rogar

See also: rögar

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin rogāre.

Verb

rogar (first-person singular indicative present rogo, past participle rogáu)

1. to beg

Conjugation

Conjugation of rogar

infinitive		rogar
gerund		rogando
past participle		m rogáu, f rogada, n rogao, m pl rogaos, f pl rogaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	rogo	roges	roga	rogamos	rogáis	rogen
	imperfect	rogaba	rogabes	rogaba	rogábemos, rogábamos	rogabeis, rogabais	rogaben
	preterite	rogé	rogasti, rogesti	rogó	rogemos	rogastis, rogestis	rogaron
	pluperfect	rogare, rogara	rogares, rogaras	rogare, rogara	rogáremos, rogáramos	rogareis, rogarais	rogaren, rogaran
	future	rogaré	rogarás	rogará	rogaremos	rogaréis	rogarán
	conditional	rogaría	rogaríes	rogaría	rogaríemos, rogaríamos	rogaríeis, rogaríais	rogaríen
subjunctive	present	roge	roges, rogas	roge	rogemos	rogéis	rogen, rogan
	imperfect	rogare, rogara	rogares, rogaras	rogare, rogara	rogáremos, rogáramos	rogareis, rogarais	rogaren, rogaran
imperative		—	roga	—	—	rogái	—

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese rogar, from Latin rogāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [roˈɣaɾ]

Verb

rogar (first-person singular present rogo, first-person singular preterite roguei, past participle rogado)

1. to beg, to supplicate

   Synonym: pregar

2. (transitive) to offer (something) insistently

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rogar (g-gu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	rogar
Personal	rogar	rogares	rogar	rogarmos	rogardes	rogaren
Gerund
	rogando
Past participle
Masculine	rogado			rogados
Feminine	rogada			rogadas
Indicative
Present	rogo	rogas	roga	rogamos	rogades	rogan
Imperfect	rogaba	rogabas	rogaba	rogabamos	rogabades	rogaban
Preterite	roguei	rogaches	rogou	rogamos	rogastes	rogaron
Pluperfect	rogara	rogaras	rogara	rogaramos	rogarades	rogaran
Future	rogarei	rogarás	rogará	rogaremos	rogaredes	rogarán
Conditional	rogaría	rogarías	rogaría	rogariamos	rogariades	rogarían
Subjunctive
Present	rogue	rogues	rogue	roguemos	roguedes	roguen
Imperfect	rogase	rogases	rogase	rogásemos	rogásedes	rogasen
Future	rogar	rogares	rogar	rogarmos	rogardes	rogaren
Imperative
Affirmative		roga	rogue	roguemos	rogade	roguen
Negative (non)		non rogues	non rogue	non roguemos	non roguedes	non roguen

Derived terms

• facerse de rogar
• roga

References

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

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rogāre.

Verb

rogar

1. to beg, to supplicate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rogar

infinitive				rogar
gerund		simple		rogando
		compound		gerund of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		rogado		rogados
		feminine		rogada		rogadas
present participle				rogante		rogantes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	rogo	rogas	roga	rogamos	rogades, rogaes, rogais, rogaas, rogás	rogan
	imperfect	rogava	rogavas	rogava	rogavamos, rogávamos	rogavades, rogávades, rogávaes, rogávais, rogávees, rogáveis	rogavan
	preterite	roguei	rogaste, rogasche, rogache	rogou	rogamos	rogastes	rogaron
	pluperfect	rogara	rogaras	rogara	rogaramos, rogáramos	rogarades, rogárades, rogáraes, rogárais, rogárees, rogáreis	rogaran
	future	rogarei	rogarás	rogará	rogaremos	rogaredes, rogarees, rogareis, rogarês	rogarán
	conditional	rogaria	rogarias	rogaria	rogariamos, rogaríamos	rogariades, rogaríades, rogaríaes, rogaríais, rogaríees, rogaríeis	rogarian
compound tenses	present perfect	present of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	past anterior	preterite of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect anterior	simple pluperfect of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	future perfect	future of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
subjunctive mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	rogue	rogues	rogue	roguemos	roguedes, roguees, rogueis, roguês	roguen
	imperfect	rogasse	rogasses	rogasse	rogassemos, rogássemos	rogassedes, rogássedes, rogássees, rogásseis	rogassen
	future	rogar	rogares	rogar	rogarmos	rogardes	rogaren
compound tenses	present perfect	present subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	future perfect	future subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
imperative mood		—	tu	—	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	—
affirmative		—	roga	—	roguemos	rogade, rogae, rogai	—
negative		—	non rogues	—	non roguemos	non roguedes, non roguees, non rogueis, non roguês	—
personal infinitive		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
		rogar	rogares	rogar	rogarmos	rogardes	rogaren
1 Haver is more common than tẽer.

Descendants

• Galician: rogar
• Portuguese: rogar

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "rogar"

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese rogar, from Latin rogāre, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃roǵ-, ablaut of *h₃reǵ-.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈɡa(ʁ)/ [hoˈɡa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈɡa(ʁ)/ [hoˈɡa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈɡa(ɾ)/ [hoˈɡa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈɡa(ʁ)/ [χoˈɡa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈɡa(ɻ)/ [hoˈɡa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈɡaɾ/ [ʁuˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈɡaɾ/ [ʁuˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈɡa.ɾi/ [ʁuˈɣa.ɾi]

• Homophone: rugar (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: ro‧gar

Verb

rogar (first-person singular present rogo, first-person singular preterite roguei, past participle rogado)

1. to request
2. to beg
3. to pray
4. to curse

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rogar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	rogar
Personal	rogar	rogares	rogar	rogarmos	rogardes	rogarem
Gerund
	rogando
Past participle
Masculine	rogado			rogados
Feminine	rogada			rogadas
Indicative
Present	rogo	rogas	roga	rogamos	rogais	rogam
Imperfect	rogava	rogavas	rogava	rogávamos	rogáveis	rogavam
Preterite	roguei	rogaste	rogou	rogamos1, rogámos2	rogastes	rogaram
Pluperfect	rogara	rogaras	rogara	rogáramos	rogáreis	rogaram
Future	rogarei	rogarás	rogará	rogaremos	rogareis	rogarão
Conditional	rogaria	rogarias	rogaria	rogaríamos	rogaríeis	rogariam
Subjunctive
Present	rogue	rogues	rogue	roguemos	rogueis	roguem
Imperfect	rogasse	rogasses	rogasse	rogássemos	rogásseis	rogassem
Future	rogar	rogares	rogar	rogarmos	rogardes	rogarem
Imperative
Affirmative		roga	rogue	roguemos	rogai	roguem
Negative (não)		não rogues	não rogue	não roguemos	não rogueis	não roguem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:rogar.

Derived terms

• rogatório

Further reading

• “rogar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “rogar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish rogar, from Latin rogāre, which is either from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- and a doublet of regō, or from procō and a doublet of precor and procus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈɡaɾ/ [roˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ro‧gar

Verb

rogar (first-person singular present ruego, first-person singular preterite rogué, past participle rogado)

1. (ambitransitive) to beg, entreat, implore something

   Synonyms: suplicar, implorar

   Ruega lo que quieras: igual no te diré el secreto.

   Beg as much as you want: I won't tell you the secret anyway.

2. (ambitransitive) to urge, solicit, ask for something

   Synonym: solicitar

   Le rogamos que se presente un día antes.

   We urge you to attend one day before.

3. (intransitive) to pray for someone

   Synonyms: rezar, orar

   Acuérdate de rogarle a Dios por mí.

   Remember to pray to God on my behalf!

4. to require

   Synonym: requerir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rogar (o-ue alternation; g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			rogar
gerund			rogando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rogado		rogada
		plural		rogados		rogadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ruego	ruegastú rogásvos	ruega	rogamos	rogáis	ruegan
	imperfect	rogaba	rogabas	rogaba	rogábamos	rogabais	rogaban
	preterite	rogué	rogaste	rogó	rogamos	rogasteis	rogaron
	future	rogaré	rogarás	rogará	rogaremos	rogaréis	rogarán
	conditional	rogaría	rogarías	rogaría	rogaríamos	rogaríais	rogarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ruegue	rueguestú roguésvos2	ruegue	roguemos	roguéis	rueguen
	imperfect (ra)	rogara	rogaras	rogara	rogáramos	rogarais	rogaran
	imperfect (se)	rogase	rogases	rogase	rogásemos	rogaseis	rogasen
	future1	rogare	rogares	rogare	rogáremos	rogareis	rogaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		ruegatú rogávos	ruegue	roguemos	rogad	rueguen
	negative		no ruegues	no ruegue	no roguemos	no roguéis	no rueguen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of rogar (o-ue alternation; g-gu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive rogar	dative	rogarme	rogarte	rogarle, rogarse	rogarnos	rogaros	rogarles, rogarse
	accusative	rogarme	rogarte	rogarlo, rogarla, rogarse	rogarnos	rogaros	rogarlos, rogarlas, rogarse
with gerund rogando	dative	rogándome	rogándote	rogándole, rogándose	rogándonos	rogándoos	rogándoles, rogándose
	accusative	rogándome	rogándote	rogándolo, rogándola, rogándose	rogándonos	rogándoos	rogándolos, rogándolas, rogándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative ruega	dative	ruégame	ruégate	ruégale	ruéganos	not used	ruégales
	accusative	ruégame	ruégate	ruégalo, ruégala	ruéganos	not used	ruégalos, ruégalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative rogá	dative	rogame	rogate	rogale	roganos	not used	rogales
	accusative	rogame	rogate	rogalo, rogala	roganos	not used	rogalos, rogalas
with formal second-person singular imperative ruegue	dative	ruégueme	not used	ruéguele, ruéguese	ruéguenos	not used	ruégueles
	accusative	ruégueme	not used	ruéguelo, ruéguela, ruéguese	ruéguenos	not used	ruéguelos, ruéguelas
with first-person plural imperative roguemos	dative	not used	roguémoste	roguémosle	roguémonos	roguémoos	roguémosles
	accusative	not used	roguémoste	roguémoslo, roguémosla	roguémonos	roguémoos	roguémoslos, roguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative rogad	dative	rogadme	not used	rogadle	rogadnos	rogaos	rogadles
	accusative	rogadme	not used	rogadlo, rogadla	rogadnos	rogaos	rogadlos, rogadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative rueguen	dative	ruéguenme	not used	ruéguenle	ruéguennos	not used	ruéguenles, ruéguense
	accusative	ruéguenme	not used	ruéguenlo, ruéguenla	ruéguennos	not used	ruéguenlos, ruéguenlas, ruéguense

Derived terms

• a Dios rogando y con el mazo dando
• hacerse del rogar
• ruego

Related terms

• abrogar
• arrogar
• derogar
• interrogar
• rogación
• rogado
• rogador
• rogante
• rogativo
• rogatorio

Further reading

• “rogar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025