divagar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin divagārī.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.vaˈɡa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.vaˈɡa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.vaˈɡa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.vaˈɡa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.vaˈɡa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.vaˈɡa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.vaˈɡa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.vaˈɡa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.vɐˈɡaɾ/ [di.vɐˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.vɐˈɡaɾ/ [di.vɐˈɣaɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.bɐˈɡaɾ/ [di.βɐˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.vɐˈɡa.ɾi/

• Homophone: devagar (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: di‧va‧gar

Verb

divagar (first-person singular present divago, first-person singular preterite divaguei, past participle divagado)

1. to digress
2. to wander, ramble

Conjugation

    Conjugation of divagar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	divagar
Personal	divagar	divagares	divagar	divagarmos	divagardes	divagarem
Gerund
	divagando
Past participle
Masculine	divagado			divagados
Feminine	divagada			divagadas
Indicative
Present	divago	divagas	divaga	divagamos	divagais	divagam
Imperfect	divagava	divagavas	divagava	divagávamos	divagáveis	divagavam
Preterite	divaguei	divagaste	divagou	divagamos1, divagámos2	divagastes	divagaram
Pluperfect	divagara	divagaras	divagara	divagáramos	divagáreis	divagaram
Future	divagarei	divagarás	divagará	divagaremos	divagareis	divagarão
Conditional	divagaria	divagarias	divagaria	divagaríamos	divagaríeis	divagariam
Subjunctive
Present	divague	divagues	divague	divaguemos	divagueis	divaguem
Imperfect	divagasse	divagasses	divagasse	divagássemos	divagásseis	divagassem
Future	divagar	divagares	divagar	divagarmos	divagardes	divagarem
Imperative
Affirmative		divaga	divague	divaguemos	divagai	divaguem
Negative (não)		não divagues	não divague	não divaguemos	não divagueis	não divaguem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin divagārī. Cognate with English divagate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dibaˈɡaɾ/ [d̪i.β̞aˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: di‧va‧gar

Verb

divagar (first-person singular present divago, first-person singular preterite divagué, past participle divagado)

1. to digress, ramble, sidetrack

   ...pero estoy divagando. ― ...but I digress.

2. roam, wander

   Synonym: vagar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of divagar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			divagar
gerund			divagando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		divagado		divagada
		plural		divagados		divagadas
		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	divago	divagastú divagásvos	divaga	divagamos	divagáis	divagan
	imperfect	divagaba	divagabas	divagaba	divagábamos	divagabais	divagaban
	preterite	divagué	divagaste	divagó	divagamos	divagasteis	divagaron
	future	divagaré	divagarás	divagará	divagaremos	divagaréis	divagarán
	conditional	divagaría	divagarías	divagaría	divagaríamos	divagaríais	divagarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	divague	divaguestú divaguésvos2	divague	divaguemos	divaguéis	divaguen
	imperfect (ra)	divagara	divagaras	divagara	divagáramos	divagarais	divagaran
	imperfect (se)	divagase	divagases	divagase	divagásemos	divagaseis	divagasen
	future1	divagare	divagares	divagare	divagáremos	divagareis	divagaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		divagatú divagávos	divague	divaguemos	divagad	divaguen
	negative		no divagues	no divague	no divaguemos	no divaguéis	no divaguen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “divagar”, 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