colgar
Spanish, verb/kolˈɡaɾ/
colgar is spelled C-O-L-G-A-R (6 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,627th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Colgar is a Spanish verb meaning “to hang” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sujetar algo o alguien de modo que no toque el suelo”.
What does colgar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hang
Cuelga la ropa, por favor.
- 2
to hang up (the telephone, etc.)
- 3
to upload
- 4
colloquial(+ con) to hang out with, relax with
- 5
to freeze, to hang (to come a sudden halt, stop working)
- 6
to fail a class or exam; to flunk
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Sujetar algo o alguien de modo que no toque el suelo. 2. Poner a una persona o animal una cuerda por el cuello con los pies o patas en el aire, de modo de provocarle la muerte. 3. Hacer una exposición de pintura, fotografía, u otra en la que las obras de arte se cuelgan de una pared o muro. 4. Atribuirle hechos reprobables o cosas negativas, casi siempre falsas, a una persona.
verb: 1. Estar asido a otra cosa por un hilo, cuerda, cadena o algo relativamente delgado de forma de oscilar en el aire. 2. Estar pendiente o sometido a voluntad o dictamen ajeno. 3. Estar desiguales los bordes inferiores de la ropa, de un tapiz u otra tela. 4. Estar situado en un terreno muy inclinado, muy pendiente o incluso vertical.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of colgar
- cuelgo first-person present singular
- colgué first-person preterite singular
- colgado participle past
- o-ue alternation
- g-gu alternation
- colgando gerund
- colgada feminine participle past
- colgados masculine participle past
- colgadas feminine participle past
- cuelgas indicative informal present
- colgás indicative informal present
- cuelga indicative present singular
- colgamos first-person indicative plural
- colgáis indicative plural present
- cuelgan indicative plural present
- colgaba first-person imperfect indicative
- colgabas imperfect indicative second-person
- colgábamos first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce colgar?
- /kolˈɡaɾ/
- [kolˈɣ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to colgar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is colgar in Spanish?
colgar appears 5.9 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).