# vogar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin vocāre (“call”), or alternatively from a Proto-Germanic *wagōną (“to sway, fluctuate”), or related to French voguer. Compare also Spanish bogar, Italian vogare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [buˈɣa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [voˈɣa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [voˈɣaɾ]

### Verb

vogar (first-person singular present vogo, first-person singular preterite voguí, past participle vogat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
* (intransitive) to row, to scull
    Synonym: remar
* (transitive) to row
* (transitive) to rock, to toll (bells)
    Synonyms: gronxar, brandar

#### Derived terms

* voga
* vogada
* vogador
* vogament

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old French voguer, either from Latin vocō, vocāre (“call”) or from Proto-Germanic *wagōną (“to sway, fluctuate”). Compare also Spanish bogar, Italian vogare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɔ.ˈɣaɾ]

### Verb

vogar (first-person singular present vogo, first-person singular preterite voguei, past participle vogado)
* (intransitive, navigation) to row
    Synonym: remar
    Catro vellos mariñeiros / todos metidos nun bote / Voga, voga, mariñeiro! / imos pra Viveiro / xa se ve San Roque! (folk song)Four old sailor / all together aboard a boat: / «Row, row, sailors! / we're goind to Viveiro / already we see San Roque!»
* (intransitive, navigation, of ships) to navigate
    Synonyms: navegar, singrar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vogar”, 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), “vogar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “vogar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vogar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Icelandic
### Noun

vogar f
* indefinite genitive singular of vog

### Noun

vogar m
* indefinite nominative plural of vogur

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan vogar, itself possibly from Latin vocāre (“call”), or alternatively related to French vogue, voguer, and of Germanic origin. Compare also Spanish bogar, Italian vogare.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /voˈɡa(ʁ)/ [voˈɡa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /voˈɡa(ʁ)/ [voˈɡa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /voˈɡa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /voˈɡa(ʁ)/ [voˈɡa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /voˈɡa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vuˈɡaɾ/ [vuˈɣaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /vuˈɡaɾ/ [vuˈɣaɾ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /buˈɡaɾ/ [buˈɣaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /vuˈɡa.ɾi/ [vuˈɣa.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: vo‧gar

### Verb

vogar (first-person singular present vogo, first-person singular preterite voguei, past participle vogado)
* (intransitive or transitive, nautical) to sail, to row (of a person or people: to move over a body of water by means of sails or oars) [intransitive or with direct object or em ‘a boat or other vessel’]
* (intransitive, nautical) to sail (of a watercraft: to move over a body of water)
    Synonyms: navegar, singrar
* (intransitive or transitive, nautical) to navigate, to sail (of a person: to travel somewhere by means of sailing) [intransitive or with direct object ‘a distance or a body of water’]
    Synonym: navegar
* (intransitive) to drift; to float (to move slowly)
* (intransitive, figurative) to spread, to become widely known (of information)
* (intransitive, figurative) to be in vogue
* (intransitive) to have validity, to prevail
* (intransitive, figurative) to be in control, to have influence

#### Conjugation

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

### References

* ↑ https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/lingua-portuguesa/vogar
* ↑ “vogar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## Venetan
### Etymology

From Old French vogue, from the verb voguer (“to sway, move along”), from Old Italian vogare, of Germanic origin, from Old Saxon wagon (“to float, move as in waves”).
Or, possibly from Latin vocāre. Compare Italian vogare.

### Verb

vogar
* (intransitive) to row, paddle

#### Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

#### Related terms

* vogada

#### See also

* remar

### References

* ↑ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN