hostigar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish fostigar, from Late Latin fūstīgāre, from Latin fūstis. Doublet of fustigar, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ostiˈɡaɾ/ [os.t̪iˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: hos‧ti‧gar

Verb

hostigar (first-person singular present hostigo, first-person singular preterite hostigué, past participle hostigado)

1. to lash
2. to harass; to pester

   Synonym: atosigar

Conjugation

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

infinitive			hostigar
gerund			hostigando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		hostigado		hostigada
		plural		hostigados		hostigadas
		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	hostigo	hostigastú hostigásvos	hostiga	hostigamos	hostigáis	hostigan
	imperfect	hostigaba	hostigabas	hostigaba	hostigábamos	hostigabais	hostigaban
	preterite	hostigué	hostigaste	hostigó	hostigamos	hostigasteis	hostigaron
	future	hostigaré	hostigarás	hostigará	hostigaremos	hostigaréis	hostigarán
	conditional	hostigaría	hostigarías	hostigaría	hostigaríamos	hostigaríais	hostigarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	hostigue	hostiguestú hostiguésvos2	hostigue	hostiguemos	hostiguéis	hostiguen
	imperfect (ra)	hostigara	hostigaras	hostigara	hostigáramos	hostigarais	hostigaran
	imperfect (se)	hostigase	hostigases	hostigase	hostigásemos	hostigaseis	hostigasen
	future1	hostigare	hostigares	hostigare	hostigáremos	hostigareis	hostigaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		hostigatú hostigávos	hostigue	hostiguemos	hostigad	hostiguen
	negative		no hostigues	no hostigue	no hostiguemos	no hostiguéis	no hostiguen

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

    Selected combined forms of hostigar (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 hostigar	dative	hostigarme	hostigarte	hostigarle, hostigarse	hostigarnos	hostigaros	hostigarles, hostigarse
	accusative	hostigarme	hostigarte	hostigarlo, hostigarla, hostigarse	hostigarnos	hostigaros	hostigarlos, hostigarlas, hostigarse
with gerund hostigando	dative	hostigándome	hostigándote	hostigándole, hostigándose	hostigándonos	hostigándoos	hostigándoles, hostigándose
	accusative	hostigándome	hostigándote	hostigándolo, hostigándola, hostigándose	hostigándonos	hostigándoos	hostigándolos, hostigándolas, hostigándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative hostiga	dative	hostígame	hostígate	hostígale	hostíganos	not used	hostígales
	accusative	hostígame	hostígate	hostígalo, hostígala	hostíganos	not used	hostígalos, hostígalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative hostigá	dative	hostigame	hostigate	hostigale	hostiganos	not used	hostigales
	accusative	hostigame	hostigate	hostigalo, hostigala	hostiganos	not used	hostigalos, hostigalas
with formal second-person singular imperative hostigue	dative	hostígueme	not used	hostíguele, hostíguese	hostíguenos	not used	hostígueles
	accusative	hostígueme	not used	hostíguelo, hostíguela, hostíguese	hostíguenos	not used	hostíguelos, hostíguelas
with first-person plural imperative hostiguemos	dative	not used	hostiguémoste	hostiguémosle	hostiguémonos	hostiguémoos	hostiguémosles
	accusative	not used	hostiguémoste	hostiguémoslo, hostiguémosla	hostiguémonos	hostiguémoos	hostiguémoslos, hostiguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative hostigad	dative	hostigadme	not used	hostigadle	hostigadnos	hostigaos	hostigadles
	accusative	hostigadme	not used	hostigadlo, hostigadla	hostigadnos	hostigaos	hostigadlos, hostigadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative hostiguen	dative	hostíguenme	not used	hostíguenle	hostíguennos	not used	hostíguenles, hostíguense
	accusative	hostíguenme	not used	hostíguenlo, hostíguenla	hostíguennos	not used	hostíguenlos, hostíguenlas, hostíguense

Derived terms

• hostigador
• hostigamiento
• hostigoso

Further reading

• “hostigar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024