cagar

See also: čagar

Asturian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cacāre, from a Proto-Indo-European *kakka-.

Verb

cagar

to shit
(reflexive) to shit involuntarily, one's self, to fear a lot
Cágome cuando la oyo berrame
I shit myself when I hear her scream at me
(vulgar) to tell someone off
¡Toi fartu, cago pa ti!
I'm done, fuck you!
(Parres) to hit someone with malice

Conjugation

Conjugation of cagar

person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
infinitive		cagar
gerund		cagando
past participle		m cagáu, f cagada, n cagao, m pl cagaos, f pl cagaes
indicative	present	cago	cages	caga	cagamos	cagáis	cagen
	imperfect	cagaba	cagabes	cagaba	cagábemos, cagábamos	cagabeis, cagabais	cagaben
	preterite	cagé	cagasti, cagesti	cagó	cagemos	cagastis, cagestis	cagaron
	pluperfect	cagare, cagara	cagares, cagaras	cagare, cagara	cagáremos, cagáramos	cagareis, cagarais	cagaren, cagaran
	future	cagaré	cagarás	cagará	cagaremos	cagaréis	cagarán
	conditional	cagaría	cagaríes	cagaría	cagaríemos, cagaríamos	cagaríeis, cagaríais	cagaríen
subjunctive	present	cage	cages, cagas	cage	cagemos	cagéis	cagen, cagan
subjunctive	imperfect	cagare, cagara	cagares, cagaras	cagare, cagara	cagáremos, cagáramos	cagareis, cagarais	cagaren, cagaran
imperative		—	caga	—	—	cagái	—

Derived terms

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cacāre, from a Proto-Indo-European *kakka-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈɣa]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈɣaɾ]
Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Audio (Barcelona): (file)

Verb

cagar (first-person singular present cago, first-person singular preterite caguí, past participle cagat)

(intransitive, vulgar) to shit
(pronominal, vulgar) to shit involuntarily, in public, etc.
(transitive, vulgar) to shit out

Conjugation

Conjugation of cagar (first conjugation, g-gu alternation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			cagar
gerund			cagant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cagat		cagada
		plural		cagats		cagades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cago	cagues	caga	caguem	cagueu	caguen
	imperfect	cagava	cagaves	cagava	cagàvem	cagàveu	cagaven
	future	cagaré	cagaràs	cagarà	cagarem	cagareu	cagaran
	preterite	caguí	cagares	cagà	cagàrem	cagàreu	cagaren
	conditional	cagaria	cagaries	cagaria	cagaríem	cagaríeu	cagarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cagui	caguis	cagui	caguem	cagueu	caguin
	imperfect	cagués	caguessis	cagués	caguéssim	caguéssiu	caguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	caga	cagui	caguem	cagueu	caguin
	negative (no)	—	no caguis	no cagui	no caguem	no cagueu	no caguin

Derived terms

Related terms

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cagar, from Latin cacāre, from a Proto-Indo-European *kakka-. Compare Portuguese, Asturian, Spanish, and Catalan cagar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˈɣaɾ/, /kaˈħaɾ/

Verb

cagar (first-person singular present cago, first-person singular preterite caguei, past participle cagado)

(vulgar, intransitive) to shit
(vulgar, intransitive) to tell someone off, exclamation of rejection
Vai cagar! ― Go shit yourself!
(vulgar, transitive) to ruin, to spoil
(vulgar, pronominal) to shit oneself (to be very scared)

Conjugation

Conjugation of cagar (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	cagar
Personal	cagar	cagares	cagar	cagarmos	cagardes	cagaren
Gerund
	cagando
Past participle
Masculine	cagado			cagados
Feminine	cagada			cagadas
Indicative
Present	cago	cagas	caga	cagamos	cagades	cagan
Imperfect	cagaba	cagabas	cagaba	cagabamos	cagabades	cagaban
Preterite	caguei	cagaches	cagou	cagamos	cagastes	cagaron
Pluperfect	cagara	cagaras	cagara	cagaramos	cagarades	cagaran
Future	cagarei	cagarás	cagará	cagaremos	cagaredes	cagarán
Conditional	cagaría	cagarías	cagaría	cagariamos	cagariades	cagarían
Subjunctive
Present	cague	cagues	cague	caguemos	caguedes	caguen
Imperfect	cagase	cagases	cagase	cagásemos	cagásedes	cagasen
Future	cagar	cagares	cagar	cagarmos	cagardes	cagaren
Imperative
Affirmative		caga	cague	caguemos	cagade	caguen
Negative (non)		non cagues	non cague	non caguemos	non caguedes	non caguen

Reintegrated conjugation of cagar (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	cagar
Personal	cagar	cagares	cagar	cagarmos	cagardes	cagarem
Gerund
	cagando
Past participle
Masculine	cagado			cagados
Feminine	cagada			cagadas
Indicative
Present	cago	cagas	caga	cagamos	cagades, cagais	cagam
Imperfect	cagava	cagavas	cagava	cagávamos	cagávades, cagáveis, cagávais¹	cagavam
Preterite	caguei	cagaste, cagache¹	cagou	cagamos	cagastes	cagárom, cagaram
Pluperfect	cagara	cagaras	cagara	cagáramos	cagárades, cagáreis, cagárais¹	cagaram
Future	cagarei	cagarás	cagará	cagaremos	cagaredes, cagareis	cagarám, cagarão
Conditional	cagaria	cagarias	cagaria	cagaríamos	cagaríades, cagaríeis, cagaríais¹	cagariam
Subjunctive
Present	cague	cagues	cague	caguemos	caguedes, cagueis	caguem
Imperfect	cagasse	cagasses	cagasse	cagássemos	cagássedes, cagásseis	cagassem
Future	cagar	cagares	cagar	cagarmos	cagardes	cagarem
Imperative
Affirmative		caga	cague	caguemos	cagade, cagai	caguem
Negative (nom)		nom cagues	nom cague	nom caguemos	nom caguedes, nom cagueis	nom caguem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

Related terms

caca

References

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cagar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “caga”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cagar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
“cagar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cagar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cagar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Indonesian

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cagar

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

Inherited from Malay cagar, from Old Javanese cagĕr (“to guarantee, ensure”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *gar, *cgar, *cgaar (“to fence, to enclose”).^[1]

The sense of reserve, preserve is semantic loan from Javanese ꦕꦒꦂ (cagar, “preservation”), from the same Old Javanese cagĕr (“to guarantee, to ensure”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃa.ɡar/
Rhymes: -ɡar, -ar, -r
Hyphenation: ca‧gar

Noun

cagar (plural cagar-cagar, first-person possessive cagarku, second-person possessive cagarmu, third-person possessive cagarnya)

guarantee, pledge, security
advance payment, down payment
Synonyms: panjar, uang muka

Derived terms

Noun

cagar (plural cagar-cagar, first-person possessive cagarku, second-person possessive cagarmu, third-person possessive cagarnya)

reserve, preserve
Synonym: lindungan

Derived terms

References

^ H. L. Shorto (2006) A Mon-Khmer comparative dictionary‎^[1], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC

Javanese

Romanization

cagar

Romanization of ꦕꦒꦂ

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin cacāre.

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Verb

cagar

(vulgar) to shit

Conjugation

Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		cagar			aver cagat
gerund		cagant			*use gerund of aver* + past participle**
past participle		cagat			—
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cagui	cagas	caga	cagam	cagatz	cagan
	imperfect	cagavi	cagavas	cagava	cagàvem	cagàvetz	cagavan
	preterite	caguèri	caguères	caguèt	caguèrem	caguèretz	caguèron
	future	cagarai	cagaràs	cagarà	cagarem	cagaretz	cagaràn
	conditional	cagariái	cagariás	cagariá	cagariam	cagariatz	cagarián
	conditional 2nd form¹	caguèra	caguèras	caguèra	cagueram	cagueratz	caguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cague	cagues	cague	caguem	caguetz	caguen
	imperfect	caguèssi	caguèsses	caguèsse	caguèssem	caguèssetz	caguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
imperative			caga		caguem	cagatz	¹Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		cagar			aver cagat
gerund		cagant			*use gerund of aver* + past participle**
past participle		cagat			—
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cague	cagues	caga	cagam	cagatz	cagon
	imperfect	cagave	cagaves	cagava	cagaviam	cagaviatz	cagavon
	preterite	caguere	cagueres	caguet	caguem	caguetz	cagueron
	future	cagarai	cagaràs	cagará	cagarem	cagaretz	cagarán
	conditional	cagariá	cagariás	cagariá	cagariam	cagariatz	cagarián
	conditional 2nd form¹	caguèra	caguèras	caguèra	cagueram	cagueratz	caguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cague	cagues	cague	cagassiam	cagassiatz	cagon
	imperfect	caguesse	caguesses	caguesse	caguessiam	caguessiatz	caguesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
imperative			caga		cagassiam	cagatz	¹Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		cagar			aver cagat
gerund		cagant			*use gerund of aver* + past participle**
past participle		cagat			—
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cagui	cagas	caga	cagam	cagatz	cagan
	imperfect	cagavi	cagavas	cagava	cagàvam	cagàvatz	cagavan
	preterite	caguèi	caguès	caguè	caguèm	caguètz	caguèn
	future	cagarèi	cagaràs	cagarà	cagaram	cagaratz	cagaràn
	conditional	cagarí	cagarés	cagaré	cagarem	cagaretz	cagarén
	conditional 2nd form¹	caguèra	caguèras	caguèra	cagueram	cagueratz	caguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cagui	cagues	cague	caguem	caguetz	caguen
	imperfect	caguèssi	caguèsses	caguèsse	caguèssem	caguèssetz	caguèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
imperative			caga		caguem	cagatz	¹Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		cagar			aver cagat
gerund		cagant			*use gerund of aver* + past participle**
past participle		cagat			—
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cague	cagas	caga	cagam	cagatz	cagan
	imperfect	cagava	cagavas	cagava	cagàvam	cagàvatz	cagavan
	preterite	caguei	cagueras	caguet	caguèram	caguèratz	cagueran
	future	cagarai	cagaràs	cagará	cagarem	cagaretz	cagarán
	conditional	cagariá	cagariàs	cagariá	cagariam	cagariatz	cagarián
	conditional 2nd form¹	caguèra	caguèras	caguèra	cagueram	cagueratz	caguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cague	cagues	cague	caguem	caguetz	caguen
	imperfect	caguèsse	caguèsses	caguèsse	caguèssem	caguèssetz	caguèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
imperative			caga		caguem	cagatz	¹Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		cagar			aver cagat
gerund		cagant			*use gerund of aver* + past participle**
past participle		cagat			—
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cague	cagues	caga	cagam	cagatz	cagan
	imperfect	cagavi	cagavas	cagava	cagàvem	cagàvetz	cagavan
	preterite	caguère	caguères	caguèt	cagueriam	cagueriatz	caguèron
	future	cagarai	cagaràs	cagarà	cagarem	cagaretz	cagaràn
	conditional	cagariáu	cagariás	cagariá	cagariam	cagariatz	cagarián
	conditional 2nd form¹	caguèra	caguèras	caguèra	cagueram	cagueratz	caguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cague	cagues	cague	caguem	caguetz	cagan
	imperfect	caguèsse	caguèsses	caguèsse	caguessiam	caguessiatz	caguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
imperative			caga		caguem	cagatz	¹Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cacāre, from a Proto-Indo-European *kakka-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˈɡaɾ/
Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

cagar

to shit

Conjugation

Conjugation of cagar

infinitive		compound		infinitive of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
infinitive		simple		cagar
gerund		simple		cagando
gerund		compound		gerund of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		cagado		cagados
		feminine		cagada		cagadas
present participle				cagante		cagantes
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	cago	cagas	caga	cagamos	cagades	cagan
	imperfect	cagava	cagavas	cagava	cagavamos, cagávamos	cagavades, cagávades	cagavan
	preterite	caguei	cagaste, cagasche, cagache	cagou	cagamos	cagastes	cagaron
	pluperfect	cagara	cagaras	cagara	cagaramos, cagáramos	cagarades, cagárades	cagaran
	future	cagarei	cagarás	cagará	cagaremos	cagaredes	cagarán
	conditional	cagaria	cagarias	cagaria	cagariamos, cagaríamos	cagariades, cagaríades	cagarian
compound tenses	present perfect	present of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
	present imperfect	imperfect of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
	past anterior	preterite of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
	pluperfect	simple pluperfect of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
	future perfect	future of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
subjunctive mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	cague	cagues	cague	caguemos	caguedes	caguen
	preterite	cagasse	cagasses	cagasse	cagássemos	cagássedes	cagassen
	future	cagar	cagares	cagar	cagarmos	cagardes	cagaren
compound tenses	present perfect	present subjunctive of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
	pluperfect	preterite subjunctive of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
	future perfect	future subjunctive of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
imperative mood		—	tu	vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	—
affirmative		—	caga	cague	caguemos	cagade	—
negative		—	non cagues	non cague	non caguemos	non caguedes	—
personal infinitive		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
personal infinitive		cagar	cagares	cagar	cagarmos	cagardes	cagaren
¹ Its alternative spelling, aver, can be used as well. ² Teer and ter were used too, though all 3 were less common than forms of "haver".

Descendants

Galician: cagar
Portuguese: cagar

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cagar, from Latin cacāre, from a Proto-Indo-European *kakka-. Compare Galician, Asturian, and Spanish cagar.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɡa(ʁ)/ [kaˈɡa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaˈɡa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaˈɡa(ʁ)/ [kaˈɡa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɡa(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈɡaɾ/ [kɐˈɣaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈɡa.ɾi/ [kɐˈɣa.ɾi]

Hyphenation: ca‧gar

Verb

cagar (first-person singular present cago, first-person singular preterite caguei, past participle cagado)

(vulgar, intransitive) to shit; to defecate
Synonyms: (formal) defecar, arriar o calhau
(vulgar, slang, figurative, pronominal) to shit oneself (to be very scared)
Caguei-me todo na montanha-russa.
I shat myself on the rollercoaster.
(vulgar, slang, figurative, intransitive) to get lucky
Synonyms: ter sorte, tirar a sorte grande
(intransitive, vulgar, figurative) to ignore [with em ‘someone/something’]
Casgaste completamente para a mensagem que te mandei.
You completely ignored the message I sent you.

Ela cagou para mim.
She didn't give a shit to me.
(intransitive, vulgar, figurative) not to give a shit (to really not care) [with para]
Se ele não quer ir à festa, o problema é dele. Pessoalmente, tou-me a cagar!
If he doesn't want to go to the party, that's his own problem. Personally, I don't give a shit!

O stor tá-se a cagar para os novos alunos.
The prof doesn't give a shit about the new students.
(intransitive, vulgar, Brazil) to fuck up; to botch; to screw up; to crap up (to do something incorrectly) [with em]

Conjugation

Conjugation of cagar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cagar
Personal	cagar	cagares	cagar	cagarmos	cagardes	cagarem
Gerund
	cagando
Past participle
Masculine	cagado			cagados
Feminine	cagada			cagadas
Indicative
Present	cago	cagas	caga	cagamos	cagais	cagam
Imperfect	cagava	cagavas	cagava	cagávamos	cagáveis	cagavam
Preterite	caguei	cagaste	cagou	cagamos¹, cagámos²	cagastes	cagaram
Pluperfect	cagara	cagaras	cagara	cagáramos	cagáreis	cagaram
Future	cagarei	cagarás	cagará	cagaremos	cagareis	cagarão
Conditional	cagaria	cagarias	cagaria	cagaríamos	cagaríeis	cagariam
Subjunctive
Present	cague	cagues	cague	caguemos	cagueis	caguem
Imperfect	cagasse	cagasses	cagasse	cagássemos	cagásseis	cagassem
Future	cagar	cagares	cagar	cagarmos	cagardes	cagarem
Imperative
Affirmative		caga	cague	caguemos	cagai	caguem
Negative (não)		não cagues	não cague	não caguemos	não cagueis	não caguem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cocur, cocar (“consultation, (secret) discussion, confabulation; act of consulting, conferring, planning”), from com + cor.

Noun

cagar m (genitive singular cagair, plural cagairean)

verbal noun of cagair
whisper
secret
Synonym: rùn
dear, darling
Trobhad, a chagair. ― Come, dear.

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
cagar	chagar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish cagar, from Latin cacāre, ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European root *kakka-. Compare English cack.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˈɡaɾ/ [kaˈɣ̞aɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: ca‧gar

Verb

cagar (first-person singular present cago, first-person singular preterite cagué, past participle cagado)

(vulgar) to shit
Synonyms: defecar, (informal) descomer, hacer aguas mayores

Voy a cagarme ― I am going to shit (myself)
(vulgar) to tell someone off, exclamation of rejection
¡Anda a cagar! ― Go shit yourself!

¡Vete a cagar! ― Go shit yourself!
(colloquial) to bust
(colloquial) to get busted
(colloquial) to ruin something; to screw
(intransitive, Chile, colloquial) to fail
(transitive, Chile) to cheat someone
(transitive, Spain, Mexico, colloquial) to make a mistake
Synonym: equivocarse

¡No la cagues! ― Don't ruin it!
(reflexive, vulgar) to shit oneself, crap oneself (defecate in one's clothes)
(reflexive, vulgar) to shit oneself (be extremely frightened)
(reflexive, vulgar) fuck (used to express extreme anger, surprise, joy, shock or to show a lot of disrespect)

Usage notes

When used to express anger (or even joy, shock, surprise), a common expression is "me cago en la leche", or "me cago en la puta", which can be translated as "fuck this!" or "fuck this shit!" or "holy fuck!". A similar construction can be used when expressing anger or disrespect directed at someone or something, for example ¡Me cago en mi jefe! (Fuck my boss!), ¡Me cago en tu opinión! (Fuck your opinion!) ¡Me cago en todo! (Fuck it all!). In addition, an innumerable number of creative variations can be attested which have the same meaning ¡Me cago en el mar!, ¡Me cago en la mierda!, ¡Me cago en Dios!, ¡Me cago en tu puta madre! etc.

Conjugation

Conjugation of cagar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			cagar
gerund			cagando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cagado		cagada
		plural		cagados		cagadas
		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	cago	cagas^{^tú} cagás^{^vos}	caga	cagamos	cagáis	cagan
	imperfect	cagaba	cagabas	cagaba	cagábamos	cagabais	cagaban
	preterite	cagué	cagaste	cagó	cagamos	cagasteis	cagaron
	future	cagaré	cagarás	cagará	cagaremos	cagaréis	cagarán
	conditional	cagaría	cagarías	cagaría	cagaríamos	cagaríais	cagarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cague	cagues^{^tú} cagués^{^vos²}	cague	caguemos	caguéis	caguen
	imperfect (ra)	cagara	cagaras	cagara	cagáramos	cagarais	cagaran
	imperfect (se)	cagase	cagases	cagase	cagásemos	cagaseis	cagasen
	future¹	cagare	cagares	cagare	cagáremos	cagareis	cagaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		caga^{^tú} cagá^{^vos}	cague	caguemos	cagad	caguen
	negative		no cagues	no cague	no caguemos	no caguéis	no caguen

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

Selected combined forms of cagar (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 cagar
	dative	cagarme	cagarte	cagarle, cagarse	cagarnos	cagaros	cagarles, cagarse
	accusative	cagarme	cagarte	cagarlo, cagarla, cagarse	cagarnos	cagaros	cagarlos, cagarlas, cagarse

with gerund cagando
	dative	cagándome	cagándote	cagándole, cagándose	cagándonos	cagándoos	cagándoles, cagándose
	accusative	cagándome	cagándote	cagándolo, cagándola, cagándose	cagándonos	cagándoos	cagándolos, cagándolas, cagándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative caga
	dative	cágame	cágate	cágale	cáganos	not used	cágales
	accusative	cágame	cágate	cágalo, cágala	cáganos	not used	cágalos, cágalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative cagá
	dative	cagame	cagate	cagale	caganos	not used	cagales
	accusative	cagame	cagate	cagalo, cagala	caganos	not used	cagalos, cagalas

with formal second-person singular imperative cague
	dative	cágueme	not used	cáguele, cáguese	cáguenos	not used	cágueles
	accusative	cágueme	not used	cáguelo, cáguela, cáguese	cáguenos	not used	cáguelos, cáguelas

with first-person plural imperative caguemos
	dative	not used	caguémoste	caguémosle	caguémonos	caguémoos	caguémosles
	accusative	not used	caguémoste	caguémoslo, caguémosla	caguémonos	caguémoos	caguémoslos, caguémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative cagad
	dative	cagadme	not used	cagadle	cagadnos	cagaos	cagadles
	accusative	cagadme	not used	cagadlo, cagadla	cagadnos	cagaos	cagadlos, cagadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative caguen
	dative	cáguenme	not used	cáguenle	cáguennos	not used	cáguenles, cáguense
	accusative	cáguenme	not used	cáguenlo, cáguenla	cáguennos	not used	cáguenlos, cáguenlas, cáguense

Derived terms

cagando cerillas
cagando hostias
cagar dinero
cagar el palo
cagarla
cágate lorito
cagatintas
me cago en la leche; me cago en la mar (see also synonyms)
que te cagas

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