hincar

hincar

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪnˈd͡ʒɑːɾ/

Noun

hincar f

1. plow beam
2. plow

See also

• gasin
• hevcar
• amû

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “hincar”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press

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Spanish

Etymology

From earlier fincar, from Old Spanish fincar, from Vulgar Latin *fīccāre, syncopated from *fīgicāre, frequentative based on Latin fīgere (“drive in, fix in place”). Doublet of ficar. The /n/ may be due to the influence of Latin fingere and its derivatives.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈkaɾ/ [ĩŋˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: hin‧car

Verb

hincar (first-person singular present hinco, first-person singular preterite hinqué, past participle hincado)

1. (transitive) to thrust, drive
2. (reflexive) to kneel down
   • 2017 July 8, “Santos a Maduro: Puede insultarme a mí, pero no al pueblo colombiano”, in El Nacional‎:

     Inclínate, híncate ante tu padre.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

   Synonym: arrodillarse

Conjugation

    Conjugation of hincar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			hincar
gerund			hincando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		hincado		hincada
		plural		hincados		hincadas
		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	hinco	hincastú hincásvos	hinca	hincamos	hincáis	hincan
	imperfect	hincaba	hincabas	hincaba	hincábamos	hincabais	hincaban
	preterite	hinqué	hincaste	hincó	hincamos	hincasteis	hincaron
	future	hincaré	hincarás	hincará	hincaremos	hincaréis	hincarán
	conditional	hincaría	hincarías	hincaría	hincaríamos	hincaríais	hincarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	hinque	hinquestú hinquésvos2	hinque	hinquemos	hinquéis	hinquen
	imperfect (ra)	hincara	hincaras	hincara	hincáramos	hincarais	hincaran
	imperfect (se)	hincase	hincases	hincase	hincásemos	hincaseis	hincasen
	future1	hincare	hincares	hincare	hincáremos	hincareis	hincaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		hincatú hincávos	hinque	hinquemos	hincad	hinquen
	negative		no hinques	no hinque	no hinquemos	no hinquéis	no hinquen

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

    Selected combined forms of hincar (c-qu alternation)

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 hincar
	dative	hincarme	hincarte	hincarle, hincarse	hincarnos	hincaros	hincarles, hincarse
	accusative	hincarme	hincarte	hincarlo, hincarla, hincarse	hincarnos	hincaros	hincarlos, hincarlas, hincarse
with gerund hincando
	dative	hincándome	hincándote	hincándole, hincándose	hincándonos	hincándoos	hincándoles, hincándose
	accusative	hincándome	hincándote	hincándolo, hincándola, hincándose	hincándonos	hincándoos	hincándolos, hincándolas, hincándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative hinca
	dative	híncame	híncate	híncale	híncanos	not used	híncales
	accusative	híncame	híncate	híncalo, híncala	híncanos	not used	híncalos, híncalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative hincá
	dative	hincame	hincate	hincale	hincanos	not used	hincales
	accusative	hincame	hincate	hincalo, hincala	hincanos	not used	hincalos, hincalas
with formal second-person singular imperative hinque
	dative	hínqueme	not used	hínquele, hínquese	hínquenos	not used	hínqueles
	accusative	hínqueme	not used	hínquelo, hínquela, hínquese	hínquenos	not used	hínquelos, hínquelas
with first-person plural imperative hinquemos
	dative	not used	hinquémoste	hinquémosle	hinquémonos	hinquémoos	hinquémosles
	accusative	not used	hinquémoste	hinquémoslo, hinquémosla	hinquémonos	hinquémoos	hinquémoslos, hinquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative hincad
	dative	hincadme	not used	hincadle	hincadnos	hincaos	hincadles
	accusative	hincadme	not used	hincadlo, hincadla	hincadnos	hincaos	hincadlos, hincadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative hinquen
	dative	hínquenme	not used	hínquenle	hínquennos	not used	hínquenles, hínquense
	accusative	hínquenme	not used	hínquenlo, hínquenla	hínquennos	not used	hínquenlos, hínquenlas, hínquense

Derived terms

• hincar los codos
• por el culo te la hinco

Related terms

• hito

Descendants

• Papiamentu: hinka

Further reading

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