# regar
## Aragonese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin rigāre.

### Verb

regar
* (transitive) to irrigate

### References

* Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “regar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin rigāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [rəˈɣa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [reˈɣaɾ]

### Verb

regar (first-person singular present rego, first-person singular preterite reguí, past participle regat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
* (transitive) to irrigate, to water
    Synonyms: espargir, vessar

#### Derived terms

* reg
* regadiu
* regador
* regadora
* regatge

### Further reading

* “regar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin rigāre.

### Verb

regar (first-person singular present rego, first-person singular preterite reguei, past participle regado)
* to water (to pour water into the soil surrounding (plants))
* to water (to provide water to, of a river)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* regador
* rego

## Latin
### Verb

regar
* inflection of regō:
** first-person singular future passive indicative
** first-person singular present passive subjunctive

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin, from Latin rigāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [heˈɡa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [heˈɡa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ʁeˈɡa(ɾ)/ [heˈɡa(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [χeˈɡa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʁeˈɡa(ɻ)/ [heˈɡa(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨˈɡaɾ/ [ʁɨˈɣaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨˈɡaɾ/ [ʁɨˈɣaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨˈɡa.ɾi/ [ʁɨˈɣa.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: re‧gar

### Verb

regar (first-person singular present rego, first-person singular preterite reguei, past participle regado)
* (transitive) to water (pour water into the soil surrounding (plants))
* (transitive, figurative) to provide beverages
* inflection of regar:
** first/third-person singular future subjunctive
** first/third-person singular personal infinitive

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* regador
* rego

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin rigāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /reˈɡaɾ/ [reˈɣ̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: re‧gar

### Verb

regar (first-person singular present riego, first-person singular preterite regué, past participle regado)
* to irrigate
* to water
* to scatter
* to hose, to wash down
* (colloquial) to ruin
* (colloquial) to err, to mess up [with la (accusative)]
    Es fácil regarla cuando no estás concentrado.It's easy to mess up when you're not focused.

#### 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

* regable
* regadera
* reguera
* reguero
* riego

### Further reading

* “regar”, 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