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rugir
rugir
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rugīre, present active infinitive of rugiō (“roar”). Cf. Old French ruir, a more gallicized variant. See also rut.
Verb
rugir
- to roar
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of rugir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | rugir | avoir rugi | |||||
| gerund | en rugissant | en ayant rugi | |||||
| present participle | rugissant /ʁy.ʒi.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | rugi /ʁy.ʒi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | rugis /ʁy.ʒi/ |
rugis /ʁy.ʒi/ |
rugit /ʁy.ʒi/ |
rugissons /ʁy.ʒi.sɔ̃/ |
rugissez /ʁy.ʒi.se/ |
rugissent /ʁy.ʒis/ |
| imperfect | rugissais /ʁy.ʒi.sɛ/ |
rugissais /ʁy.ʒi.sɛ/ |
rugissait /ʁy.ʒi.sɛ/ |
rugissions /ʁy.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ |
rugissiez /ʁy.ʒi.sje/ |
rugissaient /ʁy.ʒi.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | rugis /ʁy.ʒi/ |
rugis /ʁy.ʒi/ |
rugit /ʁy.ʒi/ |
rugîmes /ʁy.ʒim/ |
rugîtes /ʁy.ʒit/ |
rugirent /ʁy.ʒiʁ/ |
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| future | rugirai /ʁy.ʒi.ʁe/ |
rugiras /ʁy.ʒi.ʁa/ |
rugira /ʁy.ʒi.ʁa/ |
rugirons /ʁy.ʒi.ʁɔ̃/ |
rugirez /ʁy.ʒi.ʁe/ |
rugiront /ʁy.ʒi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | rugirais /ʁy.ʒi.ʁɛ/ |
rugirais /ʁy.ʒi.ʁɛ/ |
rugirait /ʁy.ʒi.ʁɛ/ |
rugirions /ʁy.ʒi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rugiriez /ʁy.ʒi.ʁje/ |
rugiraient /ʁy.ʒi.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | rugisse /ʁy.ʒis/ |
rugisses /ʁy.ʒis/ |
rugisse /ʁy.ʒis/ |
rugissions /ʁy.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ |
rugissiez /ʁy.ʒi.sje/ |
rugissent /ʁy.ʒis/ |
| imperfect1 |
rugisse /ʁy.ʒis/ |
rugisses /ʁy.ʒis/ |
rugît /ʁy.ʒi/ |
rugissions /ʁy.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ |
rugissiez /ʁy.ʒi.sje/ |
rugissent /ʁy.ʒis/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | rugis /ʁy.ʒi/ |
— | rugissons /ʁy.ʒi.sɔ̃/ |
rugissez /ʁy.ʒi.se/ |
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Derived terms
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin rugīre, present active infinitive of rugiō (“roar”).
Verb
rugir (first-person singular present indicative rujo, past participle rugido)
- to roar (to make a loud, deep cry)
Conjugation
Conjugation of the Portuguese -ir verb rugir
| Notes:[edit] | ||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) |
Second-person (tu) |
Third-person (ele / ela / você) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) |
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| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | rugir | |||||
| Personal | rugir | rugires | rugir | rugirmos | rugirdes | rugirem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| rugindo | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | rugido | rugidos | ||||
| Feminine | rugida | rugidas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | rujo | ruges | ruge | rugimos | rugis | rugem |
| Imperfect | rugia | rugias | rugia | rugíamos | rugíeis | rugiam |
| Preterite | rugi | rugiste | rugiu | rugimos | rugistes | rugiram |
| Pluperfect | rugira | rugiras | rugira | rugíramos | rugíreis | rugiram |
| Future | rugirei | rugirás | rugirá | rugiremos | rugireis | rugirão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| rugiria | rugirias | rugiria | rugiríamos | rugiríeis | rugiriam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | ruja | rujas | ruja | rujamos | rujais | rujam |
| Imperfect | rugisse | rugisses | rugisse | rugíssemos | rugísseis | rugissem |
| Future | rugir | rugires | rugir | rugirmos | rugirdes | rugirem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | - | ruge | ruja | rujamos | rugi | rujam |
| Negative (não) | - | rujas | ruja | rujamos | rujais | rujam |
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin rugīre, present active infinitive of rugiō (“roar”).
Verb
rugir (first-person singular present rujo, first-person singular preterite rugí, past participle rugido)
Conjugation
| infinitive | rugir | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | rugiendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | rugido | rugida | |||||
| plural | rugidos | rugidas | |||||
| 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 |
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| present | rujo | rugestú rugísvos |
ruge | rugimos | rugís | rugen | |
| imperfect | rugía | rugías | rugía | rugíamos | rugíais | rugían | |
| preterite | rugí | rugiste | rugió | rugimos | rugisteis | rugieron | |
| future | rugiré | rugirás | rugirá | rugiremos | rugiréis | rugirán | |
| conditional | rugiría | rugirías | rugiría | rugiríamos | rugiríais | rugirían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes |
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| present | ruja | rujas | ruja | rujamos | rujáis | rujan | |
| imperfect (ra) |
rugiera | rugieras | rugiera | rugiéramos | rugierais | rugieran | |
| imperfect (se) |
rugiese | rugieses | rugiese | rugiésemos | rugieseis | rugiesen | |
| future | rugiere | rugieres | rugiere | rugiéremos | rugiereis | rugieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | rugetú rugívos |
ruja | rujamos | rugid | rujan | ||
| negative | no rujas | no ruja | no rujamos | no rujáis | no rujan | ||
Other verbs with this conjugation:
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