sosegar

Galician

Alternative forms

• asosegar

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century (assessegar). From Vulgar Latin *sessicare (compare local Medieval Latin sessica (“site, sit”)), from sessus, past participle of sedeō. Compare Portuguese sossegar, Spanish sosegar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [soseˈɣaɾ]

Verb

sosegar (first-person singular present sosego, first-person singular preterite soseguei, past participle sosegado)

1. (archaic) to secure, sit; to settle
   • 1433, Á. Rodriguez González & José Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435), Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, d. 1:

     Condiçon asosegada ontre as ditas partes

     Condition that was settled among said parts:

   Synonyms: asegurar, asentar

2. to calm

   Synonym: acougar

3. to calm down

   Synonym: acougar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sosegar (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	sosegar
Personal	sosegar	sosegares	sosegar	sosegarmos	sosegardes	sosegaren
Gerund
	sosegando
Past participle
Masculine	sosegado			sosegados
Feminine	sosegada			sosegadas
Indicative
Present	sosego	sosegas	sosega	sosegamos	sosegades	sosegan
Imperfect	sosegaba	sosegabas	sosegaba	sosegabamos	sosegabades	sosegaban
Preterite	soseguei	sosegaches	sosegou	sosegamos	sosegastes	sosegaron
Pluperfect	sosegara	sosegaras	sosegara	sosegaramos	sosegarades	sosegaran
Future	sosegarei	sosegarás	sosegará	sosegaremos	sosegaredes	sosegarán
Conditional	sosegaría	sosegarías	sosegaría	sosegariamos	sosegariades	sosegarían
Subjunctive
Present	sosegue	sosegues	sosegue	soseguemos	soseguedes	soseguen
Imperfect	sosegase	sosegases	sosegase	sosegásemos	sosegásedes	sosegasen
Future	sosegar	sosegares	sosegar	sosegarmos	sosegardes	sosegaren
Imperative
Affirmative		sosega	sosegue	soseguemos	sosegade	soseguen
Negative (non)		non sosegues	non sosegue	non soseguemos	non soseguedes	non soseguen

Related terms

• resesar
• reseso
• resésego
• sosego

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “asessegar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sesseg”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sosegar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “sosegar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “sosegar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish sessegar, from Vulgar Latin *sessicāre, from Latin sessus, perfect passive participle of sedeō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soseˈɡaɾ/ [so.seˈɣ̞aɾ]

• Audio (Argentina):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: so‧se‧gar

Verb

sosegar (first-person singular present sosiego, first-person singular preterite sosegué, past participle sosegado)

1. to calm

   Synonyms: calmar, tranquilizar

2. to calm down

Conjugation

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

infinitive			sosegar
gerund			sosegando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sosegado		sosegada
		plural		sosegados		sosegadas
		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	sosiego	sosiegastú sosegásvos	sosiega	sosegamos	sosegáis	sosiegan
	imperfect	sosegaba	sosegabas	sosegaba	sosegábamos	sosegabais	sosegaban
	preterite	sosegué	sosegaste	sosegó	sosegamos	sosegasteis	sosegaron
	future	sosegaré	sosegarás	sosegará	sosegaremos	sosegaréis	sosegarán
	conditional	sosegaría	sosegarías	sosegaría	sosegaríamos	sosegaríais	sosegarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sosiegue	sosieguestú soseguésvos2	sosiegue	soseguemos	soseguéis	sosieguen
	imperfect (ra)	sosegara	sosegaras	sosegara	sosegáramos	sosegarais	sosegaran
	imperfect (se)	sosegase	sosegases	sosegase	sosegásemos	sosegaseis	sosegasen
	future1	sosegare	sosegares	sosegare	sosegáremos	sosegareis	sosegaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		sosiegatú sosegávos	sosiegue	soseguemos	sosegad	sosieguen
	negative		no sosiegues	no sosiegue	no soseguemos	no soseguéis	no sosieguen

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

    Selected combined forms of sosegar (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 sosegar
	dative	sosegarme	sosegarte	sosegarle, sosegarse	sosegarnos	sosegaros	sosegarles, sosegarse
	accusative	sosegarme	sosegarte	sosegarlo, sosegarla, sosegarse	sosegarnos	sosegaros	sosegarlos, sosegarlas, sosegarse
with gerund sosegando
	dative	sosegándome	sosegándote	sosegándole, sosegándose	sosegándonos	sosegándoos	sosegándoles, sosegándose
	accusative	sosegándome	sosegándote	sosegándolo, sosegándola, sosegándose	sosegándonos	sosegándoos	sosegándolos, sosegándolas, sosegándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative sosiega
	dative	sosiégame	sosiégate	sosiégale	sosiéganos	not used	sosiégales
	accusative	sosiégame	sosiégate	sosiégalo, sosiégala	sosiéganos	not used	sosiégalos, sosiégalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative sosegá
	dative	sosegame	sosegate	sosegale	soseganos	not used	sosegales
	accusative	sosegame	sosegate	sosegalo, sosegala	soseganos	not used	sosegalos, sosegalas
with formal second-person singular imperative sosiegue
	dative	sosiégueme	not used	sosiéguele, sosiéguese	sosiéguenos	not used	sosiégueles
	accusative	sosiégueme	not used	sosiéguelo, sosiéguela, sosiéguese	sosiéguenos	not used	sosiéguelos, sosiéguelas
with first-person plural imperative soseguemos
	dative	not used	soseguémoste	soseguémosle	soseguémonos	soseguémoos	soseguémosles
	accusative	not used	soseguémoste	soseguémoslo, soseguémosla	soseguémonos	soseguémoos	soseguémoslos, soseguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sosegad
	dative	sosegadme	not used	sosegadle	sosegadnos	sosegaos	sosegadles
	accusative	sosegadme	not used	sosegadlo, sosegadla	sosegadnos	sosegaos	sosegadlos, sosegadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative sosieguen
	dative	sosiéguenme	not used	sosiéguenle	sosiéguennos	not used	sosiéguenles, sosiéguense
	accusative	sosiéguenme	not used	sosiéguenlo, sosiéguenla	sosiéguennos	not used	sosiéguenlos, sosiéguenlas, sosiéguense

Derived terms

• sosiego

 

Further reading

• “sosegar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16