fluctuar
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fluctuāre, present active infinitive of fluctuō.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /fluk.tuˈa/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /fluk.tuˈaɾ/
Verb
fluctuar (first-person singular present fluctuo, past participle fluctuat)
- to fluctuate
- to waver
Conjugation
Conjugation of fluctuar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | fluctuar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | fluctuant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | fluctuat | fluctuada | |||||
| plural | fluctuats | fluctuades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | fluctuo | fluctues | fluctua | fluctuem | fluctueu | fluctuen | |
| imperfect | fluctuava | fluctuaves | fluctuava | fluctuàvem | fluctuàveu | fluctuaven | |
| future | fluctuaré | fluctuaràs | fluctuarà | fluctuarem | fluctuareu | fluctuaran | |
| preterite | fluctuí | fluctuares | fluctuà | fluctuàrem | fluctuàreu | fluctuaren | |
| conditional | fluctuaria | fluctuaries | fluctuaria | fluctuaríem | fluctuaríeu | fluctuarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | fluctuï | fluctuïs | fluctuï | fluctuem | fluctueu | fluctuïn | |
| imperfect | fluctués | fluctuessis | fluctués | fluctuéssim | fluctuéssiu | fluctuessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | fluctua | fluctuï | fluctuem | fluctueu | fluctuïn | ||
Related terms
- fluctuació
- fluctuant
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fluctuare, present active infinitive of fluctuō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fluɡˈtwaɾ/ [fluɣ̞ˈt̪waɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: fluc‧tuar
Verb
fluctuar (first-person singular present fluctúo, first-person singular preterite fluctué, past participle fluctuado)
- to fluctuate
- to waver
Conjugation
Conjugation of fluctuar (u-ú alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | fluctuar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | fluctuando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | fluctuado | fluctuada | |||||
| plural | fluctuados | fluctuadas | |||||
| 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 | fluctúo | fluctúastú fluctuásvos | fluctúa | fluctuamos | fluctuáis | fluctúan | |
| imperfect | fluctuaba | fluctuabas | fluctuaba | fluctuábamos | fluctuabais | fluctuaban | |
| preterite | fluctué | fluctuaste | fluctuó | fluctuamos | fluctuasteis | fluctuaron | |
| future | fluctuaré | fluctuarás | fluctuará | fluctuaremos | fluctuaréis | fluctuarán | |
| conditional | fluctuaría | fluctuarías | fluctuaría | fluctuaríamos | fluctuaríais | fluctuarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | fluctúe | fluctúestú fluctuésvos2 | fluctúe | fluctuemos | fluctuéis | fluctúen | |
| imperfect (ra) | fluctuara | fluctuaras | fluctuara | fluctuáramos | fluctuarais | fluctuaran | |
| imperfect (se) | fluctuase | fluctuases | fluctuase | fluctuásemos | fluctuaseis | fluctuasen | |
| future1 | fluctuare | fluctuares | fluctuare | fluctuáremos | fluctuareis | fluctuaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | fluctúatú fluctuávos | fluctúe | fluctuemos | fluctuad | fluctúen | ||
| negative | no fluctúes | no fluctúe | no fluctuemos | no fluctuéis | no fluctúen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Related terms
- fluctuación
- fluctuante
Further reading
- “fluctuar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014