prologar

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pér

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *próder.

Ancient Greek πρό (pró)

Ancient Greek προ- (pro-)

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos

Proto-Hellenic *lógos

Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)

Ancient Greek πρόλογος (prólogos)bor.

Spanish prólogo

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -āre

Old Spanish -ar

Spanish -ar

Spanish prologar

From prólogo + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾoloˈɡaɾ/ [pɾo.loˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pro‧lo‧gar

Verb

prologar (first-person singular present prologo, first-person singular preterite prologué, past participle prologado)

1. (transitive) to preface

Conjugation

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

infinitive			prologar
gerund			prologando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		prologado		prologada
		plural		prologados		prologadas
		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	prologo	prologastú prologásvos	prologa	prologamos	prologáis	prologan
	imperfect	prologaba	prologabas	prologaba	prologábamos	prologabais	prologaban
	preterite	prologué	prologaste	prologó	prologamos	prologasteis	prologaron
	future	prologaré	prologarás	prologará	prologaremos	prologaréis	prologarán
	conditional	prologaría	prologarías	prologaría	prologaríamos	prologaríais	prologarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	prologue	prologuestú prologuésvos2	prologue	prologuemos	prologuéis	prologuen
	imperfect (ra)	prologara	prologaras	prologara	prologáramos	prologarais	prologaran
	imperfect (se)	prologase	prologases	prologase	prologásemos	prologaseis	prologasen
	future1	prologare	prologares	prologare	prologáremos	prologareis	prologaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		prologatú prologávos	prologue	prologuemos	prologad	prologuen
	negative		no prologues	no prologue	no prologuemos	no prologuéis	no prologuen

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

    Selected combined forms of prologar (g-gu 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 prologar	dative	prologarme	prologarte	prologarle, prologarse	prologarnos	prologaros	prologarles, prologarse
	accusative	prologarme	prologarte	prologarlo, prologarla, prologarse	prologarnos	prologaros	prologarlos, prologarlas, prologarse
with gerund prologando	dative	prologándome	prologándote	prologándole, prologándose	prologándonos	prologándoos	prologándoles, prologándose
	accusative	prologándome	prologándote	prologándolo, prologándola, prologándose	prologándonos	prologándoos	prologándolos, prologándolas, prologándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative prologa	dative	prológame	prológate	prológale	prológanos	not used	prológales
	accusative	prológame	prológate	prológalo, prológala	prológanos	not used	prológalos, prológalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative prologá	dative	prologame	prologate	prologale	prologanos	not used	prologales
	accusative	prologame	prologate	prologalo, prologala	prologanos	not used	prologalos, prologalas
with formal second-person singular imperative prologue	dative	prológueme	not used	prológuele, prológuese	prológuenos	not used	prológueles
	accusative	prológueme	not used	prológuelo, prológuela, prológuese	prológuenos	not used	prológuelos, prológuelas
with first-person plural imperative prologuemos	dative	not used	prologuémoste	prologuémosle	prologuémonos	prologuémoos	prologuémosles
	accusative	not used	prologuémoste	prologuémoslo, prologuémosla	prologuémonos	prologuémoos	prologuémoslos, prologuémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative prologad	dative	prologadme	not used	prologadle	prologadnos	prologaos	prologadles
	accusative	prologadme	not used	prologadlo, prologadla	prologadnos	prologaos	prologadlos, prologadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative prologuen	dative	prológuenme	not used	prológuenle	prológuennos	not used	prológuenles, prológuense
	accusative	prológuenme	not used	prológuenlo, prológuenla	prológuennos	not used	prológuenlos, prológuenlas, prológuense

Further reading

• “prologar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026