colgar

Etymology

From Latin collocāre (“set in place”).

Verb

colgar (first-person singular indicative present colgo, past participle colgáu)

1. to hang

   Synonyms: engolar, colingar, encolingar, trescollerar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kulˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kolˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (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/

1. to bury

   Synonyms: enterrar, soterrar

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.

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^(key): [kolˈɣaɾ]

Verb

colgar (first-person singular present colgo, first-person singular preterite colguei, past participle colgado)

1. 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

2. to hang up

   Antonym: descolgar

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

colgar (first-person singular present colgo, first-person singular preterite colguei, past participle colgado)

1. (archaic) Synonym of pendurar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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)

1. (transitive) to hang

   Synonyms: pender, tender

   Antonym: descolgar

2. to hang up (the telephone, etc.)

   Antonym: descolgar

3. (computing) to upload

   Synonym: subir

   Antonym: descargar

4. (transitive, colloquial) (+ con) to hang out with, relax with
5. (reflexive, computing) to freeze, to hang (to come a sudden halt, stop working)

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