acular
See also: açular
Catalan
Etymology
From a- + cul + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ə.kuˈla/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.kuˈlaɾ/
Verb
acular (first-person singular present aculo, past participle aculat)
- (transitive) to back up
- (transitive) to corner
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, figurative) to defend one's position stubbornly
Conjugation
Conjugation of acular (first conjugation)
| infinitive | acular | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | aculant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | aculat | aculada | |||||
| plural | aculats | aculades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | aculo | acules | acula | aculem | aculeu | aculen | |
| imperfect | aculava | aculaves | aculava | aculàvem | aculàveu | aculaven | |
| future | acularé | acularàs | acularà | acularem | aculareu | acularan | |
| preterite | aculí | aculares | aculà | aculàrem | aculàreu | acularen | |
| conditional | acularia | acularies | acularia | acularíem | acularíeu | acularien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | aculi | aculis | aculi | aculem | aculeu | aculin | |
| imperfect | aculés | aculessis | aculés | aculéssim | aculéssiu | aculessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | acula | aculi | aculem | aculeu | aculin | ||
Related terms
- recular
Further reading
- “acular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish
Etymology
From a- + culo + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /akuˈlaɾ/ [a.kuˈlaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧cu‧lar
Verb
acular (first-person singular present aculo, first-person singular preterite aculé, past participle aculado)
- to back (to tie by the hind)
- to corner
Conjugation
Conjugation of acular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | acular | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | aculando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | aculado | aculada | |||||
| plural | aculados | aculadas | |||||
| 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 | aculo | aculastú aculásvos | acula | aculamos | aculáis | aculan | |
| imperfect | aculaba | aculabas | aculaba | aculábamos | aculabais | aculaban | |
| preterite | aculé | aculaste | aculó | aculamos | aculasteis | acularon | |
| future | acularé | acularás | aculará | acularemos | acularéis | acularán | |
| conditional | acularía | acularías | acularía | acularíamos | acularíais | acularían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | acule | aculestú aculésvos2 | acule | aculemos | aculéis | aculen | |
| imperfect (ra) | aculara | acularas | aculara | aculáramos | acularais | acularan | |
| imperfect (se) | aculase | aculases | aculase | aculásemos | aculaseis | aculasen | |
| future1 | aculare | aculares | aculare | aculáremos | aculareis | acularen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | aculatú aculávos | acule | aculemos | aculad | aculen | ||
| negative | no acules | no acule | no aculemos | no aculéis | no aculen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “acular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Turkish
Noun
acular
- nominative plural of acu