altercar
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin altercārī.
Verb
altercar (first-person singular present alterco, first-person singular preterite alterquei, past participle altercado)
- to dispute, argue, quarrel
Conjugation
Conjugation of altercar (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 | altercar | |||||
| Personal | altercar | altercares | altercar | altercarmos | altercardes | altercarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| altercando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | altercado | altercados | ||||
| Feminine | altercada | altercadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | alterco | altercas | alterca | altercamos | altercais | altercam |
| Imperfect | altercava | altercavas | altercava | altercávamos | altercáveis | altercavam |
| Preterite | alterquei | altercaste | altercou | altercamos1, altercámos2 | altercastes | altercaram |
| Pluperfect | altercara | altercaras | altercara | altercáramos | altercáreis | altercaram |
| Future | altercarei | altercarás | altercará | altercaremos | altercareis | altercarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| altercaria | altercarias | altercaria | altercaríamos | altercaríeis | altercariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | alterque | alterques | alterque | alterquemos | alterqueis | alterquem |
| Imperfect | altercasse | altercasses | altercasse | altercássemos | altercásseis | altercassem |
| Future | altercar | altercares | altercar | altercarmos | altercardes | altercarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | alterca | alterque | alterquemos | altercai | alterquem | |
| Negative (não) | não alterques | não alterque | não alterquemos | não alterqueis | não alterquem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin altercor. Compare English altercate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alteɾˈkaɾ/ [al̪.t̪eɾˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: al‧ter‧car
Verb
altercar (first-person singular present alterco, first-person singular preterite alterqué, past participle altercado)
- to dispute, argue, quarrel
- Synonyms: batallar, discutir, disputar, porfiar
Conjugation
Conjugation of altercar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | altercar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | altercando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | altercado | altercada | |||||
| plural | altercados | altercadas | |||||
| 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 | alterco | altercastú altercásvos | alterca | altercamos | altercáis | altercan | |
| imperfect | altercaba | altercabas | altercaba | altercábamos | altercabais | altercaban | |
| preterite | alterqué | altercaste | altercó | altercamos | altercasteis | altercaron | |
| future | altercaré | altercarás | altercará | altercaremos | altercaréis | altercarán | |
| conditional | altercaría | altercarías | altercaría | altercaríamos | altercaríais | altercarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | alterque | alterquestú alterquésvos2 | alterque | alterquemos | alterquéis | alterquen | |
| imperfect (ra) | altercara | altercaras | altercara | altercáramos | altercarais | altercaran | |
| imperfect (se) | altercase | altercases | altercase | altercásemos | altercaseis | altercasen | |
| future1 | altercare | altercares | altercare | altercáremos | altercareis | altercaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | altercatú altercávos | alterque | alterquemos | altercad | alterquen | ||
| negative | no alterques | no alterque | no alterquemos | no alterquéis | no alterquen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Derived terms
- altercado
Related terms
- altercación
Further reading
- “altercar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014