compulsar

compulsar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin compulsāre, from Latin compulsus.

Verb

compulsar (first-person singular present compulso, first-person singular preterite compulsei, past participle compulsado)

1. to consult (documents etc)
2. to compel

Conjugation

    Conjugation of compulsar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	compulsar
Personal	compulsar	compulsares	compulsar	compulsarmos	compulsardes	compulsarem
Gerund
	compulsando
Past participle
Masculine	compulsado			compulsados
Feminine	compulsada			compulsadas
Indicative
Present	compulso	compulsas	compulsa	compulsamos	compulsais	compulsam
Imperfect	compulsava	compulsavas	compulsava	compulsávamos	compulsáveis	compulsavam
Preterite	compulsei	compulsaste	compulsou	compulsamos1, compulsámos2	compulsastes	compulsaram
Pluperfect	compulsara	compulsaras	compulsara	compulsáramos	compulsáreis	compulsaram
Future	compulsarei	compulsarás	compulsará	compulsaremos	compulsareis	compulsarão
Conditional
	compulsaria	compulsarias	compulsaria	compulsaríamos	compulsaríeis	compulsariam
Subjunctive
Present	compulse	compulses	compulse	compulsemos	compulseis	compulsem
Imperfect	compulsasse	compulsasses	compulsasse	compulsássemos	compulsásseis	compulsassem
Future	compulsar	compulsares	compulsar	compulsarmos	compulsardes	compulsarem
Imperative
Affirmative		compulsa	compulse	compulsemos	compulsai	compulsem
Negative (não)		não compulses	não compulse	não compulsemos	não compulseis	não compulsem

¹Brazil.
²Portugal.

Related terms

• compelir
• compulsão
• compulsivo

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin compulso, compulsare, from Latin compulsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kompulˈsaɾ/ [kõm.pulˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: com‧pul‧sar

Verb

compulsar (first-person singular present compulso, first-person singular preterite compulsé, past participle compulsado)

1. to collate or compare

Conjugation

    Conjugation of compulsar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			compulsar
gerund			compulsando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		compulsado		compulsada
		plural		compulsados		compulsadas
		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	compulso	compulsastú compulsásvos	compulsa	compulsamos	compulsáis	compulsan
	imperfect	compulsaba	compulsabas	compulsaba	compulsábamos	compulsabais	compulsaban
	preterite	compulsé	compulsaste	compulsó	compulsamos	compulsasteis	compulsaron
	future	compulsaré	compulsarás	compulsará	compulsaremos	compulsaréis	compulsarán
	conditional	compulsaría	compulsarías	compulsaría	compulsaríamos	compulsaríais	compulsarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	compulse	compulsestú compulsésvos2	compulse	compulsemos	compulséis	compulsen
	imperfect (ra)	compulsara	compulsaras	compulsara	compulsáramos	compulsarais	compulsaran
	imperfect (se)	compulsase	compulsases	compulsase	compulsásemos	compulsaseis	compulsasen
	future1	compulsare	compulsares	compulsare	compulsáremos	compulsareis	compulsaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		compulsatú compulsávos	compulse	compulsemos	compulsad	compulsen
	negative		no compulses	no compulse	no compulsemos	no compulséis	no compulsen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of compulsar

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 compulsar
	dative	compulsarme	compulsarte	compulsarle, compulsarse	compulsarnos	compulsaros	compulsarles, compulsarse
	accusative	compulsarme	compulsarte	compulsarlo, compulsarla, compulsarse	compulsarnos	compulsaros	compulsarlos, compulsarlas, compulsarse
with gerund compulsando
	dative	compulsándome	compulsándote	compulsándole, compulsándose	compulsándonos	compulsándoos	compulsándoles, compulsándose
	accusative	compulsándome	compulsándote	compulsándolo, compulsándola, compulsándose	compulsándonos	compulsándoos	compulsándolos, compulsándolas, compulsándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative compulsa
	dative	compúlsame	compúlsate	compúlsale	compúlsanos	not used	compúlsales
	accusative	compúlsame	compúlsate	compúlsalo, compúlsala	compúlsanos	not used	compúlsalos, compúlsalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative compulsá
	dative	compulsame	compulsate	compulsale	compulsanos	not used	compulsales
	accusative	compulsame	compulsate	compulsalo, compulsala	compulsanos	not used	compulsalos, compulsalas
with formal second-person singular imperative compulse
	dative	compúlseme	not used	compúlsele, compúlsese	compúlsenos	not used	compúlseles
	accusative	compúlseme	not used	compúlselo, compúlsela, compúlsese	compúlsenos	not used	compúlselos, compúlselas
with first-person plural imperative compulsemos
	dative	not used	compulsémoste	compulsémosle	compulsémonos	compulsémoos	compulsémosles
	accusative	not used	compulsémoste	compulsémoslo, compulsémosla	compulsémonos	compulsémoos	compulsémoslos, compulsémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative compulsad
	dative	compulsadme	not used	compulsadle	compulsadnos	compulsaos	compulsadles
	accusative	compulsadme	not used	compulsadlo, compulsadla	compulsadnos	compulsaos	compulsadlos, compulsadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative compulsen
	dative	compúlsenme	not used	compúlsenle	compúlsennos	not used	compúlsenles, compúlsense
	accusative	compúlsenme	not used	compúlsenlo, compúlsenla	compúlsennos	not used	compúlsenlos, compúlsenlas, compúlsense

Related terms

• compeler
• compulsión
• compulsivo
• compulsorio

See also

• cotejar

Further reading

• “compulsar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014