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colgar

Portuguese, verb/kowˈɡa(ʁ)/

colgar is a Portuguese verb meaning “synonym of pendurar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pender, suspender”.

What does colgar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    archaicsynonym of pendurar

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. pender, suspender 2. pendurar 3. enforcar 4. ornar com tapetes ou elementos similares pendurados das paredes

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of colgar

  • colgo first-person present singular
  • colguei first-person preterite singular
  • colgado participle past
  • g-gu alternation
  • colgares infinitive second-person singular
  • colgarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • colgardes infinitive plural second-person
  • colgarem infinitive plural third-person
  • colgando gerund
  • colgados masculine participle past
  • colgada feminine participle past
  • colgadas feminine participle past
  • colgas indicative present second-person
  • colga indicative present singular
  • colgamos first-person indicative plural
  • colgais indicative plural present
  • colgam indicative plural present
  • colgava first-person imperfect indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce colgar?

  • Brazil /kowˈɡa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [koʊ̯ˈɡa(h)]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.