gayar

Spanish

Etymology

From gayo (“colorful”), from Occitan gai (“cheerful”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʝaɾ/ [ɡaˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡaˈʝaɾ/ [ɡaˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡaˈʃaɾ/ [ɡaˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡaˈʒaɾ/ [ɡaˈʒaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ga‧yar

Verb

gayar (first-person singular present gayo, first-person singular preterite gayé, past participle gayado)

1. to decorate with coloured stripes

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gayar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			gayar
gerund			gayando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		gayado		gayada
		plural		gayados		gayadas
		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	gayo	gayastú gayásvos	gaya	gayamos	gayáis	gayan
	imperfect	gayaba	gayabas	gayaba	gayábamos	gayabais	gayaban
	preterite	gayé	gayaste	gayó	gayamos	gayasteis	gayaron
	future	gayaré	gayarás	gayará	gayaremos	gayaréis	gayarán
	conditional	gayaría	gayarías	gayaría	gayaríamos	gayaríais	gayarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	gaye	gayestú gayésvos2	gaye	gayemos	gayéis	gayen
	imperfect (ra)	gayara	gayaras	gayara	gayáramos	gayarais	gayaran
	imperfect (se)	gayase	gayases	gayase	gayásemos	gayaseis	gayasen
	future1	gayare	gayares	gayare	gayáremos	gayareis	gayaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		gayatú gayávos	gaye	gayemos	gayad	gayen
	negative		no gayes	no gaye	no gayemos	no gayéis	no gayen

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

Further reading

• “gayar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28