	cegabades	cegaban
	preterite	ceguei	cegaches	cegou	cegamos	cegastes	cegaron
	pluperfect	cegara	cegaras	cegara	cegaramos	cegarades	cegaran
	future	cegarei	cegarás	cegará	cegaremos	cegaredes	cegarán
	conditional	cegaría	cegarías	cegaría	cegariamos	cegariades	cegarían
subjunctive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	cegue	cegues	cegue	ceguemos	ceguedes	ceguen
	preterite	cegase	cegases	cegase	cegásemos	cegásedes	cegasen
	future	cegar	cegares	cegar	cegarmos	cegardes	cegaren
imperative		—	ti	Vde.	nós	vós	Vdes.
	affirmative	—	cega	cegue	ceguemos	cegade	ceguen
	negative	—	cegues	cegue	ceguemos	ceguedes	ceguen
personal infinitive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
		cegar	cegares	cegar	cegarmos	cegardes	cegaren

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese cegar, from Latin caecō, caecāre (“I blind”), from caecus (“blind”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /seˈɡa(ʁ)/, [seˈɡa(h)]

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /seˈɡa(ʁ)/, [seˈɡa(h)]
  • IPA^(key): (São Paulo) /seˈɡa(ɾ)/, [seˈɡa(ɾ)]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio de Janeiro) /seˈɡa(ʁ)/, [seˈɡa(χ)]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /sɨˈɡaɾ/, [sɨˈɣaɾ]

• Homophone: segar
• Hyphenation: ce‧gar

Verb

cegar (first-person singular present indicative cego, past participle cegado)

1. (transitive) to blind, to cause blindness

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb cegar

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	cegar
Personal	cegar	cegares	cegar	cegarmos	cegardes	cegarem
Gerund
	cegando
Past participle
Masculine	cegado			cegados
Feminine	cegada			cegadas
Indicative
Present	cego	cegas	cega	cegamos	cegais	cegam
Imperfect	cegava	cegavas	cegava	cegávamos	cegáveis	cegavam
Preterite	ceguei	cegaste	cegou	cegamos cegámos	cegastes	cegaram
Pluperfect	cegara	cegaras	cegara	cegáramos	cegáreis	cegaram
Future	cegarei	cegarás	cegará	cegaremos	cegareis	cegarão
Conditional
	cegaria	cegarias	cegaria	cegaríamos	cegaríeis	cegariam
Subjunctive
Present	cegue	cegues	cegue	ceguemos	cegueis	ceguem
Imperfect	cegasse	cegasses	cegasse	cegássemos	cegásseis	cegassem
Future	cegar	cegares	cegar	cegarmos	cegardes	cegarem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	cega	cegue	ceguemos	cegai	ceguem
Negative (não)	-	cegues	cegue	ceguemos	cegueis	ceguem

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin caecāre, present active infinitive of caecō, from the adjective caecus (“blind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeˈɡaɾ/, [θeˈɣ̞aɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /seˈɡaɾ/, [seˈɣ̞aɾ]

Verb

cegar (first-person singular present ciego, first-person singular preterite cegué, past participle cegado)

1. (transitive) to blind
2. (intransitive, reflexive) to go blind

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cegar (e-ie alternation; g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cegar
gerund			cegando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cegado		cegada
		plural		cegados		cegadas
		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	ciego	ciegastú cegásvos	ciega	cegamos	cegáis	ciegan
	imperfect	cegaba	cegabas	cegaba	cegábamos	cegabais	cegaban
	preterite	cegué	cegaste	cegó	cegamos	cegasteis	cegaron
	future	cegaré	cegarás	cegará	cegaremos	cegaréis	cegarán
	conditional	cegaría	cegarías	cegaría	cegaríamos	cegaríais	cegarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ciegue	cieguestú ceguésvos2	ciegue	ceguemos	ceguéis	cieguen
	imperfect (ra)	cegara	cegaras	cegara	cegáramos	cegarais	cegaran
	imperfect (se)	cegase	cegases	cegase	cegásemos	cegaseis	cegasen
	future1	cegare	cegares	cegare	cegáremos	cegareis	cegaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		ciegatú cegávos	ciegue	ceguemos	cegad	cieguen
	negative		no ciegues	no ciegue	no ceguemos	no ceguéis	no cieguen

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

    Selected combined forms of cegar (e-ie alternation; 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 cegar
	dative	cegarme	cegarte	cegarle, cegarse	cegarnos	cegaros	cegarles, cegarse
	accusative	cegarme	cegarte	cegarlo, cegarla, cegarse	cegarnos	cegaros	cegarlos, cegarlas, cegarse
with gerund cegando
	dative	cegándome	cegándote	cegándole, cegándose	cegándonos	cegándoos	cegándoles, cegándose
	accusative	cegándome	cegándote	cegándolo, cegándola, cegándose	cegándonos	cegándoos	cegándolos, cegándolas, cegándose
with informal second-person singular imperative ciega
	dative	ciégame	ciégate	ciégale	ciéganos	not used	ciégales
	accusative	ciégame	ciégate	ciégalo, ciégala	ciéganos	not used	ciégalos, ciégalas
with formal second-person singular imperative ciegue
	dative	ciégueme	not used	ciéguele, ciéguese	ciéguenos	not used	ciégueles
	accusative	ciégueme	not used	ciéguelo, ciéguela, ciéguese	ciéguenos	not used	ciéguelos, ciéguelas
with first-person plural imperative ceguemos
	dative	not used	ceguémoste	ceguémosle	ceguémonos	ceguémoos	ceguémosles
	accusative	not used	ceguémoste	ceguémoslo, ceguémosla	ceguémonos	ceguémoos	ceguémoslos, ceguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cegad
	dative	cegadme	not used	cegadle	cegadnos	cegaos	cegadles
	accusative	cegadme	not used	cegadlo, cegadla	cegadnos	cegaos	cegadlos, cegadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cieguen
	dative	ciéguenme	not used	ciéguenle	ciéguennos	not used	ciéguenles, ciéguense
	accusative	ciéguenme	not used	ciéguenlo, ciéguenla	ciéguennos	not used	ciéguenlos, ciéguenlas, ciéguense

Derived terms

• cegador
• cegamiento

Related terms

• ciego

Further reading

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