cangar

Galician

Etymology

From canga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaŋˈɡaɾ/

Verb

cangar (first-person singular present cango, first-person singular preterite canguei, past participle cangado)

1. to frame a roof
2. to yoke
3. (figurative) to obstruct, delay, burden

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cangar (g-gu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cangar
Personal	cangar	cangares	cangar	cangarmos	cangardes	cangaren
Gerund
	cangando
Past participle
Masculine	cangado			cangados
Feminine	cangada			cangadas
Indicative
Present	cango	cangas	canga	cangamos	cangades	cangan
Imperfect	cangaba	cangabas	cangaba	cangabamos	cangabades	cangaban
Preterite	canguei	cangaches	cangou	cangamos	cangastes	cangaron
Pluperfect	cangara	cangaras	cangara	cangaramos	cangarades	cangaran
Future	cangarei	cangarás	cangará	cangaremos	cangaredes	cangarán
Conditional	cangaría	cangarías	cangaría	cangariamos	cangariades	cangarían
Subjunctive
Present	cangue	cangues	cangue	canguemos	canguedes	canguen
Imperfect	cangase	cangases	cangase	cangásemos	cangásedes	cangasen
Future	cangar	cangares	cangar	cangarmos	cangardes	cangaren
Imperative
Affirmative		canga	cangue	canguemos	cangade	canguen
Negative (non)		non cangues	non cangue	non canguemos	non canguedes	non canguen

    Reintegrated conjugation of cangar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cangar
Personal	cangar	cangares	cangar	cangarmos	cangardes	cangarem
Gerund
	cangando
Past participle
Masculine	cangado			cangados
Feminine	cangada			cangadas
Indicative
Present	cango	cangas	canga	cangamos	cangades, cangais	cangam
Imperfect	cangava	cangavas	cangava	cangávamos	cangávades, cangáveis, cangávais1	cangavam
Preterite	canguei	cangaste, cangache1	cangou	cangamos	cangastes	cangárom, cangaram
Pluperfect	cangara	cangaras	cangara	cangáramos	cangárades, cangáreis, cangárais1	cangaram
Future	cangarei	cangarás	cangará	cangaremos	cangaredes, cangareis	cangarám, cangarão
Conditional	cangaria	cangarias	cangaria	cangaríamos	cangaríades, cangaríeis, cangaríais1	cangariam
Subjunctive
Present	cangue	cangues	cangue	canguemos	canguedes, cangueis	canguem
Imperfect	cangasse	cangasses	cangasse	cangássemos	cangássedes, cangásseis	cangassem
Future	cangar	cangares	cangar	cangarmos	cangardes	cangarem
Imperative
Affirmative		canga	cangue	canguemos	cangade, cangai	canguem
Negative (nom)		nom cangues	nom cangue	nom canguemos	nom canguedes, nom cangueis	nom canguem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• cangallo
• cango
• escangallar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cangar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cangar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “cangar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cangar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN