tabicar
Spanish
Etymology
From tabique (“wall”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tabiˈkaɾ/ [t̪a.β̞iˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ta‧bi‧car
Verb
tabicar (first-person singular present tabico, first-person singular preterite tabiqué, past participle tabicado)
- (transitive) to rope off; to partition
- (transitive) to board up (windows)
- (transitive) to block up (nose)
Conjugation
Conjugation of tabicar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | tabicar | ||||||
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gerund | tabicando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | tabicado | tabicada | |||||
plural | tabicados | tabicadas | |||||
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 | tabico | tabicastú tabicásvos | tabica | tabicamos | tabicáis | tabican | |
imperfect | tabicaba | tabicabas | tabicaba | tabicábamos | tabicabais | tabicaban | |
preterite | tabiqué | tabicaste | tabicó | tabicamos | tabicasteis | tabicaron | |
future | tabicaré | tabicarás | tabicará | tabicaremos | tabicaréis | tabicarán | |
conditional | tabicaría | tabicarías | tabicaría | tabicaríamos | tabicaríais | tabicarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | tabique | tabiquestú tabiquésvos2 | tabique | tabiquemos | tabiquéis | tabiquen | |
imperfect (ra) | tabicara | tabicaras | tabicara | tabicáramos | tabicarais | tabicaran | |
imperfect (se) | tabicase | tabicases | tabicase | tabicásemos | tabicaseis | tabicasen | |
future1 | tabicare | tabicares | tabicare | tabicáremos | tabicareis | tabicaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | tabicatú tabicávos | tabique | tabiquemos | tabicad | tabiquen | ||
negative | no tabiques | no tabique | no tabiquemos | no tabiquéis | no tabiquen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of tabicar (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 tabicar | |||||||
dative | tabicarme | tabicarte | tabicarle, tabicarse | tabicarnos | tabicaros | tabicarles, tabicarse | |
accusative | tabicarme | tabicarte | tabicarlo, tabicarla, tabicarse | tabicarnos | tabicaros | tabicarlos, tabicarlas, tabicarse | |
with gerund tabicando | |||||||
dative | tabicándome | tabicándote | tabicándole, tabicándose | tabicándonos | tabicándoos | tabicándoles, tabicándose | |
accusative | tabicándome | tabicándote | tabicándolo, tabicándola, tabicándose | tabicándonos | tabicándoos | tabicándolos, tabicándolas, tabicándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tabica | |||||||
dative | tabícame | tabícate | tabícale | tabícanos | not used | tabícales | |
accusative | tabícame | tabícate | tabícalo, tabícala | tabícanos | not used | tabícalos, tabícalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tabicá | |||||||
dative | tabicame | tabicate | tabicale | tabicanos | not used | tabicales | |
accusative | tabicame | tabicate | tabicalo, tabicala | tabicanos | not used | tabicalos, tabicalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative tabique | |||||||
dative | tabíqueme | not used | tabíquele, tabíquese | tabíquenos | not used | tabíqueles | |
accusative | tabíqueme | not used | tabíquelo, tabíquela, tabíquese | tabíquenos | not used | tabíquelos, tabíquelas | |
with first-person plural imperative tabiquemos | |||||||
dative | not used | tabiquémoste | tabiquémosle | tabiquémonos | tabiquémoos | tabiquémosles | |
accusative | not used | tabiquémoste | tabiquémoslo, tabiquémosla | tabiquémonos | tabiquémoos | tabiquémoslos, tabiquémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative tabicad | |||||||
dative | tabicadme | not used | tabicadle | tabicadnos | tabicaos | tabicadles | |
accusative | tabicadme | not used | tabicadlo, tabicadla | tabicadnos | tabicaos | tabicadlos, tabicadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative tabiquen | |||||||
dative | tabíquenme | not used | tabíquenle | tabíquennos | not used | tabíquenles, tabíquense | |
accusative | tabíquenme | not used | tabíquenlo, tabíquenla | tabíquennos | not used | tabíquenlos, tabíquenlas, tabíquense |
Further reading
- “tabicar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014