# ungir
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ungere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [uɲˈʒi]
* IPA: (Valencia) [uɲˈd͡ʒiɾ]

### Verb

ungir (first-person singular present ungeixo, first-person singular preterite ungí, past participle ungit)
* (obsolete) to grease, to rub with oil
    Synonym: untar
* to anoint

#### Related terms

* unció
* ungüent

### References

* “ungir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “ungir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “ungir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “ungir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Icelandic
### Verb

ungir
* second-person singular active present subjunctive of unga

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ungir, ongir, from Latin ungĕre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ũˈʒi(ʁ)/ [ũˈʒi(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ũˈʒi(ʁ)/ [ũˈʒi(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ũˈʒi(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ũˈʒi(ʁ)/ [ũˈʒi(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ũˈʒi(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ũˈʒiɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ũˈʒiɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ũˈʒi.ɾi/
* Rhymes: -iʁ, -i, -iɾ
* Homophone: ungi (Brazil)
* Hyphenation: un‧gir

### Verb

ungir (first-person singular present unjo, first-person singular preterite ungi, past participle ungido)
* (transitive) to anoint (grease with oil)
* (transitive) to anoint (wet or moisten with oil or liquid)
* (transitive, religion) to administer the sacrament of extreme unction to
* (transitive, religion) to consecrate (give possession or invest with authority through anointing)
* (transitive) to make better, more perfect
* (reflexive, pronominal) to anoint oneself
* (reflexive, pronominal) to penetrate with anointing

#### Synonyms

* besuntar
* olear
* sagrar

#### Related terms

* jungir
* mungir
* pungir
* undulado
* undular
* unduloso
* ungadiama
* ungido
* ungual
* unguari
* ungue
* ungueal
* unguentáceo
* unir
* urgir

### Further reading

* “ungir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “ungir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish ungir, borrowed from Latin ungere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /unˈxiɾ/ [ũŋˈxiɾ]
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: un‧gir

### Verb

ungir (first-person singular present unjo, first-person singular preterite ungí, past participle ungido)
* (transitive) to anoint (to smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance)
* (transitive) to anoint (to apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration)
* (transitive) to anoint (to choose or nominate somebody for a leading or otherwise important position)

#### 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

* unción
* ungüento
* untar
* unto

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983) “untar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 715

### Further reading

* “ungir”, 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