melgar

Portuguese

Etymology

Traditionally derived from melga (“mosquito”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɛlˈɡaɾ/ [mɛɫˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɛlˈɡaɾ/ [mɛɫˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɛlˈɡa.ɾi/ [mɛɫˈɣa.ɾi]

Verb

melgar (first-person singular present melgo, first-person singular preterite melguei, past participle melgado)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to annoy, to bother, to pester, to nag (especially through repeated words or constant presence)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of melgar (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	melgar
Personal	melgar	melgares	melgar	melgarmos	melgardes	melgarem
Gerund
	melgando
Past participle
Masculine	melgado			melgados
Feminine	melgada			melgadas
Indicative
Present	melgo	melgas	melga	melgamos	melgais	melgam
Imperfect	melgava	melgavas	melgava	melgávamos	melgáveis	melgavam
Preterite	melguei	melgaste	melgou	melgamos1, melgámos2	melgastes	melgaram
Pluperfect	melgara	melgaras	melgara	melgáramos	melgáreis	melgaram
Future	melgarei	melgarás	melgará	melgaremos	melgareis	melgarão
Conditional	melgaria	melgarias	melgaria	melgaríamos	melgaríeis	melgariam
Subjunctive
Present	melgue	melgues	melgue	melguemos	melgueis	melguem
Imperfect	melgasse	melgasses	melgasse	melgássemos	melgásseis	melgassem
Future	melgar	melgares	melgar	melgarmos	melgardes	melgarem
Imperative
Affirmative		melga	melgue	melguemos	melgai	melguem
Negative (não)		não melgues	não melgue	não melguemos	não melgueis	não melguem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

References

• “melgar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “melgar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /melˈɡaɾ/ [melˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mel‧gar

Verb

melgar (first-person singular present melgo, first-person singular preterite melgué, past participle melgado)

1. to mark strips of land for sowing (seeds)

Conjugation

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

infinitive			melgar
gerund			melgando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		melgado		melgada
		plural		melgados		melgadas
		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	melgo	melgastú melgásvos	melga	melgamos	melgáis	melgan
	imperfect	melgaba	melgabas	melgaba	melgábamos	melgabais	melgaban
	preterite	melgué	melgaste	melgó	melgamos	melgasteis	melgaron
	future	melgaré	melgarás	melgará	melgaremos	melgaréis	melgarán
	conditional	melgaría	melgarías	melgaría	melgaríamos	melgaríais	melgarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	melgue	melguestú melguésvos2	melgue	melguemos	melguéis	melguen
	imperfect (ra)	melgara	melgaras	melgara	melgáramos	melgarais	melgaran
	imperfect (se)	melgase	melgases	melgase	melgásemos	melgaseis	melgasen
	future1	melgare	melgares	melgare	melgáremos	melgareis	melgaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		melgatú melgávos	melgue	melguemos	melgad	melguen
	negative		no melgues	no melgue	no melguemos	no melguéis	no melguen

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

    Selected combined forms of melgar (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 melgar	dative	melgarme	melgarte	melgarle, melgarse	melgarnos	melgaros	melgarles, melgarse
	accusative	melgarme	melgarte	melgarlo, melgarla, melgarse	melgarnos	melgaros	melgarlos, melgarlas, melgarse
with gerund melgando	dative	melgándome	melgándote	melgándole, melgándose	melgándonos	melgándoos	melgándoles, melgándose
	accusative	melgándome	melgándote	melgándolo, melgándola, melgándose	melgándonos	melgándoos	melgándolos, melgándolas, melgándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative melga	dative	mélgame	mélgate	mélgale	mélganos	not used	mélgales
	accusative	mélgame	mélgate	mélgalo, mélgala	mélganos	not used	mélgalos, mélgalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative melgá	dative	melgame	melgate	melgale	melganos	not used	melgales
	accusative	melgame	melgate	melgalo, melgala	melganos	not used	melgalos, melgalas
with formal second-person singular imperative melgue	dative	mélgueme	not used	mélguele, mélguese	mélguenos	not used	mélgueles
	accusative	mélgueme	not used	mélguelo, mélguela, mélguese	mélguenos	not used	mélguelos, mélguelas
with first-person plural imperative melguemos	dative	not used	melguémoste	melguémosle	melguémonos	melguémoos	melguémosles
	accusative	not used	melguémoste	melguémoslo, melguémosla	melguémonos	melguémoos	melguémoslos, melguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative melgad	dative	melgadme	not used	melgadle	melgadnos	melgaos	melgadles
	accusative	melgadme	not used	melgadlo, melgadla	melgadnos	melgaos	melgadlos, melgadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative melguen	dative	mélguenme	not used	mélguenle	mélguennos	not used	mélguenles, mélguense
	accusative	mélguenme	not used	mélguenlo, mélguenla	mélguennos	not used	mélguenlos, mélguenlas, mélguense

Derived terms

• melga

Further reading

• “melgar”, 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