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Alegar
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alegar
alegar
Portuguese
Verb
alegar (first-person singular present indicative alego, past participle alegado)
Quotations
For usage examples of this term, see Citations:alegar.
Conjugation
Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb alegar
Spanish
Etymology
Verb
alegar (first-person singular present alego, first-person singular preterite alegué, past participle alegado)
- (transitive) to cite as a defence or justification for one's actions
- (intransitive) to complain
- (intransitive, law) to speak in defence of the accused in a criminal proceeding; to defend
Synonyms
Conjugation
- Rule: g becomes a gu before e.
infinitive | alegar | ||||||
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gerund | alegando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | alegado | alegada | |||||
plural | alegados | alegadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes |
|
present | alego | alegastú alegásvos |
alega | alegamos | alegáis | alegan | |
imperfect | alegaba | alegabas | alegaba | alegábamos | alegabais | alegaban | |
preterite | alegué | alegaste | alegó | alegamos | alegasteis | alegaron | |
future | alegaré | alegarás | alegará | alegaremos | alegaréis | alegarán | |
conditional | alegaría | alegarías | alegaría | alegaríamos | alegaríais | alegarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes |
|
present | alegue | alegues | alegue | aleguemos | aleguéis | aleguen | |
imperfect (ra) |
alegara | alegaras | alegara | alegáramos | alegarais | alegaran | |
imperfect (se) |
alegase | alegases | alegase | alegásemos | alegaseis | alegasen | |
future | alegare | alegares | alegare | alegáremos | alegareis | alegaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | alegatú alegávos |
alegue | aleguemos | alegad | aleguen | ||
negative | no alegues | no alegue | no aleguemos | no aleguéis | no aleguen |
Other verbs with this conjugation:
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Spanish_verbs_ending_in_-ar_(conjugation_-gar)'>Spanish verbs ending in -ar (conjugation -gar)</a>