congrego

Congrego is a term that appears in Latin and in some Romance languages with meanings related to gathering. In classical Latin, congregō is the first-person singular present active indicative of congregāre, meaning “I gather” or “I assemble.” It is a standard form of the verb in the 1st conjugation, with principal parts: congregō, congregāre, congregāvī, congregātum. The form is used to describe the act of bringing people or things together.

Etymology and cognates: The word is built from con- (together) and the root greg- from the noun grex, gregis meaning flock or herd. This root yields common English derivatives such as congregate and congregation, and translations in Romance languages, including Spanish congregar/congregación and Portuguese congregar/congregação, with related noun forms for the assembly.

Romance language usage: In Spanish and Portuguese, the verb congregar is conjugated as congrego in the first-person singular present tense, meaning “I gather.” In both languages, the noun for a group formed by gathering is typically rendered as congregación (Spanish) or congregação (Portuguese). The bare form congrego is rarely used as a noun.

Other related terms include the Latin noun congregatio, meaning “assembly” or “congregation,” and the English derivatives congregation and congregate, which trace back to the same Latin root.