delongar
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.lõˈɡa(ʁ)/ [de.lõˈɡa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.lõˈɡa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.lõˈɡa(ʁ)/ [de.lõˈɡa(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /de.lõˈɡa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.lõˈɡaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.lõˈɡa.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: de‧lon‧gar
Verb
delongar (first-person singular present delongo, first-person singular preterite delonguei, past participle delongado)
- to delay
Conjugation
Conjugation of delongar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
- delonga
- delongador
- delongamento
Further reading
- “delongar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “delongar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “delongar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “delongar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Verb
delongar (first-person singular present delongo, first-person singular preterite delongué, past participle delongado)
Conjugation
Conjugation of delongar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | delongar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | delongando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | delongado | delongada | |||||
| plural | delongados | delongadas | |||||
| 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 | delongo | delongastú delongásvos |
delonga | delongamos | delongáis | delongan | |
| imperfect | delongaba | delongabas | delongaba | delongábamos | delongabais | delongaban | |
| preterite | delongué | delongaste | delongó | delongamos | delongasteis | delongaron | |
| future | delongaré | delongarás | delongará | delongaremos | delongaréis | delongarán | |
| conditional | delongaría | delongarías | delongaría | delongaríamos | delongaríais | delongarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | delongue | delonguestú delonguésvos2 |
delongue | delonguemos | delonguéis | delonguen | |
| imperfect (ra) |
delongara | delongaras | delongara | delongáramos | delongarais | delongaran | |
| imperfect (se) |
delongase | delongases | delongase | delongásemos | delongaseis | delongasen | |
| future1 | delongare | delongares | delongare | delongáremos | delongareis | delongaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | delongatú delongávos |
delongue | delonguemos | delongad | delonguen | ||
| negative | no delongues | no delongue | no delonguemos | no delonguéis | no delonguen | ||
Selected combined forms of delongar (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 delongar | dative | delongarme | delongarte | delongarle, delongarse | delongarnos | delongaros | delongarles, delongarse |
| accusative | delongarme | delongarte | delongarlo, delongarla, delongarse | delongarnos | delongaros | delongarlos, delongarlas, delongarse | |
| with gerund delongando | dative | delongándome | delongándote | delongándole, delongándose | delongándonos | delongándoos | delongándoles, delongándose |
| accusative | delongándome | delongándote | delongándolo, delongándola, delongándose | delongándonos | delongándoos | delongándolos, delongándolas, delongándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative delonga | dative | delóngame | delóngate | delóngale | delónganos | not used | delóngales |
| accusative | delóngame | delóngate | delóngalo, delóngala | delónganos | not used | delóngalos, delóngalas | |
| with informal second-person singular voseo imperative delongá | dative | delongame | delongate | delongale | delonganos | not used | delongales |
| accusative | delongame | delongate | delongalo, delongala | delonganos | not used | delongalos, delongalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative delongue | dative | delóngueme | not used | delónguele, delónguese | delónguenos | not used | delóngueles |
| accusative | delóngueme | not used | delónguelo, delónguela, delónguese | delónguenos | not used | delónguelos, delónguelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative delonguemos | dative | not used | delonguémoste | delonguémosle | delonguémonos | delonguémoos | delonguémosles |
| accusative | not used | delonguémoste | delonguémoslo, delonguémosla | delonguémonos | delonguémoos | delonguémoslos, delonguémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative delongad | dative | delongadme | not used | delongadle | delongadnos | delongaos | delongadles |
| accusative | delongadme | not used | delongadlo, delongadla | delongadnos | delongaos | delongadlos, delongadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative delonguen | dative | delónguenme | not used | delónguenle | delónguennos | not used | delónguenles, delónguense |
| accusative | delónguenme | not used | delónguenlo, delónguenla | delónguennos | not used | delónguenlos, delónguenlas, delónguense | |
Further reading
- “delongar”, 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