urgir

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Northwestern) [urˈʒi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [uɾˈd͡ʒiɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Verb

urgir (first-person singular present urgeixo, first-person singular preterite urgí, past participle urgit)

1. to be urgent

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of urgir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			urgir
gerund			urgint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		urgit		urgida
		plural		urgits		urgides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	urgeixo	urgeixes	urgeix	urgim	urgiu	urgeixen
	imperfect	urgia	urgies	urgia	urgíem	urgíeu	urgien
	future	urgiré	urgiràs	urgirà	urgirem	urgireu	urgiran
	preterite	urgí	urgires	urgí	urgírem	urgíreu	urgiren
	conditional	urgiria	urgiries	urgiria	urgiríem	urgiríeu	urgirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	urgeixi	urgeixis	urgeixi	urgim	urgiu	urgeixin
	imperfect	urgís	urgissis	urgís	urgíssim	urgíssiu	urgissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	urgeix	urgeixi	urgim	urgiu	urgeixin
	negative (no)	—	no urgeixis	no urgeixi	no urgim	no urgiu	no urgeixin

Related terms

• urgència
• urgent

Further reading

• “urgir”, 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
• “urgir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “urgir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “urgir”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin urgēre.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /uɾˈʒiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /uɾˈʒiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /uɾˈʒi.ɾi/

• Homophone: urgi (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: ur‧gir

Verb

urgir (first-person singular present urjo, first-person singular preterite urgi, past participle urgido)

1. (intransitive) to be urgent, pressing
2. (transitive) to act urgently, in a hurry

   O tempo urge.

   Time flies.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of urgir (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	urgir
Personal	urgir	urgires	urgir	urgirmos	urgirdes	urgirem
Gerund
	urgindo
Past participle
Masculine	urgido			urgidos
Feminine	urgida			urgidas
Indicative
Present	urjo	urges	urge	urgimos	urgis	urgem
Imperfect	urgia	urgias	urgia	urgíamos	urgíeis	urgiam
Preterite	urgi	urgiste	urgiu	urgimos	urgistes	urgiram
Pluperfect	urgira	urgiras	urgira	urgíramos	urgíreis	urgiram
Future	urgirei	urgirás	urgirá	urgiremos	urgireis	urgirão
Conditional	urgiria	urgirias	urgiria	urgiríamos	urgiríeis	urgiriam
Subjunctive
Present	urja	urjas	urja	urjamos	urjais	urjam
Imperfect	urgisse	urgisses	urgisse	urgíssemos	urgísseis	urgissem
Future	urgir	urgires	urgir	urgirmos	urgirdes	urgirem
Imperative
Affirmative		urge	urja	urjamos	urgi	urjam
Negative (não)		não urjas	não urja	não urjamos	não urjais	não urjam

Related terms

• urgência
• urgente

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin urgēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uɾˈxiɾ/ [uɾˈxiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: ur‧gir

Verb

urgir (first-person singular present urjo, first-person singular preterite urgí, past participle urgido)

1. (intransitive) to be urgent, pressing

   Me urge que me ames.

   I really need you to love me.

Conjugation

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

infinitive			urgir
gerund			urgiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		urgido		urgida
		plural		urgidos		urgidas
		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	urjo	urgestú urgísvos	urge	urgimos	urgís	urgen
	imperfect	urgía	urgías	urgía	urgíamos	urgíais	urgían
	preterite	urgí	urgiste	urgió	urgimos	urgisteis	urgieron
	future	urgiré	urgirás	urgirá	urgiremos	urgiréis	urgirán
	conditional	urgiría	urgirías	urgiría	urgiríamos	urgiríais	urgirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	urja	urjastú urjásvos2	urja	urjamos	urjáis	urjan
	imperfect (ra)	urgiera	urgieras	urgiera	urgiéramos	urgierais	urgieran
	imperfect (se)	urgiese	urgieses	urgiese	urgiésemos	urgieseis	urgiesen
	future1	urgiere	urgieres	urgiere	urgiéremos	urgiereis	urgieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		urgetú urgívos	urja	urjamos	urgid	urjan
	negative		no urjas	no urja	no urjamos	no urjáis	no urjan

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

    Selected combined forms of urgir (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 urgir	dative	urgirme	urgirte	urgirle, urgirse	urgirnos	urgiros	urgirles, urgirse
	accusative	urgirme	urgirte	urgirlo, urgirla, urgirse	urgirnos	urgiros	urgirlos, urgirlas, urgirse
with gerund urgiendo	dative	urgiéndome	urgiéndote	urgiéndole, urgiéndose	urgiéndonos	urgiéndoos	urgiéndoles, urgiéndose
	accusative	urgiéndome	urgiéndote	urgiéndolo, urgiéndola, urgiéndose	urgiéndonos	urgiéndoos	urgiéndolos, urgiéndolas, urgiéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative urge	dative	úrgeme	úrgete	úrgele	úrgenos	not used	úrgeles
	accusative	úrgeme	úrgete	úrgelo, úrgela	úrgenos	not used	úrgelos, úrgelas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative urgí	dative	urgime	urgite	urgile	urginos	not used	urgiles
	accusative	urgime	urgite	urgilo, urgila	urginos	not used	urgilos, urgilas
with formal second-person singular imperative urja	dative	úrjame	not used	úrjale, úrjase	úrjanos	not used	úrjales
	accusative	úrjame	not used	úrjalo, úrjala, úrjase	úrjanos	not used	úrjalos, úrjalas
with first-person plural imperative urjamos	dative	not used	urjámoste	urjámosle	urjámonos	urjámoos	urjámosles
	accusative	not used	urjámoste	urjámoslo, urjámosla	urjámonos	urjámoos	urjámoslos, urjámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative urgid	dative	urgidme	not used	urgidle	urgidnos	urgíos	urgidles
	accusative	urgidme	not used	urgidlo, urgidla	urgidnos	urgíos	urgidlos, urgidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative urjan	dative	úrjanme	not used	úrjanle	úrjannos	not used	úrjanles, úrjanse
	accusative	úrjanme	not used	úrjanlo, úrjanla	úrjannos	not used	úrjanlos, úrjanlas, úrjanse

Related terms

• urgencia
• urgente

References

• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983), “urgir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Spanish), volume V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 721

Further reading

• “urgir”, 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