# prolongar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prolongāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [pɾu.luŋˈɡa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [pɾo.loŋˈɡa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pɾo.loŋˈɡaɾ]

### Verb

prolongar (first-person singular present prolongo, first-person singular preterite prolonguí, past participle prolongat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
* (transitive) to prolong

#### Derived terms

* prolongació
* prolongament

### Further reading

* “prolongar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese perlongar (13th century), ultimately from Latin prolongo, prolongare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pɾo.loŋˈɡaɾ]

### Verb

prolongar (first-person singular present prolongo, first-person singular preterite prolonguei, past participle prolongado)
* to extend, prolong, lengthen

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* longo
* perlonga

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “perlongar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “perlong”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “prolongar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “prolongar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “prolongar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōlongāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾo.lõˈɡa(ʁ)/ [pɾo.lõˈɡa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾo.lõˈɡa(ʁ)/ [pɾo.lõˈɡa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /pɾo.lõˈɡa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /pɾo.lõˈɡa(ʁ)/ [pɾo.lõˈɡa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pɾo.lõˈɡa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾu.lõˈɡaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾu.lõˈɡaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɾu.lõˈɡa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: pro‧lon‧gar

### Verb

prolongar (first-person singular present prolongo, first-person singular preterite prolonguei, past participle prolongado)
* to extend, prolong, lengthen

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* prolongação
* prolongamento

### Further reading

* “prolongar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prolongāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾolonˈɡaɾ/ [pɾo.lõŋˈɡaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: pro‧lon‧gar

### Verb

prolongar (first-person singular present prolongo, first-person singular preterite prolongué, past participle prolongado)
* to prolong, drag out

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* prolongado
* prolongamiento

#### Related terms

* prolongación

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “prolongar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

### Further reading

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