Etymology

From LatinCategory:Asturian terms inherited from Latin#COLGARCategory:Asturian terms derived from Latin#COLGAR collocāre (“set in place”).

Verb

colgar (first-person singular indicative present colgo, past participle colgáu)Category:Asturian lemmas#COLGARCategory:Asturian verbs#COLGARCategory:Asturian entries with incorrect language header#COLGARCategory:Pages with entries#COLGARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#COLGAR

1. to hang

   Synonyms: engolar, colingar, encolingar, trescollerar

Etymology

Inherited from LatinCategory:Catalan terms inherited from Latin#COLGARCategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#COLGAR collocāre (“set in place”). Doublet of col·locarCategory:Catalan doublets#COLGAR.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kulˈɣa]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#COLGAR
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kolˈɣa]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#COLGAR
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kolˈɣaɾ]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#COLGAR

• Audio (Barcelona):

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  Category:Catalan terms with audio pronunciation#COLGAR

Verb

colgar (first-person singular present colgo, first-person singular preterite colguí, past participle colgat)Category:Catalan lemmas#COLGARCategory:Catalan verbs#COLGARCategory:Catalan first conjugation verbs#COLGARCategory:Catalan verbs with g-gu alternation#COLGARCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#COLGARCategory:Pages with entries#COLGARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#COLGAR; 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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Etymology

From Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#COLGARCategory:Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#COLGAR colgar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from LatinCategory:Galician terms inherited from Latin#COLGARCategory:Galician terms derived from Latin#COLGAR collocāre (“set in place”). Doublet of the borrowed colocarCategory:Galician doublets#COLGAR. Cognate with English couch and collocate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kolˈɣaɾ]Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#COLGAR

Verb

colgar (first-person singular present colgo, first-person singular preterite colguei, past participle colgado)Category:Galician lemmas#COLGARCategory:Galician verbs#COLGARCategory:Galician verbs ending in -ar#COLGARCategory:Galician verbs with g-gu alternation#COLGARCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#COLGARCategory:Pages with entries#COLGARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#COLGAR

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.

     Category:Galician terms with quotations#COLGAR

   • 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

     Category:Galician terms with quotations#COLGAR

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2. to hang up

   Antonym: descolgar

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “colgar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “colgar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (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, 2012–2026
• 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 (in Galician), 2014–2026
• 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-PortugueseCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#COLGARCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#COLGAR colgar (“hang”), from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Latin#COLGARCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#COLGAR collocāre (“set in place”). Doublet of colocarCategory:Portuguese doublets#COLGAR.

Pronunciation

Verb

colgar (first-person singular present colgo, first-person singular preterite colguei, past participle colgado)Category:Portuguese lemmas#COLGARCategory:Portuguese verbs#COLGARCategory:Portuguese verbs ending in -ar#COLGARCategory:Portuguese verbs with g-gu alternation#COLGARCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#COLGARCategory:Pages with entries#COLGARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#COLGAR

1. (archaicCategory:Portuguese terms with archaic senses#COLGAR) synonym of pendurar

Further reading

• “colgar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “colgar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Etymology

Inherited from LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Latin#COLGARCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#COLGAR collocāre (“set in place”). Doublet of the borrowed colocarCategory:Spanish doublets#COLGAR. Cognate with English couch and collocate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kolˈɡaɾ/ [kolˈɣ̞aɾ]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#COLGARCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#COLGAR

• Audio (Colombia):

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  Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#COLGAR
• Rhymes: -aɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ#COLGARCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ/2 syllables#COLGAR
• Syllabification: col‧gar

Verb

colgar (first-person singular present cuelgo, first-person singular preterite colgué, past participle colgado)Category:Spanish lemmas#COLGARCategory:Spanish verbs#COLGARCategory:Spanish verbs ending in -ar#COLGARCategory:Spanish verbs with o-ue alternation#COLGARCategory:Spanish verbs with g-gu alternation#COLGARCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#COLGARCategory:Pages with entries#COLGARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#COLGAR

1. to hang

   Synonyms: pender, tender

   Antonym: descolgar

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

   Antonym: descolgar

3. (computingCategory:es:Computing#COLGAR) to upload

   Synonym: subir

   Antonyms: descargar, bajar

4. (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#COLGAR, colloquialCategory:Spanish colloquialisms#COLGAR) (+ con) to hang out with, relax with
5. (reflexiveCategory:Spanish reflexive verbs#COLGAR, computingCategory:es:Computing#COLGAR) to freeze, to hang (to come a sudden halt, stop working)
6. (reflexiveCategory:Spanish reflexive verbs#COLGAR, Puerto RicoCategory:Puerto Rican Spanish#COLGAR) to fail a class or exam; to flunk

See also

• suspender

Further reading

• “colgar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025