# colgar
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin collocāre (“set in place”).

### Verb

colgar (first-person singular indicative present colgo, past participle colgáu)
* to hang
    Synonyms: engolar, colingar, encolingar, trescollerar

#### Conjugation
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin collocāre (“set in place”). Doublet of col·locar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [kulˈɣa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [kolˈɣa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kolˈɣaɾ]
* Audio (Barcelona):(file)

### Verb

colgar (first-person singular present colgo, first-person singular preterite colguí, past participle colgat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
* to bury
    Synonyms: enterrar, soterrar

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* “colgar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “colgar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese colgar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin collocāre (“set in place”). Doublet of the borrowed colocar. Cognate with English couch and collocate.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kolˈɣaɾ]

### Verb

colgar (first-person singular present colgo, first-person singular preterite colguei, past participle colgado)
* to hang
    Synonyms: encolgar, pendurar
    Antonym: descolgar
** c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 685:Et hũus dizem que o enforcou com̃o a falsario; mays o arçebispo dom Rrodrigo, por apostar sua parauoa, diz que morreu colgado.And some say that he hanged him as a liar; but archbishop Don Rodrigo, to straighten his word, says he died hanged.
** 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 441:Demays tĩjña ẽna mão hũ ençẽçario de hũ topaz moy claro et moy rrico, colgado de hũus fíos de ouro enlaçados et laurados a moy grã nobreza.Besides, he had in his hand a censer made of very rich and clear topaz, hanging from some gold threads tied and worked in the most noble manner
* to hang up
    Antonym: descolgar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* colgarecho
* descolgar
* encolgar

### References

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese colgar (“hang”), from Latin collocāre (“set in place”). Doublet of colocar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kowˈɡa(ʁ)/ [koʊ̯ˈɡa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kowˈɡa(ʁ)/ [koʊ̯ˈɡa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kowˈɡa(ɾ)/ [koʊ̯ˈɡa(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kowˈɡa(ʁ)/ [koʊ̯ˈɡa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kowˈɡa(ɻ)/ [koʊ̯ˈɡa(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kolˈɡaɾ/ [koɫˈɣaɾ], /kɔlˈɡaɾ/ [kɔɫˈɣaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kolˈɡaɾ/ [koɫˈɣaɾ], /kɔlˈɡaɾ/ [kɔɫˈɣaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kolˈɡa.ɾi/ [koɫˈɣa.ɾi], /kɔlˈɡa.ɾi/ [kɔɫˈɣa.ɾi]

### Verb

colgar (first-person singular present colgo, first-person singular preterite colguei, past participle colgado)
* (archaic) Synonym of pendurar

#### Conjugation

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin collocāre (“set in place”). Doublet of the borrowed colocar. Cognate with English couch and collocate.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kolˈɡaɾ/ [kolˈɣ̞aɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: col‧gar

### Verb

colgar (first-person singular present cuelgo, first-person singular preterite colgué, past participle colgado)
* (transitive) to hang
    Synonyms: pender, tender
    Antonym: descolgar
* to hang up (the telephone, etc.)
    Antonym: descolgar
* (computing) to upload
    Synonym: subir
    Antonym: descargar
* (transitive, colloquial) (+ con) to hang out with, relax with
* (reflexive, computing) to freeze, to hang (to come a sudden halt, stop working)

#### 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

* colgar clase
* colgar la galleta
* colgar los botines
* colgar los guantes
* colgar los tenis
* tomate de colgar

#### Related terms

* colgador
* colgante
* colocar

### See also

* suspender

### Further reading

* “colgar”, 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