corrugar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin corrūgāre (“to wrinkle; to corrugate”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ku.ruˈɣa]

• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [ko.ruˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ko.ruˈɣaɾ]

Verb

corrugar (first-person singular present corrugo, first-person singular preterite corruguí, past participle corrugat)

1. (transitive) to corrugate

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of corrugar (first conjugation, g-gu alternation)

infinitive			corrugar
gerund			corrugant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		corrugat		corrugada
		plural		corrugats		corrugades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	corrugo	corrugues	corruga	corruguem	corrugueu	corruguen
	imperfect	corrugava	corrugaves	corrugava	corrugàvem	corrugàveu	corrugaven
	future	corrugaré	corrugaràs	corrugarà	corrugarem	corrugareu	corrugaran
	preterite	corruguí	corrugares	corrugà	corrugàrem	corrugàreu	corrugaren
	conditional	corrugaria	corrugaries	corrugaria	corrugaríem	corrugaríeu	corrugarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	corrugui	corruguis	corrugui	corruguem	corrugueu	corruguin
	imperfect	corrugués	corruguessis	corrugués	corruguéssim	corruguéssiu	corruguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	corruga	corrugui	corruguem	corrugueu	corruguin
	negative (no)	—	no corruguis	no corrugui	no corruguem	no corrugueu	no corruguin

Derived terms

• arruga
• corrugació
• corrugador
• corrugat
• desarrugar

Related terms

• corrugatiu

Further reading

• “corrugar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁roug-h₂-der.

Proto-Italic *rougā

Latin rūga

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 -ō

Latin corrūgāreder.

Spanish corrugar

Derived from Latin corrūgāre (“to wrinkle; to corrugate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koruˈɡaɾ/ [ko.ruˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: co‧rru‧gar

Verb

corrugar (first-person singular present corrugo, first-person singular preterite corrugué, past participle corrugado)

1. (transitive) to corrugate

Conjugation

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

infinitive			corrugar
gerund			corrugando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		corrugado		corrugada
		plural		corrugados		corrugadas
		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	corrugo	corrugastú corrugásvos	corruga	corrugamos	corrugáis	corrugan
	imperfect	corrugaba	corrugabas	corrugaba	corrugábamos	corrugabais	corrugaban
	preterite	corrugué	corrugaste	corrugó	corrugamos	corrugasteis	corrugaron
	future	corrugaré	corrugarás	corrugará	corrugaremos	corrugaréis	corrugarán
	conditional	corrugaría	corrugarías	corrugaría	corrugaríamos	corrugaríais	corrugarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	corrugue	corruguestú corruguésvos2	corrugue	corruguemos	corruguéis	corruguen
	imperfect (ra)	corrugara	corrugaras	corrugara	corrugáramos	corrugarais	corrugaran
	imperfect (se)	corrugase	corrugases	corrugase	corrugásemos	corrugaseis	corrugasen
	future1	corrugare	corrugares	corrugare	corrugáremos	corrugareis	corrugaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		corrugatú corrugávos	corrugue	corruguemos	corrugad	corruguen
	negative		no corrugues	no corrugue	no corruguemos	no corruguéis	no corruguen

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

Further reading

• “corrugar”, 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