indicar
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin indicō.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /in.diˈka/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /in.diˈkaɾ/
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
indicar (first-person singular present indico, past participle indicat)
- to indicate
Conjugation
Conjugation of indicar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | indicar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | indicant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | indicat | indicada | |||||
| plural | indicats | indicades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | indico | indiques | indica | indiquem | indiqueu | indiquen | |
| imperfect | indicava | indicaves | indicava | indicàvem | indicàveu | indicaven | |
| future | indicaré | indicaràs | indicarà | indicarem | indicareu | indicaran | |
| preterite | indiquí | indicares | indicà | indicàrem | indicàreu | indicaren | |
| conditional | indicaria | indicaries | indicaria | indicaríem | indicaríeu | indicarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | indiqui | indiquis | indiqui | indiquem | indiqueu | indiquin | |
| imperfect | indiqués | indiquessis | indiqués | indiquéssim | indiquéssiu | indiquessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | indica | indiqui | indiquem | indiqueu | indiquin | ||
Derived terms
- contraindicar
Related terms
- índex
- indicació
- indicador
- indicatiu
Further reading
- “indicar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “indicar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “indicar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “indicar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
From Latin indicō.
Verb
indicar (first-person singular present indico, first-person singular preterite indiquei, past participle indicado)
- to indicate
Conjugation
- Note: indic- are changed to indiqu- before front vowels (e).
Conjugation of indicar
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| impersonal | indicar | |||||
| personal | indicar | indicares | indicar | indicarmos | indicardes | indicaren |
| Gerund | ||||||
| indicando | ||||||
| Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
| masculine | indicado | indicados | ||||
| feminine | indicada | indicadas | ||||
| Indicative | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | indico | indicas | indica | indicamos | indicades | indican |
| imperfect | indicaba | indicabas | indicaba | indicabamos | indicabades | indicaban |
| preterite | indiquei | indicaches | indicou | indicamos | indicastes | indicaron |
| pluperfect | indicara | indicaras | indicara | indicaramos | indicarades | indicaran |
| future | indicarei | indicarás | indicará | indicaremos | indicaredes | indicarán |
| conditional | indicaría | indicarías | indicaría | indicariamos | indicariades | indicarían |
| Subjunctive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | indique | indiques | indique | indiquemos | indiquedes | indiquen |
| preterite | indicase | indicases | indicase | indicásemos | indicásedes | indicasen |
| future | indicar | indicares | indicar | indicarmos | indicardes | indicaren |
| Imperative | – | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| affirmative | – | indica | indique | indiquemos | indicade | indiquen |
| negative | – | indiques | indique | indiquemos | indiquedes | indiquen |
Derived terms
- contraindicar
Related terms
- indicación
- indicador
- indicativo
- índice
Further reading
- “indicar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈdiː.kar/, [ɪn̪ˈd̪iːkär]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈdi.kar/, [in̪ˈd̪iːkär]
Verb
indīcar
- inflection of indīcō:
- first-person singular future passive indicative
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin indicāre.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.diˈkaɾ/
Verb
indicar (first-person singular present indico, first-person singular preterite indiquei, past participle indicado)
- to indicate, designate
- to display
- to advise
- inflection of indicar:
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive
- first/third-person singular personal infinitive
Conjugation
Conjugation of indicar (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 | indicar | |||||
| Personal | indicar | indicares | indicar | indicarmos | indicardes | indicarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| indicando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | indicado | indicados | ||||
| Feminine | indicada | indicadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | indico | indicas | indica | indicamos | indicais | indicam |
| Imperfect | indicava | indicavas | indicava | indicávamos | indicáveis | indicavam |
| Preterite | indiquei | indicaste | indicou | indicamos1, indicámos2 | indicastes | indicaram |
| Pluperfect | indicara | indicaras | indicara | indicáramos | indicáreis | indicaram |
| Future | indicarei | indicarás | indicará | indicaremos | indicareis | indicarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| indicaria | indicarias | indicaria | indicaríamos | indicaríeis | indicariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | indique | indiques | indique | indiquemos | indiqueis | indiquem |
| Imperfect | indicasse | indicasses | indicasse | indicássemos | indicásseis | indicassem |
| Future | indicar | indicares | indicar | indicarmos | indicardes | indicarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | indica | indique | indiquemos | indicai | indiquem | |
| Negative (não) | não indiques | não indique | não indiquemos | não indiqueis | não indiquem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Derived terms
- contraindicar
Related terms
- indicação
- indicador
- indicativo
- índice
Further reading
- “indicar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin indicō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /indiˈkaɾ/ [ĩn̪.d̪iˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: in‧di‧car
Verb
indicar (first-person singular present indico, first-person singular preterite indiqué, past participle indicado)
- to indicate, to bespeak
- (medicine) to prescribe
Conjugation
Conjugation of indicar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | indicar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | indicando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | indicado | indicada | |||||
| plural | indicados | indicadas | |||||
| 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 | indico | indicastú indicásvos | indica | indicamos | indicáis | indican | |
| imperfect | indicaba | indicabas | indicaba | indicábamos | indicabais | indicaban | |
| preterite | indiqué | indicaste | indicó | indicamos | indicasteis | indicaron | |
| future | indicaré | indicarás | indicará | indicaremos | indicaréis | indicarán | |
| conditional | indicaría | indicarías | indicaría | indicaríamos | indicaríais | indicarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | indique | indiquestú indiquésvos2 | indique | indiquemos | indiquéis | indiquen | |
| imperfect (ra) | indicara | indicaras | indicara | indicáramos | indicarais | indicaran | |
| imperfect (se) | indicase | indicases | indicase | indicásemos | indicaseis | indicasen | |
| future1 | indicare | indicares | indicare | indicáremos | indicareis | indicaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | indicatú indicávos | indique | indiquemos | indicad | indiquen | ||
| negative | no indiques | no indique | no indiquemos | no indiquéis | no indiquen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of indicar (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 indicar | |||||||
| dative | indicarme | indicarte | indicarle, indicarse | indicarnos | indicaros | indicarles, indicarse | |
| accusative | indicarme | indicarte | indicarlo, indicarla, indicarse | indicarnos | indicaros | indicarlos, indicarlas, indicarse | |
| with gerund indicando | |||||||
| dative | indicándome | indicándote | indicándole, indicándose | indicándonos | indicándoos | indicándoles, indicándose | |
| accusative | indicándome | indicándote | indicándolo, indicándola, indicándose | indicándonos | indicándoos | indicándolos, indicándolas, indicándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative indica | |||||||
| dative | indícame | indícate | indícale | indícanos | not used | indícales | |
| accusative | indícame | indícate | indícalo, indícala | indícanos | not used | indícalos, indícalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative indicá | |||||||
| dative | indicame | indicate | indicale | indicanos | not used | indicales | |
| accusative | indicame | indicate | indicalo, indicala | indicanos | not used | indicalos, indicalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative indique | |||||||
| dative | indíqueme | not used | indíquele, indíquese | indíquenos | not used | indíqueles | |
| accusative | indíqueme | not used | indíquelo, indíquela, indíquese | indíquenos | not used | indíquelos, indíquelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative indiquemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | indiquémoste | indiquémosle | indiquémonos | indiquémoos | indiquémosles | |
| accusative | not used | indiquémoste | indiquémoslo, indiquémosla | indiquémonos | indiquémoos | indiquémoslos, indiquémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative indicad | |||||||
| dative | indicadme | not used | indicadle | indicadnos | indicaos | indicadles | |
| accusative | indicadme | not used | indicadlo, indicadla | indicadnos | indicaos | indicadlos, indicadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative indiquen | |||||||
| dative | indíquenme | not used | indíquenle | indíquennos | not used | indíquenles, indíquense | |
| accusative | indíquenme | not used | indíquenlo, indíquenla | indíquennos | not used | indíquenlos, indíquenlas, indíquense | |
Derived terms
- contraindicar
Related terms
- indicación
- indicador
- indicativo
- índice
Further reading
- “indicar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014