aplicar
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin applicāre, present active infinitive of applicō. Doublet of aplegar, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ə.pliˈka/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.pliˈkaɾ/
Verb
aplicar (first-person singular present aplico, past participle aplicat)
- to apply
Conjugation
Conjugation of aplicar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | aplicar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | aplicant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | aplicat | aplicada | |||||
| plural | aplicats | aplicades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | aplico | apliques | aplica | apliquem | apliqueu | apliquen | |
| imperfect | aplicava | aplicaves | aplicava | aplicàvem | aplicàveu | aplicaven | |
| future | aplicaré | aplicaràs | aplicarà | aplicarem | aplicareu | aplicaran | |
| preterite | apliquí | aplicares | aplicà | aplicàrem | aplicàreu | aplicaren | |
| conditional | aplicaria | aplicaries | aplicaria | aplicaríem | aplicaríeu | aplicarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | apliqui | apliquis | apliqui | apliquem | apliqueu | apliquin | |
| imperfect | apliqués | apliquessis | apliqués | apliquéssim | apliquéssiu | apliquessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | aplica | apliqui | apliquem | apliqueu | apliquin | ||
Derived terms
- aplicable
Related terms
- aplicació
Further reading
- “aplicar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “aplicar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “aplicar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “aplicar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
14th century. Borrowed from Latin applicāre. Compare the inherited doublet achegar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /apliˈkaɾ/
Verb
aplicar (first-person singular present aplico, first-person singular preterite apliquei, past participle aplicado)
- to apply
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to commit (to); to dedicate oneself to (to pursue a course of action with great effort)
- to save (to store for future use)
Conjugation
- Note: aplic- are changed to apliqu- before front vowels (e).
Conjugation of aplicar
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| impersonal | aplicar | |||||
| personal | aplicar | aplicares | aplicar | aplicarmos | aplicardes | aplicaren |
| Gerund | ||||||
| aplicando | ||||||
| Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
| masculine | aplicado | aplicados | ||||
| feminine | aplicada | aplicadas | ||||
| Indicative | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | aplico | aplicas | aplica | aplicamos | aplicades | aplican |
| imperfect | aplicaba | aplicabas | aplicaba | aplicabamos | aplicabades | aplicaban |
| preterite | apliquei | aplicaches | aplicou | aplicamos | aplicastes | aplicaron |
| pluperfect | aplicara | aplicaras | aplicara | aplicaramos | aplicarades | aplicaran |
| future | aplicarei | aplicarás | aplicará | aplicaremos | aplicaredes | aplicarán |
| conditional | aplicaría | aplicarías | aplicaría | aplicariamos | aplicariades | aplicarían |
| Subjunctive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | aplique | apliques | aplique | apliquemos | apliquedes | apliquen |
| preterite | aplicase | aplicases | aplicase | aplicásemos | aplicásedes | aplicasen |
| future | aplicar | aplicares | aplicar | aplicarmos | aplicardes | aplicaren |
| Imperative | – | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| affirmative | – | aplica | aplique | apliquemos | aplicade | apliquen |
| negative | – | apliques | aplique | apliquemos | apliquedes | apliquen |
Derived terms
- aplicábel
- aplicación
- aplicado
- aplicador
- aplicativo
References
- “aplicad” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “aplicar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “aplicar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “aplicar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- applicar (obsolete).
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin applicāre. Compare the inherited doublet achegar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.pliˈka(ʁ)/ [a.pliˈka(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.pliˈka(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.pliˈka(ʁ)/ [a.pliˈka(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.pliˈka(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.pliˈkaɾ/
- (Nordestino) IPA(key): /a.pli.ˈka(h)/
- Hyphenation: a‧pli‧car
Verb
aplicar (first-person singular present aplico, first-person singular preterite apliquei, past participle aplicado)
- (transitive or ditransitive, with the indirect object taking em or another positional preposition) to apply (to put on)
- Aplique xampu no seu cabelo até que ele fique macio.
- Apply shampoo on your hair until it gets soft.
- (transitive or ditransitive, with the indirect object taking a) to apply (to put to use for a purpose)
- O carrasco aplicou a pena de morte ao psicopata.
- The executioner applied the death sentence to the psychopath.
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, intransitive or transitive with a) to apply (to) (to be relevant to)
- Lógica matemática nem sempre se aplica à vida real.
- Mathematical logic doesn’t always apply to real life.
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, intransitive or transitive with a) to commit (to); to dedicate oneself to (to pursue a course of action with great effort)
- Estes pirralhos não se querem aplicar aos estudos.
- These brats don’t want to commit to their studies.
Conjugation
Conjugation of aplicar (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 | aplicar | |||||
| Personal | aplicar | aplicares | aplicar | aplicarmos | aplicardes | aplicarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| aplicando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | aplicado | aplicados | ||||
| Feminine | aplicada | aplicadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | aplico | aplicas | aplica | aplicamos | aplicais | aplicam |
| Imperfect | aplicava | aplicavas | aplicava | aplicávamos | aplicáveis | aplicavam |
| Preterite | apliquei | aplicaste | aplicou | aplicamos1, aplicámos2 | aplicastes | aplicaram |
| Pluperfect | aplicara | aplicaras | aplicara | aplicáramos | aplicáreis | aplicaram |
| Future | aplicarei | aplicarás | aplicará | aplicaremos | aplicareis | aplicarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| aplicaria | aplicarias | aplicaria | aplicaríamos | aplicaríeis | aplicariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | aplique | apliques | aplique | apliquemos | apliqueis | apliquem |
| Imperfect | aplicasse | aplicasses | aplicasse | aplicássemos | aplicásseis | aplicassem |
| Future | aplicar | aplicares | aplicar | aplicarmos | aplicardes | aplicarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | aplica | aplique | apliquemos | aplicai | apliquem | |
| Negative (não) | não apliques | não aplique | não apliquemos | não apliqueis | não apliquem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Derived terms
- aplicação
- aplicado
- aplicador
- aplicante
- aplicativo
- aplicável
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin applicāre, present active infinitive of applicō. Doublet of aplegar and allegar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /apliˈkaɾ/ [a.pliˈkaɾ]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧pli‧car
Verb
aplicar (first-person singular present aplico, first-person singular preterite apliqué, past participle aplicado)
- to use, to apply
- El presidente aplicó medidas especiales.
- The president used special measures.
- to smear, to put something above another thing or in contact with another thing
- Synonym: untar
- Aplicó la mermelada a la tostada.
- He spread the marmalade on the toast.
- Aplicó la pomada a la rodilla.
- He smeared the cream on his knee.
- (Belize) to apply for a job
- (reflexive) to apply oneself
- (reflexive) to apply, to hold true
Conjugation
Conjugation of aplicar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | aplicar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | aplicando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | aplicado | aplicada | |||||
| plural | aplicados | aplicadas | |||||
| 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 | aplico | aplicastú aplicásvos | aplica | aplicamos | aplicáis | aplican | |
| imperfect | aplicaba | aplicabas | aplicaba | aplicábamos | aplicabais | aplicaban | |
| preterite | apliqué | aplicaste | aplicó | aplicamos | aplicasteis | aplicaron | |
| future | aplicaré | aplicarás | aplicará | aplicaremos | aplicaréis | aplicarán | |
| conditional | aplicaría | aplicarías | aplicaría | aplicaríamos | aplicaríais | aplicarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | aplique | apliquestú apliquésvos2 | aplique | apliquemos | apliquéis | apliquen | |
| imperfect (ra) | aplicara | aplicaras | aplicara | aplicáramos | aplicarais | aplicaran | |
| imperfect (se) | aplicase | aplicases | aplicase | aplicásemos | aplicaseis | aplicasen | |
| future1 | aplicare | aplicares | aplicare | aplicáremos | aplicareis | aplicaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | aplicatú aplicávos | aplique | apliquemos | aplicad | apliquen | ||
| negative | no apliques | no aplique | no apliquemos | no apliquéis | no apliquen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of aplicar (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 aplicar | |||||||
| dative | aplicarme | aplicarte | aplicarle, aplicarse | aplicarnos | aplicaros | aplicarles, aplicarse | |
| accusative | aplicarme | aplicarte | aplicarlo, aplicarla, aplicarse | aplicarnos | aplicaros | aplicarlos, aplicarlas, aplicarse | |
| with gerund aplicando | |||||||
| dative | aplicándome | aplicándote | aplicándole, aplicándose | aplicándonos | aplicándoos | aplicándoles, aplicándose | |
| accusative | aplicándome | aplicándote | aplicándolo, aplicándola, aplicándose | aplicándonos | aplicándoos | aplicándolos, aplicándolas, aplicándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative aplica | |||||||
| dative | aplícame | aplícate | aplícale | aplícanos | not used | aplícales | |
| accusative | aplícame | aplícate | aplícalo, aplícala | aplícanos | not used | aplícalos, aplícalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative aplicá | |||||||
| dative | aplicame | aplicate | aplicale | aplicanos | not used | aplicales | |
| accusative | aplicame | aplicate | aplicalo, aplicala | aplicanos | not used | aplicalos, aplicalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative aplique | |||||||
| dative | aplíqueme | not used | aplíquele, aplíquese | aplíquenos | not used | aplíqueles | |
| accusative | aplíqueme | not used | aplíquelo, aplíquela, aplíquese | aplíquenos | not used | aplíquelos, aplíquelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative apliquemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | apliquémoste | apliquémosle | apliquémonos | apliquémoos | apliquémosles | |
| accusative | not used | apliquémoste | apliquémoslo, apliquémosla | apliquémonos | apliquémoos | apliquémoslos, apliquémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative aplicad | |||||||
| dative | aplicadme | not used | aplicadle | aplicadnos | aplicaos | aplicadles | |
| accusative | aplicadme | not used | aplicadlo, aplicadla | aplicadnos | aplicaos | aplicadlos, aplicadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative apliquen | |||||||
| dative | aplíquenme | not used | aplíquenle | aplíquennos | not used | aplíquenles, aplíquense | |
| accusative | aplíquenme | not used | aplíquenlo, aplíquenla | aplíquennos | not used | aplíquenlos, aplíquenlas, aplíquense | |
Derived terms
- aplicable
- aplicado
- aplicador
- aplicante
- aplicativo
- autoaplicarse
Related terms
- aplicación
- aplique
Further reading
- “aplicar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014