plagar

See also: plågar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin plāgāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plaˈɡaɾ/ [plaˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pla‧gar

Verb

plagar (first-person singular present plago, first-person singular preterite plagué, past participle plagado)

1. (transitive) to infest, plague [with de ‘with something’]
2. (transitive) to fill, saturate, cover [with de ‘with something’]

   Synonyms: llenar, hartar

3. (reflexive) to become full, become infested [with de ‘of/with something’]

   Se plagó de plata.

   He became filthy rich.

   (literally, “He became full of money.”)

4. (transitive, obsolete) to wound, to cause to fester

   Synonyms: llagar, ulcerar

Conjugation

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

infinitive			plagar
gerund			plagando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		plagado		plagada
		plural		plagados		plagadas
		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	plago	plagastú plagásvos	plaga	plagamos	plagáis	plagan
	imperfect	plagaba	plagabas	plagaba	plagábamos	plagabais	plagaban
	preterite	plagué	plagaste	plagó	plagamos	plagasteis	plagaron
	future	plagaré	plagarás	plagará	plagaremos	plagaréis	plagarán
	conditional	plagaría	plagarías	plagaría	plagaríamos	plagaríais	plagarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	plague	plaguestú plaguésvos2	plague	plaguemos	plaguéis	plaguen
	imperfect (ra)	plagara	plagaras	plagara	plagáramos	plagarais	plagaran
	imperfect (se)	plagase	plagases	plagase	plagásemos	plagaseis	plagasen
	future1	plagare	plagares	plagare	plagáremos	plagareis	plagaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		plagatú plagávos	plague	plaguemos	plagad	plaguen
	negative		no plagues	no plague	no plaguemos	no plaguéis	no plaguen

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

    Selected combined forms of plagar (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 plagar	dative	plagarme	plagarte	plagarle, plagarse	plagarnos	plagaros	plagarles, plagarse
	accusative	plagarme	plagarte	plagarlo, plagarla, plagarse	plagarnos	plagaros	plagarlos, plagarlas, plagarse
with gerund plagando	dative	plagándome	plagándote	plagándole, plagándose	plagándonos	plagándoos	plagándoles, plagándose
	accusative	plagándome	plagándote	plagándolo, plagándola, plagándose	plagándonos	plagándoos	plagándolos, plagándolas, plagándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative plaga	dative	plágame	plágate	plágale	pláganos	not used	plágales
	accusative	plágame	plágate	plágalo, plágala	pláganos	not used	plágalos, plágalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative plagá	dative	plagame	plagate	plagale	plaganos	not used	plagales
	accusative	plagame	plagate	plagalo, plagala	plaganos	not used	plagalos, plagalas
with formal second-person singular imperative plague	dative	plágueme	not used	pláguele, pláguese	pláguenos	not used	plágueles
	accusative	plágueme	not used	pláguelo, pláguela, pláguese	pláguenos	not used	pláguelos, pláguelas
with first-person plural imperative plaguemos	dative	not used	plaguémoste	plaguémosle	plaguémonos	plaguémoos	plaguémosles
	accusative	not used	plaguémoste	plaguémoslo, plaguémosla	plaguémonos	plaguémoos	plaguémoslos, plaguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative plagad	dative	plagadme	not used	plagadle	plagadnos	plagaos	plagadles
	accusative	plagadme	not used	plagadlo, plagadla	plagadnos	plagaos	plagadlos, plagadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative plaguen	dative	pláguenme	not used	pláguenle	pláguennos	not used	pláguenles, pláguense
	accusative	pláguenme	not used	pláguenlo, pláguenla	pláguennos	not used	pláguenlos, pláguenlas, pláguense

Related terms

• plaga

Further reading

• “plagar”, 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