# alongar
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese alongar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from a- +‎ longo +‎ -ar, or from Vulgar Latin *allongāre, from Late Latin elongāre, from Latin longus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [aloŋˈɡaɾ]

### Verb

alongar (first-person singular present alongo, first-person singular preterite alonguei, past participle alongado)
* (transitive) to lengthen, to elongate
* (pronominal) to move away

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “alongar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “alongar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alongar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alongar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alongar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Occitan
### Etymology

a- +‎ long +‎ -ar, or from Vulgar Latin *allongāre, from Late Latin elongāre, from Latin longus.

### Verb

alongar
* to lengthen, to elongate

#### Derived terms

* alongaire
* alongament
* alongui

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From a- +‎ longo +‎ -ar, or from Vulgar Latin *allongāre, from Late Latin elongāre, from Latin longus.

### Pronunciation

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

### Verb

alongar (first-person singular present alongo, first-person singular preterite alonguei, past participle alongado)
* (transitive) to elongate, lengthen
* (transitive) to delay, defer, slow
* (transitive) to distance, space, move away, remove from

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* elongação

### Further reading

* “alongar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “alongar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “alongar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “alongar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “alongar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “alongar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From a- +‎ luengo +‎ -ar, or from Vulgar Latin *allongāre, from Late Latin elongāre, from Latin longus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /alonˈɡaɾ/ [a.lõŋˈɡaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧lon‧gar

### Verb

alongar (first-person singular present aluengo, first-person singular preterite alongué, past participle alongado)
* (obsolete, transitive) to elongate, lengthen
    Synonym: alargar

#### 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.

#### Related terms

* elongar

### Further reading

* “alongar”, 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