dragar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [dɾəˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [dɾaˈɣaɾ]

Etymology 1

Perhaps from drac (“dragon”) +‎ -ar, i.e. "to devour in the manner of a dragon".

Verb

dragar (first-person singular present drago, first-person singular preterite draguí, past participle dragat)

1. (transitive) to swallow, to devour

   Synonym: tragar

Conjugation

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

infinitive			dragar
gerund			dragant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		dragat		dragada
		plural		dragats		dragades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	drago	dragues	draga	draguem	dragueu	draguen
	imperfect	dragava	dragaves	dragava	dragàvem	dragàveu	dragaven
	future	dragaré	dragaràs	dragarà	dragarem	dragareu	dragaran
	preterite	draguí	dragares	dragà	dragàrem	dragàreu	dragaren
	conditional	dragaria	dragaries	dragaria	dragaríem	dragaríeu	dragarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	dragui	draguis	dragui	draguem	dragueu	draguin
	imperfect	dragués	draguessis	dragués	draguéssim	draguéssiu	draguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	draga	dragui	draguem	dragueu	draguin
	negative (no)	—	no draguis	no dragui	no draguem	no dragueu	no draguin

Derived terms

• dragador

Etymology 2

From draga +‎ -ar.

Verb

dragar (first-person singular present drago, first-person singular preterite draguí, past participle dragat)

1. (transitive) to dredge

Conjugation

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

infinitive			dragar
gerund			dragant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		dragat		dragada
		plural		dragats		dragades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	drago	dragues	draga	draguem	dragueu	draguen
	imperfect	dragava	dragaves	dragava	dragàvem	dragàveu	dragaven
	future	dragaré	dragaràs	dragarà	dragarem	dragareu	dragaran
	preterite	draguí	dragares	dragà	dragàrem	dragàreu	dragaren
	conditional	dragaria	dragaries	dragaria	dragaríem	dragaríeu	dragarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	dragui	draguis	dragui	draguem	dragueu	draguin
	imperfect	dragués	draguessis	dragués	draguéssim	draguéssiu	draguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	draga	dragui	draguem	dragueu	draguin
	negative (no)	—	no draguis	no dragui	no draguem	no dragueu	no draguin

Derived terms

• dragalina
• dragatge

Further reading

• “dragar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Portuguese

Etymology

draga +‎ -ar, from English drag.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /dɾaˈɡa(ʁ)/ [dɾaˈɡa(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɾɐˈɡaɾ/ [dɾɐˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɾɐˈɡaɾ/ [dɾɐˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɾɐˈɡa.ɾi/ [dɾɐˈɣa.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: dra‧gar

Verb

dragar (first-person singular present drago, first-person singular preterite draguei, past participle dragado)

1. to dredge

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dragar (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	dragar
Personal	dragar	dragares	dragar	dragarmos	dragardes	dragarem
Gerund
	dragando
Past participle
Masculine	dragado			dragados
Feminine	dragada			dragadas
Indicative
Present	drago	dragas	draga	dragamos	dragais	dragam
Imperfect	dragava	dragavas	dragava	dragávamos	dragáveis	dragavam
Preterite	draguei	dragaste	dragou	dragamos1, dragámos2	dragastes	dragaram
Pluperfect	dragara	dragaras	dragara	dragáramos	dragáreis	dragaram
Future	dragarei	dragarás	dragará	dragaremos	dragareis	dragarão
Conditional	dragaria	dragarias	dragaria	dragaríamos	dragaríeis	dragariam
Subjunctive
Present	drague	dragues	drague	draguemos	dragueis	draguem
Imperfect	dragasse	dragasses	dragasse	dragássemos	dragásseis	dragassem
Future	dragar	dragares	dragar	dragarmos	dragardes	dragarem
Imperative
Affirmative		draga	drague	draguemos	dragai	draguem
Negative (não)		não dragues	não drague	não draguemos	não dragueis	não draguem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “dragar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “dragar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From draga +‎ -ar, borrowed from French drague, from draguer (“to dredge”), in turn borrowed from English drag (“to drag”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɾaˈɡaɾ/ [d̪ɾaˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: dra‧gar

Verb

dragar (first-person singular present drago, first-person singular preterite dragué, past participle dragado)

1. to dredge

Conjugation

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

infinitive			dragar
gerund			dragando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		dragado		dragada
		plural		dragados		dragadas
		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	drago	dragastú dragásvos	draga	dragamos	dragáis	dragan
	imperfect	dragaba	dragabas	dragaba	dragábamos	dragabais	dragaban
	preterite	dragué	dragaste	dragó	dragamos	dragasteis	dragaron
	future	dragaré	dragarás	dragará	dragaremos	dragaréis	dragarán
	conditional	dragaría	dragarías	dragaría	dragaríamos	dragaríais	dragarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	drague	draguestú draguésvos2	drague	draguemos	draguéis	draguen
	imperfect (ra)	dragara	dragaras	dragara	dragáramos	dragarais	dragaran
	imperfect (se)	dragase	dragases	dragase	dragásemos	dragaseis	dragasen
	future1	dragare	dragares	dragare	dragáremos	dragareis	dragaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		dragatú dragávos	drague	draguemos	dragad	draguen
	negative		no dragues	no drague	no draguemos	no draguéis	no draguen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of dragar (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 dragar	dative	dragarme	dragarte	dragarle, dragarse	dragarnos	dragaros	dragarles, dragarse
	accusative	dragarme	dragarte	dragarlo, dragarla, dragarse	dragarnos	dragaros	dragarlos, dragarlas, dragarse
with gerund dragando	dative	dragándome	dragándote	dragándole, dragándose	dragándonos	dragándoos	dragándoles, dragándose
	accusative	dragándome	dragándote	dragándolo, dragándola, dragándose	dragándonos	dragándoos	dragándolos, dragándolas, dragándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative draga	dative	drágame	drágate	drágale	dráganos	not used	drágales
	accusative	drágame	drágate	drágalo, drágala	dráganos	not used	drágalos, drágalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative dragá	dative	dragame	dragate	dragale	draganos	not used	dragales
	accusative	dragame	dragate	dragalo, dragala	draganos	not used	dragalos, dragalas
with formal second-person singular imperative drague	dative	drágueme	not used	dráguele, dráguese	dráguenos	not used	drágueles
	accusative	drágueme	not used	dráguelo, dráguela, dráguese	dráguenos	not used	dráguelos, dráguelas
with first-person plural imperative draguemos	dative	not used	draguémoste	draguémosle	draguémonos	draguémoos	draguémosles
	accusative	not used	draguémoste	draguémoslo, draguémosla	draguémonos	draguémoos	draguémoslos, draguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative dragad	dative	dragadme	not used	dragadle	dragadnos	dragaos	dragadles
	accusative	dragadme	not used	dragadlo, dragadla	dragadnos	dragaos	dragadlos, dragadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative draguen	dative	dráguenme	not used	dráguenle	dráguennos	not used	dráguenles, dráguense
	accusative	dráguenme	not used	dráguenlo, dráguenla	dráguennos	not used	dráguenlos, dráguenlas, dráguense

Derived terms

• dragaminas

Further reading

• “dragar”, 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