prodigar

Latin

Verb

prōdigar

first-person singular future passive indicative of prōdigō

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin prōdigō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɾodiˈɡaɾ/ [pɾo.ð̞iˈɣ̞aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: pro‧di‧gar

Verb

prodigar (first-person singular present prodigo, first-person singular preterite prodigué, past participle prodigado)

to squander, waste, spend lavishly
Synonym: despilfarrar
to lavish

Conjugation

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

		singular			plural
infinitive			prodigar
gerund			prodigando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		prodigado		prodigada
		plural		prodigados		prodigadas
		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	prodigo	prodigas^{^tú} prodigás^{^vos}	prodiga	prodigamos	prodigáis	prodigan
	imperfect	prodigaba	prodigabas	prodigaba	prodigábamos	prodigabais	prodigaban
	preterite	prodigué	prodigaste	prodigó	prodigamos	prodigasteis	prodigaron
	future	prodigaré	prodigarás	prodigará	prodigaremos	prodigaréis	prodigarán
	conditional	prodigaría	prodigarías	prodigaría	prodigaríamos	prodigaríais	prodigarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	prodigue	prodigues^{^tú} prodigués^{^vos²}	prodigue	prodiguemos	prodiguéis	prodiguen
	imperfect (ra)	prodigara	prodigaras	prodigara	prodigáramos	prodigarais	prodigaran
	imperfect (se)	prodigase	prodigases	prodigase	prodigásemos	prodigaseis	prodigasen
	future¹	prodigare	prodigares	prodigare	prodigáremos	prodigareis	prodigaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		prodiga^{^tú} prodigá^{^vos}	prodigue	prodiguemos	prodigad	prodiguen
	negative		no prodigues	no prodigue	no prodiguemos	no prodiguéis	no prodiguen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of prodigar (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 prodigar	dative	prodigarme	prodigarte	prodigarle, prodigarse	prodigarnos	prodigaros	prodigarles, prodigarse
with infinitive prodigar	accusative	prodigarme	prodigarte	prodigarlo, prodigarla, prodigarse	prodigarnos	prodigaros	prodigarlos, prodigarlas, prodigarse

with gerund prodigando	dative	prodigándome	prodigándote	prodigándole, prodigándose	prodigándonos	prodigándoos	prodigándoles, prodigándose
with gerund prodigando	accusative	prodigándome	prodigándote	prodigándolo, prodigándola, prodigándose	prodigándonos	prodigándoos	prodigándolos, prodigándolas, prodigándose

with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative prodiga	dative	prodígame	prodígate	prodígale	prodíganos	not used	prodígales
	accusative	prodígame	prodígate	prodígalo, prodígala	prodíganos	not used	prodígalos, prodígalas

with informal second-person singular voseo imperative prodigá	dative	prodigame	prodigate	prodigale	prodiganos	not used	prodigales
	accusative	prodigame	prodigate	prodigalo, prodigala	prodiganos	not used	prodigalos, prodigalas

with formal second-person singular imperative prodigue	dative	prodígueme	not used	prodíguele, prodíguese	prodíguenos	not used	prodígueles
with formal second-person singular imperative prodigue	accusative	prodígueme	not used	prodíguelo, prodíguela, prodíguese	prodíguenos	not used	prodíguelos, prodíguelas

with first-person plural imperative prodiguemos	dative	not used	prodiguémoste	prodiguémosle	prodiguémonos	prodiguémoos	prodiguémosles
with first-person plural imperative prodiguemos	accusative	not used	prodiguémoste	prodiguémoslo, prodiguémosla	prodiguémonos	prodiguémoos	prodiguémoslos, prodiguémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative prodigad	dative	prodigadme	not used	prodigadle	prodigadnos	prodigaos	prodigadles
with informal second-person plural imperative prodigad	accusative	prodigadme	not used	prodigadlo, prodigadla	prodigadnos	prodigaos	prodigadlos, prodigadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative prodiguen	dative	prodíguenme	not used	prodíguenle	prodíguennos	not used	prodíguenles, prodíguense
with formal second-person plural imperative prodiguen	accusative	prodíguenme	not used	prodíguenlo, prodíguenla	prodíguennos	not used	prodíguenlos, prodíguenlas, prodíguense

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