prolongar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prolongāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾu.luŋˈɡa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾo.loŋˈɡa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾo.loŋˈɡaɾ]

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Verb

prolongar (first-person singular present prolongo, first-person singular preterite prolonguí, past participle prolongat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to prolong

Conjugation

    Conjugation of prolongar (first conjugation, g-gu alternation)

infinitive			prolongar
gerund			prolongant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		prolongat		prolongada
		plural		prolongats		prolongades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	prolongo	prolongues	prolonga	prolonguem	prolongueu	prolonguen
	imperfect	prolongava	prolongaves	prolongava	prolongàvem	prolongàveu	prolongaven
	future	prolongaré	prolongaràs	prolongarà	prolongarem	prolongareu	prolongaran
	preterite	prolonguí	prolongares	prolongà	prolongàrem	prolongàreu	prolongaren
	conditional	prolongaria	prolongaries	prolongaria	prolongaríem	prolongaríeu	prolongarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	prolongui	prolonguis	prolongui	prolonguem	prolongueu	prolonguin
	imperfect	prolongués	prolonguessis	prolongués	prolonguéssim	prolonguéssiu	prolonguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	prolonga	prolongui	prolonguem	prolongueu	prolonguin
	negative (no)	—	no prolonguis	no prolongui	no prolonguem	no prolongueu	no prolonguin

Derived terms

• prolongació
• prolongament

Further reading

• “prolongar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese perlongar (13th century), ultimately from Latin prolongo, prolongare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɾo.loŋˈɡaɾ]

Verb

prolongar (first-person singular present prolongo, first-person singular preterite prolonguei, past participle prolongado)

1. to extend, prolong, lengthen

Conjugation

    Conjugation of prolongar (g-gu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	prolongar
Personal	prolongar	prolongares	prolongar	prolongarmos	prolongardes	prolongaren
Gerund
	prolongando
Past participle
Masculine	prolongado			prolongados
Feminine	prolongada			prolongadas
Indicative
Present	prolongo	prolongas	prolonga	prolongamos	prolongades	prolongan
Imperfect	prolongaba	prolongabas	prolongaba	prolongabamos	prolongabades	prolongaban
Preterite	prolonguei	prolongaches	prolongou	prolongamos	prolongastes	prolongaron
Pluperfect	prolongara	prolongaras	prolongara	prolongaramos	prolongarades	prolongaran
Future	prolongarei	prolongarás	prolongará	prolongaremos	prolongaredes	prolongarán
Conditional	prolongaría	prolongarías	prolongaría	prolongariamos	prolongariades	prolongarían
Subjunctive
Present	prolongue	prolongues	prolongue	prolonguemos	prolonguedes	prolonguen
Imperfect	prolongase	prolongases	prolongase	prolongásemos	prolongásedes	prolongasen
Future	prolongar	prolongares	prolongar	prolongarmos	prolongardes	prolongaren
Imperative
Affirmative		prolonga	prolongue	prolonguemos	prolongade	prolonguen
Negative (non)		non prolongues	non prolongue	non prolonguemos	non prolonguedes	non prolonguen

    Reintegrated conjugation of prolongar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	prolongar
Personal	prolongar	prolongares	prolongar	prolongarmos	prolongardes	prolongarem
Gerund
	prolongando
Past participle
Masculine	prolongado			prolongados
Feminine	prolongada			prolongadas
Indicative
Present	prolongo	prolongas	prolonga	prolongamos	prolongades, prolongais	prolongam
Imperfect	prolongava	prolongavas	prolongava	prolongávamos	prolongávades, prolongáveis, prolongávais1	prolongavam
Preterite	prolonguei	prolongaste, prolongache1	prolongou	prolongamos	prolongastes	prolongárom, prolongaram
Pluperfect	prolongara	prolongaras	prolongara	prolongáramos	prolongárades, prolongáreis, prolongárais1	prolongaram
Future	prolongarei	prolongarás	prolongará	prolongaremos	prolongaredes, prolongareis	prolongarám, prolongarão
Conditional	prolongaria	prolongarias	prolongaria	prolongaríamos	prolongaríades, prolongaríeis, prolongaríais1	prolongariam
Subjunctive
Present	prolongue	prolongues	prolongue	prolonguemos	prolonguedes, prolongueis	prolonguem
Imperfect	prolongasse	prolongasses	prolongasse	prolongássemos	prolongássedes, prolongásseis	prolongassem
Future	prolongar	prolongares	prolongar	prolongarmos	prolongardes	prolongarem
Imperative
Affirmative		prolonga	prolongue	prolonguemos	prolongade, prolongai	prolonguem
Negative (nom)		nom prolongues	nom prolongue	nom prolonguemos	nom prolonguedes, nom prolongueis	nom prolonguem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• longo
• perlonga

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “perlongar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “perlong”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “prolongar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “prolongar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “prolongar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōlongāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.lõˈɡa(ʁ)/ [pɾo.lõˈɡa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.lõˈɡa(ʁ)/ [pɾo.lõˈɡa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pɾo.lõˈɡa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pɾo.lõˈɡa(ʁ)/ [pɾo.lõˈɡa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /pɾo.lõˈɡa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.lõˈɡaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.lõˈɡaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.lõˈɡa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pro‧lon‧gar

Verb

prolongar (first-person singular present prolongo, first-person singular preterite prolonguei, past participle prolongado)

1. to extend, prolong, lengthen

Conjugation

    Conjugation of prolongar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	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	prolongar
Personal	prolongar	prolongares	prolongar	prolongarmos	prolongardes	prolongarem
Gerund
	prolongando
Past participle
Masculine	prolongado			prolongados
Feminine	prolongada			prolongadas
Indicative
Present	prolongo	prolongas	prolonga	prolongamos	prolongais	prolongam
Imperfect	prolongava	prolongavas	prolongava	prolongávamos	prolongáveis	prolongavam
Preterite	prolonguei	prolongaste	prolongou	prolongamos1, prolongámos2	prolongastes	prolongaram
Pluperfect	prolongara	prolongaras	prolongara	prolongáramos	prolongáreis	prolongaram
Future	prolongarei	prolongarás	prolongará	prolongaremos	prolongareis	prolongarão
Conditional	prolongaria	prolongarias	prolongaria	prolongaríamos	prolongaríeis	prolongariam
Subjunctive
Present	prolongue	prolongues	prolongue	prolonguemos	prolongueis	prolonguem
Imperfect	prolongasse	prolongasses	prolongasse	prolongássemos	prolongásseis	prolongassem
Future	prolongar	prolongares	prolongar	prolongarmos	prolongardes	prolongarem
Imperative
Affirmative		prolonga	prolongue	prolonguemos	prolongai	prolonguem
Negative (não)		não prolongues	não prolongue	não prolonguemos	não prolongueis	não prolonguem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• prolongação
• prolongamento

Further reading

• “prolongar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “prolongar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prolongāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾolonˈɡaɾ/ [pɾo.lõŋˈɡaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pro‧lon‧gar

Verb

prolongar (first-person singular present prolongo, first-person singular preterite prolongué, past participle prolongado)

1. to prolong, drag out

Conjugation

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

infinitive			prolongar
gerund			prolongando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		prolongado		prolongada
		plural		prolongados		prolongadas
		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	prolongo	prolongastú prolongásvos	prolonga	prolongamos	prolongáis	prolongan
	imperfect	prolongaba	prolongabas	prolongaba	prolongábamos	prolongabais	prolongaban
	preterite	prolongué	prolongaste	prolongó	prolongamos	prolongasteis	prolongaron
	future	prolongaré	prolongarás	prolongará	prolongaremos	prolongaréis	prolongarán
	conditional	prolongaría	prolongarías	prolongaría	prolongaríamos	prolongaríais	prolongarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	prolongue	prolonguestú prolonguésvos2	prolongue	prolonguemos	prolonguéis	prolonguen
	imperfect (ra)	prolongara	prolongaras	prolongara	prolongáramos	prolongarais	prolongaran
	imperfect (se)	prolongase	prolongases	prolongase	prolongásemos	prolongaseis	prolongasen
	future1	prolongare	prolongares	prolongare	prolongáremos	prolongareis	prolongaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		prolongatú prolongávos	prolongue	prolonguemos	prolongad	prolonguen
	negative		no prolongues	no prolongue	no prolonguemos	no prolonguéis	no prolonguen

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

    Selected combined forms of prolongar (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 prolongar	dative	prolongarme	prolongarte	prolongarle, prolongarse	prolongarnos	prolongaros	prolongarles, prolongarse
	accusative	prolongarme	prolongarte	prolongarlo, prolongarla, prolongarse	prolongarnos	prolongaros	prolongarlos, prolongarlas, prolongarse
with gerund prolongando	dative	prolongándome	prolongándote	prolongándole, prolongándose	prolongándonos	prolongándoos	prolongándoles, prolongándose
	accusative	prolongándome	prolongándote	prolongándolo, prolongándola, prolongándose	prolongándonos	prolongándoos	prolongándolos, prolongándolas, prolongándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative prolonga	dative	prolóngame	prolóngate	prolóngale	prolónganos	not used	prolóngales
	accusative	prolóngame	prolóngate	prolóngalo, prolóngala	prolónganos	not used	prolóngalos, prolóngalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative prolongá	dative	prolongame	prolongate	prolongale	prolonganos	not used	prolongales
	accusative	prolongame	prolongate	prolongalo, prolongala	prolonganos	not used	prolongalos, prolongalas
with formal second-person singular imperative prolongue	dative	prolóngueme	not used	prolónguele, prolónguese	prolónguenos	not used	prolóngueles
	accusative	prolóngueme	not used	prolónguelo, prolónguela, prolónguese	prolónguenos	not used	prolónguelos, prolónguelas
with first-person plural imperative prolonguemos	dative	not used	prolonguémoste	prolonguémosle	prolonguémonos	prolonguémoos	prolonguémosles
	accusative	not used	prolonguémoste	prolonguémoslo, prolonguémosla	prolonguémonos	prolonguémoos	prolonguémoslos, prolonguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative prolongad	dative	prolongadme	not used	prolongadle	prolongadnos	prolongaos	prolongadles
	accusative	prolongadme	not used	prolongadlo, prolongadla	prolongadnos	prolongaos	prolongadlos, prolongadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative prolonguen	dative	prolónguenme	not used	prolónguenle	prolónguennos	not used	prolónguenles, prolónguense
	accusative	prolónguenme	not used	prolónguenlo, prolónguenla	prolónguennos	not used	prolónguenlos, prolónguenlas, prolónguense

Derived terms

• prolongado
• prolongamiento

Related terms

• prolongación

Further reading

• “prolongar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025