allegar

See also: al·legar

Latin

Verb

allegar

  1. first-person singular future passive indicative of allegō

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin applicāre, present active infinitive of applicō. Compare the doublets aplegar and aplicar.

Verb

allegar (first-person singular present allego, first-person singular preterite allegué, past participle allegado)

  1. (transitive) to collect, gather, collect up, bring together
    • 1870, Carlos Ramírez de Arellano, El licenciado Pedro de La-Gasca, Chapter 6:
      algún afán por allegar riquezas
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  2. (reflexive) to adopt (an idea, ideology etc.)
  3. (reflexive) to approach
  4. (reflexive) to arrive, reach, get to

Conjugation
    Conjugation of allegar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive allegar
gerund allegando
past participle masculine feminine
singular allegado allegada
plural allegados allegadas
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 allego allegastú
allegásvos		 allega allegamos allegáis allegan
imperfect allegaba allegabas allegaba allegábamos allegabais allegaban
preterite allegué allegaste allegó allegamos allegasteis allegaron
future allegaré allegarás allegará allegaremos allegaréis allegarán
conditional allegaría allegarías allegaría allegaríamos allegaríais allegarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present allegue alleguestú
alleguésvos2		 allegue alleguemos alleguéis alleguen
imperfect
(ra)		 allegara allegaras allegara allegáramos allegarais allegaran
imperfect
(se)		 allegase allegases allegase allegásemos allegaseis allegasen
future1 allegare allegares allegare allegáremos allegareis allegaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative allegatú
allegávos		 allegue alleguemos allegad alleguen
negative no allegues no allegue no alleguemos no alleguéis no alleguen

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

    Selected combined forms of allegar (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 allegar
dative allegarme allegarte allegarle, allegarse allegarnos allegaros allegarles, allegarse
accusative allegarme allegarte allegarlo, allegarla, allegarse allegarnos allegaros allegarlos, allegarlas, allegarse
with gerund allegando
dative allegándome allegándote allegándole, allegándose allegándonos allegándoos allegándoles, allegándose
accusative allegándome allegándote allegándolo, allegándola, allegándose allegándonos allegándoos allegándolos, allegándolas, allegándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative allega
dative allégame allégate allégale alléganos not used allégales
accusative allégame allégate allégalo, allégala alléganos not used allégalos, allégalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative allegá
dative allegame allegate allegale alleganos not used allegales
accusative allegame allegate allegalo, allegala alleganos not used allegalos, allegalas
with formal second-person singular imperative allegue
dative allégueme not used alléguele, alléguese alléguenos not used allégueles
accusative allégueme not used alléguelo, alléguela, alléguese alléguenos not used alléguelos, alléguelas
with first-person plural imperative alleguemos
dative not used alleguémoste alleguémosle alleguémonos alleguémoos alleguémosles
accusative not used alleguémoste alleguémoslo, alleguémosla alleguémonos alleguémoos alleguémoslos, alleguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative allegad
dative allegadme not used allegadle allegadnos allegaos allegadles
accusative allegadme not used allegadlo, allegadla allegadnos allegaos allegadlos, allegadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative alleguen
dative alléguenme not used alléguenle alléguennos not used alléguenles, alléguense
accusative alléguenme not used alléguenlo, alléguenla alléguennos not used alléguenlos, alléguenlas, alléguense

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