opacar
Spanish
Etymology
opaco (“opaque”) + -ar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /opaˈkaɾ/ [o.paˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: o‧pa‧car
Verb
opacar (first-person singular present opaco, first-person singular preterite opaqué, past participle opacado)
- (transitive) to overshadow
- 2015 July 18, “El legado brit pop y la raverbena”, in El País:
- Porque han emborronado tanto (y no solo por el grano con el que opacaron las proyecciones de su directo desde las pantallas) su ensalada de breakbeats inmisericordes que cuesta creer que una vez fueran vanguardia, el excitante lavado de cara del punk desde presupuestos rave.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of opacar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | opacar | ||||||
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gerund | opacando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | opacado | opacada | |||||
plural | opacados | opacadas | |||||
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 | opaco | opacastú opacásvos | opaca | opacamos | opacáis | opacan | |
imperfect | opacaba | opacabas | opacaba | opacábamos | opacabais | opacaban | |
preterite | opaqué | opacaste | opacó | opacamos | opacasteis | opacaron | |
future | opacaré | opacarás | opacará | opacaremos | opacaréis | opacarán | |
conditional | opacaría | opacarías | opacaría | opacaríamos | opacaríais | opacarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | opaque | opaquestú opaquésvos2 | opaque | opaquemos | opaquéis | opaquen | |
imperfect (ra) | opacara | opacaras | opacara | opacáramos | opacarais | opacaran | |
imperfect (se) | opacase | opacases | opacase | opacásemos | opacaseis | opacasen | |
future1 | opacare | opacares | opacare | opacáremos | opacareis | opacaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | opacatú opacávos | opaque | opaquemos | opacad | opaquen | ||
negative | no opaques | no opaque | no opaquemos | no opaquéis | no opaquen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of opacar (c-qu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive opacar | |||||||
dative | opacarme | opacarte | opacarle, opacarse | opacarnos | opacaros | opacarles, opacarse | |
accusative | opacarme | opacarte | opacarlo, opacarla, opacarse | opacarnos | opacaros | opacarlos, opacarlas, opacarse | |
with gerund opacando | |||||||
dative | opacándome | opacándote | opacándole, opacándose | opacándonos | opacándoos | opacándoles, opacándose | |
accusative | opacándome | opacándote | opacándolo, opacándola, opacándose | opacándonos | opacándoos | opacándolos, opacándolas, opacándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative opaca | |||||||
dative | opácame | opácate | opácale | opácanos | not used | opácales | |
accusative | opácame | opácate | opácalo, opácala | opácanos | not used | opácalos, opácalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative opacá | |||||||
dative | opacame | opacate | opacale | opacanos | not used | opacales | |
accusative | opacame | opacate | opacalo, opacala | opacanos | not used | opacalos, opacalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative opaque | |||||||
dative | opáqueme | not used | opáquele, opáquese | opáquenos | not used | opáqueles | |
accusative | opáqueme | not used | opáquelo, opáquela, opáquese | opáquenos | not used | opáquelos, opáquelas | |
with first-person plural imperative opaquemos | |||||||
dative | not used | opaquémoste | opaquémosle | opaquémonos | opaquémoos | opaquémosles | |
accusative | not used | opaquémoste | opaquémoslo, opaquémosla | opaquémonos | opaquémoos | opaquémoslos, opaquémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative opacad | |||||||
dative | opacadme | not used | opacadle | opacadnos | opacaos | opacadles | |
accusative | opacadme | not used | opacadlo, opacadla | opacadnos | opacaos | opacadlos, opacadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative opaquen | |||||||
dative | opáquenme | not used | opáquenle | opáquennos | not used | opáquenles, opáquense | |
accusative | opáquenme | not used | opáquenlo, opáquenla | opáquennos | not used | opáquenlos, opáquenlas, opáquense |
Further reading
- “opacar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014