imprecar
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin imprecārī.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.pɾeˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾeˈka(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ĩ.pɾeˈka(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩ.pɾeˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾeˈka(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.pɾeˈka(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.pɾɨˈkaɾ/
Verb
imprecar (first-person singular present impreco, first-person singular preterite imprequei, past participle imprecado)
- to imprecate; to curse
- Synonym: rogar
Conjugation
Conjugation of imprecar (c-qu alternation) (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 | imprecar | |||||
| Personal | imprecar | imprecares | imprecar | imprecarmos | imprecardes | imprecarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| imprecando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | imprecado | imprecados | ||||
| Feminine | imprecada | imprecadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | impreco | imprecas | impreca | imprecamos | imprecais | imprecam |
| Imperfect | imprecava | imprecavas | imprecava | imprecávamos | imprecáveis | imprecavam |
| Preterite | imprequei | imprecaste | imprecou | imprecamos1, imprecámos2 | imprecastes | imprecaram |
| Pluperfect | imprecara | imprecaras | imprecara | imprecáramos | imprecáreis | imprecaram |
| Future | imprecarei | imprecarás | imprecará | imprecaremos | imprecareis | imprecarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| imprecaria | imprecarias | imprecaria | imprecaríamos | imprecaríeis | imprecariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | impreque | impreques | impreque | imprequemos | imprequeis | imprequem |
| Imperfect | imprecasse | imprecasses | imprecasse | imprecássemos | imprecásseis | imprecassem |
| Future | imprecar | imprecares | imprecar | imprecarmos | imprecardes | imprecarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | impreca | impreque | imprequemos | imprecai | imprequem | |
| Negative (não) | não impreques | não impreque | não imprequemos | não imprequeis | não imprequem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin imprecor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /impɾeˈkaɾ/ [ĩm.pɾeˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: im‧pre‧car
Verb
imprecar (first-person singular present impreco, first-person singular preterite imprequé, past participle imprecado)
- (transitive) to imprecate, curse
Conjugation
Conjugation of imprecar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | imprecar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | imprecando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | imprecado | imprecada | |||||
| plural | imprecados | imprecadas | |||||
| 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 | impreco | imprecastú imprecásvos | impreca | imprecamos | imprecáis | imprecan | |
| imperfect | imprecaba | imprecabas | imprecaba | imprecábamos | imprecabais | imprecaban | |
| preterite | imprequé | imprecaste | imprecó | imprecamos | imprecasteis | imprecaron | |
| future | imprecaré | imprecarás | imprecará | imprecaremos | imprecaréis | imprecarán | |
| conditional | imprecaría | imprecarías | imprecaría | imprecaríamos | imprecaríais | imprecarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | impreque | imprequestú imprequésvos2 | impreque | imprequemos | imprequéis | imprequen | |
| imperfect (ra) | imprecara | imprecaras | imprecara | imprecáramos | imprecarais | imprecaran | |
| imperfect (se) | imprecase | imprecases | imprecase | imprecásemos | imprecaseis | imprecasen | |
| future1 | imprecare | imprecares | imprecare | imprecáremos | imprecareis | imprecaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | imprecatú imprecávos | impreque | imprequemos | imprecad | imprequen | ||
| negative | no impreques | no impreque | no imprequemos | no imprequéis | no imprequen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of imprecar (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 imprecar | |||||||
| dative | imprecarme | imprecarte | imprecarle, imprecarse | imprecarnos | imprecaros | imprecarles, imprecarse | |
| accusative | imprecarme | imprecarte | imprecarlo, imprecarla, imprecarse | imprecarnos | imprecaros | imprecarlos, imprecarlas, imprecarse | |
| with gerund imprecando | |||||||
| dative | imprecándome | imprecándote | imprecándole, imprecándose | imprecándonos | imprecándoos | imprecándoles, imprecándose | |
| accusative | imprecándome | imprecándote | imprecándolo, imprecándola, imprecándose | imprecándonos | imprecándoos | imprecándolos, imprecándolas, imprecándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative impreca | |||||||
| dative | imprécame | imprécate | imprécale | imprécanos | not used | imprécales | |
| accusative | imprécame | imprécate | imprécalo, imprécala | imprécanos | not used | imprécalos, imprécalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative imprecá | |||||||
| dative | imprecame | imprecate | imprecale | imprecanos | not used | imprecales | |
| accusative | imprecame | imprecate | imprecalo, imprecala | imprecanos | not used | imprecalos, imprecalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative impreque | |||||||
| dative | impréqueme | not used | impréquele, impréquese | impréquenos | not used | impréqueles | |
| accusative | impréqueme | not used | impréquelo, impréquela, impréquese | impréquenos | not used | impréquelos, impréquelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative imprequemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | imprequémoste | imprequémosle | imprequémonos | imprequémoos | imprequémosles | |
| accusative | not used | imprequémoste | imprequémoslo, imprequémosla | imprequémonos | imprequémoos | imprequémoslos, imprequémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative imprecad | |||||||
| dative | imprecadme | not used | imprecadle | imprecadnos | imprecaos | imprecadles | |
| accusative | imprecadme | not used | imprecadlo, imprecadla | imprecadnos | imprecaos | imprecadlos, imprecadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative imprequen | |||||||
| dative | impréquenme | not used | impréquenle | impréquennos | not used | impréquenles, impréquense | |
| accusative | impréquenme | not used | impréquenlo, impréquenla | impréquennos | not used | impréquenlos, impréquenlas, impréquense | |
Derived terms
- imprecatorio
Related terms
- imprecación
Further reading
- “imprecar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014