bregar

Catalan

Etymology

From Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (brikan, “to break”), from Proto-Germanic *brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-.

Pronunciation

Verb

bregar (first-person singular present brego, first-person singular preterite breguí, past participle bregat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

  1. (intransitive) to fight, to struggle
  2. (transitive) to scrub
  3. (transitive) to brake (to crush the stems of flax or hemp in order to separate the fibers)

Conjugation
    Conjugation of bregar (first conjugation, g-gu alternation)
infinitive bregar
gerund bregant
past participle masculine feminine
singular bregat bregada
plural bregats bregades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present brego bregues brega breguem bregueu breguen
imperfect bregava bregaves bregava bregàvem bregàveu bregaven
future bregaré bregaràs bregarà bregarem bregareu bregaran
preterite breguí bregares bregà bregàrem bregàreu bregaren
conditional bregaria bregaries bregaria bregaríem bregaríeu bregarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present bregui breguis bregui breguem bregueu breguin
imperfect bregués breguessis bregués breguéssim breguéssiu breguessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós		 vostès
affirmative — brega bregui breguem bregueu breguin
negative (no) — no breguis no bregui no breguem no bregueu no breguin

Derived terms

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (brikan, “to break”), from Proto-Germanic *brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɾeˈɡaɾ/ [bɾeˈɣ̞aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: bre‧gar

Verb

bregar (first-person singular present brego, first-person singular preterite bregué, past participle bregado)

  1. to toil, struggle
  2. (literary) to fight
  3. (Puerto Rico) to deal with

Conjugation
    Conjugation of bregar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive bregar
gerund bregando
past participle masculine feminine
singular bregado bregada
plural bregados bregadas
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 brego bregastú
bregásvos		 brega bregamos bregáis bregan
imperfect bregaba bregabas bregaba bregábamos bregabais bregaban
preterite bregué bregaste bregó bregamos bregasteis bregaron
future bregaré bregarás bregará bregaremos bregaréis bregarán
conditional bregaría bregarías bregaría bregaríamos bregaríais bregarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present bregue breguestú
breguésvos2		 bregue breguemos breguéis breguen
imperfect
(ra)		 bregara bregaras bregara bregáramos bregarais bregaran
imperfect
(se)		 bregase bregases bregase bregásemos bregaseis bregasen
future1 bregare bregares bregare bregáremos bregareis bregaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative bregatú
bregávos		 bregue breguemos bregad breguen
negative no bregues no bregue no breguemos no breguéis no breguen

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

    Selected combined forms of bregar (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 bregar
dative bregarme bregarte bregarle, bregarse bregarnos bregaros bregarles, bregarse
accusative bregarme bregarte bregarlo, bregarla, bregarse bregarnos bregaros bregarlos, bregarlas, bregarse
with gerund bregando
dative bregándome bregándote bregándole, bregándose bregándonos bregándoos bregándoles, bregándose
accusative bregándome bregándote bregándolo, bregándola, bregándose bregándonos bregándoos bregándolos, bregándolas, bregándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative brega
dative brégame brégate brégale bréganos not used brégales
accusative brégame brégate brégalo, brégala bréganos not used brégalos, brégalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative bregá
dative bregame bregate bregale breganos not used bregales
accusative bregame bregate bregalo, bregala breganos not used bregalos, bregalas
with formal second-person singular imperative bregue
dative brégueme not used bréguele, bréguese bréguenos not used brégueles
accusative brégueme not used bréguelo, bréguela, bréguese bréguenos not used bréguelos, bréguelas
with first-person plural imperative breguemos
dative not used breguémoste breguémosle breguémonos breguémoos breguémosles
accusative not used breguémoste breguémoslo, breguémosla breguémonos breguémoos breguémoslos, breguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative bregad
dative bregadme not used bregadle bregadnos bregaos bregadles
accusative bregadme not used bregadlo, bregadla bregadnos bregaos bregadlos, bregadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative breguen
dative bréguenme not used bréguenle bréguennos not used bréguenles, bréguense
accusative bréguenme not used bréguenlo, bréguenla bréguennos not used bréguenlos, bréguenlas, bréguense

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