amochiguar

Spanish

Etymology

From a- + a variant of muchiguar (also obsolete), from *multificāre (“multiply, increase”), from Latin multus (“much”) + -ficāre (factitive verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amot͡ʃiˈɡwaɾ/ [a.mo.t͡ʃiˈɣ̞waɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧mo‧chi‧guar

Verb

amochiguar (first-person singular present amochiguo, first-person singular preterite amochigüé, past participle amochiguado)

1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) to multiply, to augment

Conjugation

    Conjugation of amochiguar (gu-gü alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			amochiguar
gerund			amochiguando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		amochiguado		amochiguada
		plural		amochiguados		amochiguadas
		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	amochiguo	amochiguastú amochiguásvos	amochigua	amochiguamos	amochiguáis	amochiguan
	imperfect	amochiguaba	amochiguabas	amochiguaba	amochiguábamos	amochiguabais	amochiguaban
	preterite	amochigüé	amochiguaste	amochiguó	amochiguamos	amochiguasteis	amochiguaron
	future	amochiguaré	amochiguarás	amochiguará	amochiguaremos	amochiguaréis	amochiguarán
	conditional	amochiguaría	amochiguarías	amochiguaría	amochiguaríamos	amochiguaríais	amochiguarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	amochigüe	amochigüestú amochigüésvos2	amochigüe	amochigüemos	amochigüéis	amochigüen
	imperfect (ra)	amochiguara	amochiguaras	amochiguara	amochiguáramos	amochiguarais	amochiguaran
	imperfect (se)	amochiguase	amochiguases	amochiguase	amochiguásemos	amochiguaseis	amochiguasen
	future1	amochiguare	amochiguares	amochiguare	amochiguáremos	amochiguareis	amochiguaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		amochiguatú amochiguávos	amochigüe	amochigüemos	amochiguad	amochigüen
	negative		no amochigües	no amochigüe	no amochigüemos	no amochigüéis	no amochigüen

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

    Selected combined forms of amochiguar (gu-gü 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 amochiguar
	dative	amochiguarme	amochiguarte	amochiguarle, amochiguarse	amochiguarnos	amochiguaros	amochiguarles, amochiguarse
	accusative	amochiguarme	amochiguarte	amochiguarlo, amochiguarla, amochiguarse	amochiguarnos	amochiguaros	amochiguarlos, amochiguarlas, amochiguarse
with gerund amochiguando
	dative	amochiguándome	amochiguándote	amochiguándole, amochiguándose	amochiguándonos	amochiguándoos	amochiguándoles, amochiguándose
	accusative	amochiguándome	amochiguándote	amochiguándolo, amochiguándola, amochiguándose	amochiguándonos	amochiguándoos	amochiguándolos, amochiguándolas, amochiguándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative amochigua
	dative	amochíguame	amochíguate	amochíguale	amochíguanos	not used	amochíguales
	accusative	amochíguame	amochíguate	amochígualo, amochíguala	amochíguanos	not used	amochígualos, amochígualas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative amochiguá
	dative	amochiguame	amochiguate	amochiguale	amochiguanos	not used	amochiguales
	accusative	amochiguame	amochiguate	amochigualo, amochiguala	amochiguanos	not used	amochigualos, amochigualas
with formal second-person singular imperative amochigüe
	dative	amochígüeme	not used	amochígüele, amochígüese	amochígüenos	not used	amochígüeles
	accusative	amochígüeme	not used	amochígüelo, amochígüela, amochígüese	amochígüenos	not used	amochígüelos, amochígüelas
with first-person plural imperative amochigüemos
	dative	not used	amochigüémoste	amochigüémosle	amochigüémonos	amochigüémoos	amochigüémosles
	accusative	not used	amochigüémoste	amochigüémoslo, amochigüémosla	amochigüémonos	amochigüémoos	amochigüémoslos, amochigüémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative amochiguad
	dative	amochiguadme	not used	amochiguadle	amochiguadnos	amochiguaos	amochiguadles
	accusative	amochiguadme	not used	amochiguadlo, amochiguadla	amochiguadnos	amochiguaos	amochiguadlos, amochiguadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative amochigüen
	dative	amochígüenme	not used	amochígüenle	amochígüennos	not used	amochígüenles, amochígüense
	accusative	amochígüenme	not used	amochígüenlo, amochígüenla	amochígüennos	not used	amochígüenlos, amochígüenlas, amochígüense

See also

• multiplicar

Further reading

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