migar

Galician

Etymology

From miga (“crumble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈɣaɾ/

Verb

migar (first-person singular present migo, first-person singular preterite miguei, past participle migado)

1. to crumble

   Synonyms: desmigallar, esfarelar, esfrangullar, esmiuzar

2. to crumble into milk, soup

   Synonyms: entrillar, trillar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of migar (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	migar
Personal	migar	migares	migar	migarmos	migardes	migaren
Gerund
	migando
Past participle
Masculine	migado			migados
Feminine	migada			migadas
Indicative
Present	migo	migas	miga	migamos	migades	migan
Imperfect	migaba	migabas	migaba	migabamos	migabades	migaban
Preterite	miguei	migaches	migou	migamos	migastes	migaron
Pluperfect	migara	migaras	migara	migaramos	migarades	migaran
Future	migarei	migarás	migará	migaremos	migaredes	migarán
Conditional	migaría	migarías	migaría	migariamos	migariades	migarían
Subjunctive
Present	migue	migues	migue	miguemos	miguedes	miguen
Imperfect	migase	migases	migase	migásemos	migásedes	migasen
Future	migar	migares	migar	migarmos	migardes	migaren
Imperative
Affirmative		miga	migue	miguemos	migade	miguen
Negative (non)		non migues	non migue	non miguemos	non miguedes	non miguen

    Reintegrated conjugation of migar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	migar
Personal	migar	migares	migar	migarmos	migardes	migarem
Gerund
	migando
Past participle
Masculine	migado			migados
Feminine	migada			migadas
Indicative
Present	migo	migas	miga	migamos	migades, migais	migam
Imperfect	migava	migavas	migava	migávamos	migávades, migáveis, migávais1	migavam
Preterite	miguei	migaste, migache1	migou	migamos	migastes	migárom, migaram
Pluperfect	migara	migaras	migara	migáramos	migárades, migáreis, migárais1	migaram
Future	migarei	migarás	migará	migaremos	migaredes, migareis	migarám, migarão
Conditional	migaria	migarias	migaria	migaríamos	migaríades, migaríeis, migaríais1	migariam
Subjunctive
Present	migue	migues	migue	miguemos	miguedes, migueis	miguem
Imperfect	migasse	migasses	migasse	migássemos	migássedes, migásseis	migassem
Future	migar	migares	migar	migarmos	migardes	migarem
Imperative
Affirmative		miga	migue	miguemos	migade, migai	miguem
Negative (nom)		nom migues	nom migue	nom miguemos	nom miguedes, nom migueis	nom miguem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• miga

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “migar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “migar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “migar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “migar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

From miga (“crumb”) ‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈɡaɾ/ [miˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mi‧gar

Verb

migar (first-person singular present migo, first-person singular preterite migué, past participle migado)

1. to crumble

Conjugation

    Conjugation of migar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			migar
gerund			migando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		migado		migada
		plural		migados		migadas
		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	migo	migastú migásvos	miga	migamos	migáis	migan
	imperfect	migaba	migabas	migaba	migábamos	migabais	migaban
	preterite	migué	migaste	migó	migamos	migasteis	migaron
	future	migaré	migarás	migará	migaremos	migaréis	migarán
	conditional	migaría	migarías	migaría	migaríamos	migaríais	migarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	migue	miguestú miguésvos2	migue	miguemos	miguéis	miguen
	imperfect (ra)	migara	migaras	migara	migáramos	migarais	migaran
	imperfect (se)	migase	migases	migase	migásemos	migaseis	migasen
	future1	migare	migares	migare	migáremos	migareis	migaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		migatú migávos	migue	miguemos	migad	miguen
	negative		no migues	no migue	no miguemos	no miguéis	no miguen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “migar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28