Alegar means ‘to claim/allege’. It is a regular -ar verb with a spelling change (g becomes gu before e): alego (present), alegué (preterite), alegado (past participle), alegando (gerund).
Alegar in use
El acusado alegó que no estaba en la ciudad aquella nocheThe defendant claimed that he was not in the city that night
Siempre alegas falta de tiempo para no venir a las reunionesYou always plead lack of time so that you don't have to come to meetings
Si alegamos que hubo un error, nos devolverán el dineroIf we claim there was a mistake, they will give us our money back
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Indicative
Statements of fact, certainty and objective reality
ending the ending you addstem letters that changehaber auxiliary
Alegar means putting forward a reason or argument, usually in your own favour. To allege wrongdoing by someone else, Spanish tends to use acusar or denunciar.
More tenses
The other perfect tenses (haber + past participle) and the past subjunctive
The imperfect subjunctive has two forms: -ra (more common in speech) and -se (more formal; still heard in speech in Spain, mainly written in Latin America). Both are equally correct and interchangeable.
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