macar
See also: măcar, mācar, and Macar
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /məˈka/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /maˈkaɾ/
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *maccare. (Compare Italian ammaccare, Spanish macar.) Ultimate origin unknown.
Verb
macar (first-person singular present maco, past participle macat)
- (transitive) to batter, to bruise
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to bruise, to get bruised
Conjugation
Conjugation of macar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | macar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | macant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | macat | macada | |||||
| plural | macats | macades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | maco | maques | maca | maquem | maqueu | maquen | |
| imperfect | macava | macaves | macava | macàvem | macàveu | macaven | |
| future | macaré | macaràs | macarà | macarem | macareu | macaran | |
| preterite | maquí | macares | macà | macàrem | macàreu | macaren | |
| conditional | macaria | macaries | macaria | macaríem | macaríeu | macarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | maqui | maquis | maqui | maquem | maqueu | maquin | |
| imperfect | maqués | maquessis | maqués | maquéssim | maquéssiu | maquessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | maca | maqui | maquem | maqueu | maquin | ||
Etymology 2
mac + -ar
Noun
macar m (plural macars)
- stony ground
- Synonym: codolar
Further reading
- “macar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish
Verb
macar (first-person singular present maco, first-person singular preterite maqué, past participle macado)
- (obsolete or of fruit) to bruise
Conjugation
Conjugation of macar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | macar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | macando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | macado | macada | |||||
| plural | macados | macadas | |||||
| 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 | maco | macastú macásvos | maca | macamos | macáis | macan | |
| imperfect | macaba | macabas | macaba | macábamos | macabais | macaban | |
| preterite | maqué | macaste | macó | macamos | macasteis | macaron | |
| future | macaré | macarás | macará | macaremos | macaréis | macarán | |
| conditional | macaría | macarías | macaría | macaríamos | macaríais | macarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | maque | maquestú maquésvos2 | maque | maquemos | maquéis | maquen | |
| imperfect (ra) | macara | macaras | macara | macáramos | macarais | macaran | |
| imperfect (se) | macase | macases | macase | macásemos | macaseis | macasen | |
| future1 | macare | macares | macare | macáremos | macareis | macaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | macatú macávos | maque | maquemos | macad | maquen | ||
| negative | no maques | no maque | no maquemos | no maquéis | no maquen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of macar (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 macar | |||||||
| dative | macarme | macarte | macarle, macarse | macarnos | macaros | macarles, macarse | |
| accusative | macarme | macarte | macarlo, macarla, macarse | macarnos | macaros | macarlos, macarlas, macarse | |
| with gerund macando | |||||||
| dative | macándome | macándote | macándole, macándose | macándonos | macándoos | macándoles, macándose | |
| accusative | macándome | macándote | macándolo, macándola, macándose | macándonos | macándoos | macándolos, macándolas, macándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative maca | |||||||
| dative | mácame | mácate | mácale | mácanos | not used | mácales | |
| accusative | mácame | mácate | mácalo, mácala | mácanos | not used | mácalos, mácalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative macá | |||||||
| dative | macame | macate | macale | macanos | not used | macales | |
| accusative | macame | macate | macalo, macala | macanos | not used | macalos, macalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative maque | |||||||
| dative | máqueme | not used | máquele, máquese | máquenos | not used | máqueles | |
| accusative | máqueme | not used | máquelo, máquela, máquese | máquenos | not used | máquelos, máquelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative maquemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | maquémoste | maquémosle | maquémonos | maquémoos | maquémosles | |
| accusative | not used | maquémoste | maquémoslo, maquémosla | maquémonos | maquémoos | maquémoslos, maquémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative macad | |||||||
| dative | macadme | not used | macadle | macadnos | macaos | macadles | |
| accusative | macadme | not used | macadlo, macadla | macadnos | macaos | macadlos, macadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative maquen | |||||||
| dative | máquenme | not used | máquenle | máquennos | not used | máquenles, máquense | |
| accusative | máquenme | not used | máquenlo, máquenla | máquennos | not used | máquenlos, máquenlas, máquense | |
Further reading
- “macar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Venetian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Compare Italian ammaccare.
Verb
macar
- (transitive) to dent
- (transitive) to bruise
Conjugation
- Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of macar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | macar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| auxiliary verb | aver | gerund | macando | |||
| past participle | macà | |||||
| person | singular | plural | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| indicative | mi | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
| present | maco | (te) machi | (el/ła) maca | machémo, macòn | maché | (i/łe) maca |
| imperfect | macava | (te) macavi | (el/ła) macava | macàvimo | macavi | (i/łe) macava |
| future | macarò | (te) macarè | (el/ła) macarà | macarémo | macarè | (i/łe) macarà |
| conditional | mi | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
| present | macarìa | (te) macarisi | (el/ła) macarìa | macarìsimo | macarisi | (i/łe) macarìa |
| subjunctive | che mi | che ti | che eło / eła | che noialtri / noialtre | che voialtri / voialtre | che łuri / łore |
| present | mache, maca | (te) machi | (el/ła) mache, (el/ła) maca | machémo, macone | maché | (i/łe) mache, (i/łe) maca |
| imperfect | macase | (te) macasi | (el/ła) macase | macàsimo | macasi | (i/łe) macase |
| imperative | — | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
| — | (te) maca | (el/ła) maca, (el/ła) mache | machémo | maché | (i/łe) maca, (i/łe) mache | |