# alechugar
## Spanish
### Etymology

From a- +‎ lechuga (“lettuce”) +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /alet͡ʃuˈɡaɾ/ [a.le.t͡ʃuˈɣ̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧le‧chu‧gar

### Verb

alechugar (first-person singular present alechugo, first-person singular preterite alechugué, past participle alechugado)
* (transitive) to fold, to pleat
** 2015 November 25, “Madonna sigue reinando”, in El País‎:Madonna saludó en castellano y antes de la tercera pieza, Burnin Up se desproveyó mediante un tirón del vestido rojo, mostró corpiño con algo parecido a una gorguera no alechugada y piernas engastadas en medias y botas negras.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | alechugar | alechugar | alechugar | alechugar | alechugar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | alechugando | alechugando | alechugando | alechugando | alechugando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | alechugado | alechugado | alechugada | alechugada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | alechugados | alechugados | alechugadas | alechugadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |
| indicative | present | alechugo | alechugas$^{tú}$ alechugás$^{vos}$ | alechuga | alechugamos | alechugáis | alechugan |
| indicative | imperfect | alechugaba | alechugabas | alechugaba | alechugábamos | alechugabais | alechugaban |
| indicative | preterite | alechugué | alechugaste | alechugó | alechugamos | alechugasteis | alechugaron |
| indicative | future | alechugaré | alechugarás | alechugará | alechugaremos | alechugaréis | alechugarán |
| indicative | conditional | alechugaría | alechugarías | alechugaría | alechugaríamos | alechugaríais | alechugarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | alechugue | alechugues$^{tú}$ alechugués$^{vos2}$ | alechugue | alechuguemos | alechuguéis | alechuguen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | alechugara | alechugaras | alechugara | alechugáramos | alechugarais | alechugaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | alechugase | alechugases | alechugase | alechugásemos | alechugaseis | alechugasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | alechugare | alechugares | alechugare | alechugáremos | alechugareis | alechugaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | alechuga$^{tú}$ alechugá$^{vos}$ | alechugue | alechuguemos | alechugad | alechuguen |
| imperative | negative | | no alechugues | no alechugue | no alechuguemos | no alechuguéis | no alechuguen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

### Further reading

* “alechugar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014