FromLatincollocāre(“set in place”).

colgar (first-person singular indicative presentcolgo,past participlecolgáu)

1. tohang

   Synonyms:engolar,colingar,encolingar,trescollerar

Inherited fromLatincollocāre(“set in place”).Doublet ofcol·locar.

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

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colgar (first-person singular presentcolgo,first-person singular preteritecolguí,past participlecolgat);root stress:(Central,Valencia,Balearic) /o/

1. tobury

   Synonyms:enterrar,soterrar

• “colgar” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “colgar”, inDiccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition,Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan:Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

FromOld Galician-Portuguesecolgar (13th century,Cantigas de Santa Maria), fromLatincollocāre(“set in place”). Doublet of the borrowedcolocar. Cognate withEnglishcouch andcollocate.

• IPA^(key):[kolˈɣaɾ]

colgar (first-person singular presentcolgo,first-person singular preteritecolguei,past participlecolgado)

1. tohang

   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, page685:

     Et hũus dizem que o enforcou com̃o a falsario; mays o arçebispo dom Rrodrigo, por apostar sua parauoa, diz que morreucolgado.

     And some say that he hanged him as a liar; but archbishop Don Rodrigo, to straighten his word, says he diedhanged.

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor,Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page441:

     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. tohang up

   Antonym:descolgar

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja,Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “colgar”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “colg”, inCorpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “colgar”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “colgar”, inDicionario 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”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “colgar” inDicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “colgar”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega,→ISSN

FromOld Galician-Portuguesecolgar(“hang”), fromLatincollocāre(“set in place”).Doublet ofcolocar.

colgar (first-person singular presentcolgo,first-person singular preteritecolguei,past participlecolgado)

1. (archaic)Synonym ofpendurar

Inherited fromLatincollocāre(“set in place”). Doublet of the borrowedcolocar. Cognate withEnglishcouch andcollocate.

• IPA^(key):/kolˈɡaɾ/[kolˈɣ̞aɾ]

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• Rhymes:-aɾ
• Syllabification:col‧gar

colgar (first-person singular presentcuelgo,first-person singular preteritecolgué,past participlecolgado)

1. (transitive) tohang

   Synonyms:pender,tender

   Antonym:descolgar

2. tohang up(thetelephone, etc.)

   Antonym:descolgar

3. (computing) toupload

   Synonym:subir

   Antonym:descargar

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

• suspender

• “colgar”, inDiccionario 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