remolcar
Asturian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *remurclāre, *remulculāre < remulcāre, from Latin remulcum (“towrope”).
Verb
remolcar (first-person singular indicative present remolco, past participle remolcáu)
- to tow (pull something using a line)
Conjugation
Conjugation of remolcar
| infinitive | remolcar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | remolcando | ||||||
| past participle | m remolcáu, f remolcada, n remolcao, m pl remolcaos, f pl remolcaes | ||||||
| person | first singular yo | second singular tu | third singular él/elli | first plural nosotros/nós | second plural vosotros/vós | third plural ellos | |
| indicative | present | remolco | remolques | remolca | remolcamos | remolcáis | remolquen |
| imperfect | remolcaba | remolcabes | remolcaba | remolcábemos, remolcábamos | remolcabeis, remolcabais | remolcaben | |
| preterite | remolqué | remolcasti, remolquesti | remolcó | remolquemos | remolcastis, remolquestis | remolcaron | |
| pluperfect | remolcare, remolcara | remolcares, remolcaras | remolcare, remolcara | remolcáremos, remolcáramos | remolcareis, remolcarais | remolcaren, remolcaran | |
| future | remolcaré | remolcarás | remolcará | remolcaremos | remolcaréis | remolcarán | |
| conditional | remolcaría | remolcaríes | remolcaría | remolcaríemos, remolcaríamos | remolcaríeis, remolcaríais | remolcaríen | |
| subjunctive | present | remolque | remolques, remolcas | remolque | remolquemos | remolquéis | remolquen, remolcan |
| imperfect | remolcare, remolcara | remolcares, remolcaras | remolcare, remolcara | remolcáremos, remolcáramos | remolcareis, remolcarais | remolcaren, remolcaran | |
| imperative | — | remolca | — | — | remolcái | — | |
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin remulcō (“I tow”), from Latin remulcum (“towrope”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /rə.molˈka/
- (Central) IPA(key): /rə.mulˈka/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /re.molˈkaɾ/
- Homophone: remolcà
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
remolcar (first-person singular present remolco, past participle remolcat)
- (transitive) to tow (pull something using a line)
Conjugation
Conjugation of remolcar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | remolcar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | remolcant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | remolcat | remolcada | |||||
| plural | remolcats | remolcades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | remolco | remolques | remolca | remolquem | remolqueu | remolquen | |
| imperfect | remolcava | remolcaves | remolcava | remolcàvem | remolcàveu | remolcaven | |
| future | remolcaré | remolcaràs | remolcarà | remolcarem | remolcareu | remolcaran | |
| preterite | remolquí | remolcares | remolcà | remolcàrem | remolcàreu | remolcaren | |
| conditional | remolcaria | remolcaries | remolcaria | remolcaríem | remolcaríeu | remolcarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | remolqui | remolquis | remolqui | remolquem | remolqueu | remolquin | |
| imperfect | remolqués | remolquessis | remolqués | remolquéssim | remolquéssiu | remolquessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | remolca | remolqui | remolquem | remolqueu | remolquin | ||
Derived terms
- remolc
- remolcador
- remolcament
Further reading
- “remolcar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “remolcar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “remolcar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “remolcar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *remurclāre, *remulculāre < remulcāre, from Latin remulcum (“towrope”).
Verb
remolcar (first-person singular present remolco, first-person singular preterite remolqué, past participle remolcado)
- to tow, take in tow
Conjugation
Conjugation of remolcar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | remolcar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | remolcando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | remolcado | remolcada | |||||
| plural | remolcados | remolcadas | |||||
| 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 | remolco | remolcastú remolcásvos | remolca | remolcamos | remolcáis | remolcan | |
| imperfect | remolcaba | remolcabas | remolcaba | remolcábamos | remolcabais | remolcaban | |
| preterite | remolqué | remolcaste | remolcó | remolcamos | remolcasteis | remolcaron | |
| future | remolcaré | remolcarás | remolcará | remolcaremos | remolcaréis | remolcarán | |
| conditional | remolcaría | remolcarías | remolcaría | remolcaríamos | remolcaríais | remolcarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | remolque | remolquestú remolquésvos2 | remolque | remolquemos | remolquéis | remolquen | |
| imperfect (ra) | remolcara | remolcaras | remolcara | remolcáramos | remolcarais | remolcaran | |
| imperfect (se) | remolcase | remolcases | remolcase | remolcásemos | remolcaseis | remolcasen | |
| future1 | remolcare | remolcares | remolcare | remolcáremos | remolcareis | remolcaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | remolcatú remolcávos | remolque | remolquemos | remolcad | remolquen | ||
| negative | no remolques | no remolque | no remolquemos | no remolquéis | no remolquen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of remolcar (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 remolcar | |||||||
| dative | remolcarme | remolcarte | remolcarle, remolcarse | remolcarnos | remolcaros | remolcarles, remolcarse | |
| accusative | remolcarme | remolcarte | remolcarlo, remolcarla, remolcarse | remolcarnos | remolcaros | remolcarlos, remolcarlas, remolcarse | |
| with gerund remolcando | |||||||
| dative | remolcándome | remolcándote | remolcándole, remolcándose | remolcándonos | remolcándoos | remolcándoles, remolcándose | |
| accusative | remolcándome | remolcándote | remolcándolo, remolcándola, remolcándose | remolcándonos | remolcándoos | remolcándolos, remolcándolas, remolcándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative remolca | |||||||
| dative | remólcame | remólcate | remólcale | remólcanos | not used | remólcales | |
| accusative | remólcame | remólcate | remólcalo, remólcala | remólcanos | not used | remólcalos, remólcalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative remolcá | |||||||
| dative | remolcame | remolcate | remolcale | remolcanos | not used | remolcales | |
| accusative | remolcame | remolcate | remolcalo, remolcala | remolcanos | not used | remolcalos, remolcalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative remolque | |||||||
| dative | remólqueme | not used | remólquele, remólquese | remólquenos | not used | remólqueles | |
| accusative | remólqueme | not used | remólquelo, remólquela, remólquese | remólquenos | not used | remólquelos, remólquelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative remolquemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | remolquémoste | remolquémosle | remolquémonos | remolquémoos | remolquémosles | |
| accusative | not used | remolquémoste | remolquémoslo, remolquémosla | remolquémonos | remolquémoos | remolquémoslos, remolquémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative remolcad | |||||||
| dative | remolcadme | not used | remolcadle | remolcadnos | remolcaos | remolcadles | |
| accusative | remolcadme | not used | remolcadlo, remolcadla | remolcadnos | remolcaos | remolcadlos, remolcadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative remolquen | |||||||
| dative | remólquenme | not used | remólquenle | remólquennos | not used | remólquenles, remólquense | |
| accusative | remólquenme | not used | remólquenlo, remólquenla | remólquennos | not used | remólquenlos, remólquenlas, remólquense | |
Related terms
- remolcador
- remolque
Further reading
- “remolcar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014