ungir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ungere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [uɲˈʒi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [uɲˈd͡ʒiɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Verb

ungir (first-person singular present ungeixo, first-person singular preterite ungí, past participle ungit)

1. (obsolete) to grease, to rub with oil

   Synonym: untar

2. to anoint

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ungir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			ungir
gerund			ungint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ungit		ungida
		plural		ungits		ungides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	ungeixo	ungeixes	ungeix	ungim	ungiu	ungeixen
	imperfect	ungia	ungies	ungia	ungíem	ungíeu	ungien
	future	ungiré	ungiràs	ungirà	ungirem	ungireu	ungiran
	preterite	ungí	ungires	ungí	ungírem	ungíreu	ungiren
	conditional	ungiria	ungiries	ungiria	ungiríem	ungiríeu	ungirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	ungeixi	ungeixis	ungeixi	ungim	ungiu	ungeixin
	imperfect	ungís	ungissis	ungís	ungíssim	ungíssiu	ungissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	ungeix	ungeixi	ungim	ungiu	ungeixin
	negative (no)	—	no ungeixis	no ungeixi	no ungim	no ungiu	no ungeixin

Related terms

• unció
• ungüent

References

• “ungir”, 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
• “ungir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “ungir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ungir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Icelandic

Verb

ungir

1. second-person singular active present subjunctive of unga

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ungir, ongir, from Latin ungĕre.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ũˈʒiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ũˈʒiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ũˈʒi.ɾi/

• Rhymes: -iʁ, -i, -iɾ
• Homophone: ungi (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: un‧gir

Verb

ungir (first-person singular present unjo, first-person singular preterite ungi, past participle ungido)

1. (transitive) to anoint (grease with oil)
2. (transitive) to anoint (wet or moisten with oil or liquid)
3. (transitive, religion) to administer the sacrament of extreme unction to
4. (transitive, religion) to consecrate (give possession or invest with authority through anointing)
5. (transitive) to make better, more perfect
6. (reflexive, pronominal) to anoint oneself
7. (reflexive, pronominal) to penetrate with anointing

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ungir (g-j 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	ungir
Personal	ungir	ungires	ungir	ungirmos	ungirdes	ungirem
Gerund
	ungindo
Past participle
Masculine	ungido			ungidos
Feminine	ungida			ungidas
Indicative
Present	unjo	unges	unge	ungimos	ungis	ungem
Imperfect	ungia	ungias	ungia	ungíamos	ungíeis	ungiam
Preterite	ungi	ungiste	ungiu	ungimos	ungistes	ungiram
Pluperfect	ungira	ungiras	ungira	ungíramos	ungíreis	ungiram
Future	ungirei	ungirás	ungirá	ungiremos	ungireis	ungirão
Conditional	ungiria	ungirias	ungiria	ungiríamos	ungiríeis	ungiriam
Subjunctive
Present	unja	unjas	unja	unjamos	unjais	unjam
Imperfect	ungisse	ungisses	ungisse	ungíssemos	ungísseis	ungissem
Future	ungir	ungires	ungir	ungirmos	ungirdes	ungirem
Imperative
Affirmative		unge	unja	unjamos	ungi	unjam
Negative (não)		não unjas	não unja	não unjamos	não unjais	não unjam

    Conjugation of ungir-se (g-j 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	ungir-se
Personal	ungir-me	ungires-te	ungir-se	ungirmo-nos	ungirdes-vos	ungirem-se
Gerund
	ungindo-se
Past participle
Masculine	ungido			ungidos
Feminine	ungida			ungidas
Indicative
Present	unjo-me	unges-te	unge-se	ungimo-nos	ungis-vos	ungem-se
Imperfect	ungia-me	ungias-te	ungia-se	ungíamo-nos	ungíeis-vos	ungiam-se
Preterite	ungi-me	ungiste-te	ungiu-se	ungimo-nos	ungistes-vos	ungiram-se
Pluperfect	ungira-me	ungiras-te	ungira-se	ungíramo-nos	ungíreis-vos	ungiram-se
Future	ungir-me-ei	ungir-te-ás	ungir-se-á	ungir-nos-emos	ungir-vos-eis	ungir-se-ão
Conditional	ungir-me-ia	ungir-te-ias	ungir-se-ia	ungir-nos-íamos	ungir-vos-íeis	ungir-se-iam
Subjunctive
Present	me unja	te unjas	se unja	nos unjamos	vos unjais	se unjam
Imperfect	me ungisse	te ungisses	se ungisse	nos ungíssemos	vos ungísseis	se ungissem
Future	me ungir	te ungires	se ungir	nos ungirmos	vos ungirdes	se ungirem
Imperative
Affirmative		unge-te	unja-se	unjamo-nos	ungi-vos	unjam-se
Negative (não)		não te unjas	não se unja	não nos unjamos	não vos unjais	não se unjam

Synonyms

• besuntar
• olear
• sagrar

Related terms

• jungir
• mungir
• pungir
• undulado
• undular
• unduloso
• ungadiama
• ungido
• ungual
• unguari
• ungue
• ungueal
• unguentáceo
• unir
• urgir

Further reading

• “ungir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ungir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “ungir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish ungir, borrowed from Latin ungere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /unˈxiɾ/ [ũŋˈxiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: un‧gir

Verb

ungir (first-person singular present unjo, first-person singular preterite ungí, past participle ungido)

1. (transitive) to anoint (to smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance)
2. (transitive) to anoint (to apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration)
3. (transitive) to anoint (to choose or nominate somebody for a leading or otherwise important position)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ungir (g-j alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			ungir
gerund			ungiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ungido		ungida
		plural		ungidos		ungidas
		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	unjo	ungestú ungísvos	unge	ungimos	ungís	ungen
	imperfect	ungía	ungías	ungía	ungíamos	ungíais	ungían
	preterite	ungí	ungiste	ungió	ungimos	ungisteis	ungieron
	future	ungiré	ungirás	ungirá	ungiremos	ungiréis	ungirán
	conditional	ungiría	ungirías	ungiría	ungiríamos	ungiríais	ungirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	unja	unjastú unjásvos2	unja	unjamos	unjáis	unjan
	imperfect (ra)	ungiera	ungieras	ungiera	ungiéramos	ungierais	ungieran
	imperfect (se)	ungiese	ungieses	ungiese	ungiésemos	ungieseis	ungiesen
	future1	ungiere	ungieres	ungiere	ungiéremos	ungiereis	ungieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		ungetú ungívos	unja	unjamos	ungid	unjan
	negative		no unjas	no unja	no unjamos	no unjáis	no unjan

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

    Selected combined forms of ungir (g-j 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 ungir	dative	ungirme	ungirte	ungirle, ungirse	ungirnos	ungiros	ungirles, ungirse
	accusative	ungirme	ungirte	ungirlo, ungirla, ungirse	ungirnos	ungiros	ungirlos, ungirlas, ungirse
with gerund ungiendo	dative	ungiéndome	ungiéndote	ungiéndole, ungiéndose	ungiéndonos	ungiéndoos	ungiéndoles, ungiéndose
	accusative	ungiéndome	ungiéndote	ungiéndolo, ungiéndola, ungiéndose	ungiéndonos	ungiéndoos	ungiéndolos, ungiéndolas, ungiéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative unge	dative	úngeme	úngete	úngele	úngenos	not used	úngeles
	accusative	úngeme	úngete	úngelo, úngela	úngenos	not used	úngelos, úngelas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative ungí	dative	ungime	ungite	ungile	unginos	not used	ungiles
	accusative	ungime	ungite	ungilo, ungila	unginos	not used	ungilos, ungilas
with formal second-person singular imperative unja	dative	únjame	not used	únjale, únjase	únjanos	not used	únjales
	accusative	únjame	not used	únjalo, únjala, únjase	únjanos	not used	únjalos, únjalas
with first-person plural imperative unjamos	dative	not used	unjámoste	unjámosle	unjámonos	unjámoos	unjámosles
	accusative	not used	unjámoste	unjámoslo, unjámosla	unjámonos	unjámoos	unjámoslos, unjámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative ungid	dative	ungidme	not used	ungidle	ungidnos	ungíos	ungidles
	accusative	ungidme	not used	ungidlo, ungidla	ungidnos	ungíos	ungidlos, ungidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative unjan	dative	únjanme	not used	únjanle	únjannos	not used	únjanles, únjanse
	accusative	únjanme	not used	únjanlo, únjanla	únjannos	not used	únjanlos, únjanlas, únjanse

Related terms

• unción
• ungüento
• untar
• unto

Further reading

• “ungir”, 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