vacar
See also: văcar and vãcar
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin vacō, vacāre.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /vəˈka/
- (Central) IPA(key): /bəˈka/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /vaˈkaɾ/
- Homophones: becà, becar, vacà
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
vacar (first-person singular present vaco, past participle vacat)
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Conjugation
Conjugation of vacar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | vacar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | vacant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | vacat | vacada | |||||
| plural | vacats | vacades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | vaco | vaques | vaca | vaquem | vaqueu | vaquen | |
| imperfect | vacava | vacaves | vacava | vacàvem | vacàveu | vacaven | |
| future | vacaré | vacaràs | vacarà | vacarem | vacareu | vacaran | |
| preterite | vaquí | vacares | vacà | vacàrem | vacàreu | vacaren | |
| conditional | vacaria | vacaries | vacaria | vacaríem | vacaríeu | vacarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | vaqui | vaquis | vaqui | vaquem | vaqueu | vaquin | |
| imperfect | vaqués | vaquessis | vaqués | vaquéssim | vaquéssiu | vaquessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | vaca | vaqui | vaquem | vaqueu | vaquin | ||
Anagrams
- cavar, varca
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- vagar
Etymology
From Latin vacāre.
Verb
vacar (first-person singular present vaco, first-person singular preterite vaquei, past participle vacado)
- to vacate (move out of a given place)
Conjugation
Conjugation of vacar (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 | vacar | |||||
| Personal | vacar | vacares | vacar | vacarmos | vacardes | vacarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| vacando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | vacado | vacados | ||||
| Feminine | vacada | vacadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | vaco | vacas | vaca | vacamos | vacais | vacam |
| Imperfect | vacava | vacavas | vacava | vacávamos | vacáveis | vacavam |
| Preterite | vaquei | vacaste | vacou | vacamos1, vacámos2 | vacastes | vacaram |
| Pluperfect | vacara | vacaras | vacara | vacáramos | vacáreis | vacaram |
| Future | vacarei | vacarás | vacará | vacaremos | vacareis | vacarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| vacaria | vacarias | vacaria | vacaríamos | vacaríeis | vacariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | vaque | vaques | vaque | vaquemos | vaqueis | vaquem |
| Imperfect | vacasse | vacasses | vacasse | vacássemos | vacásseis | vacassem |
| Future | vacar | vacares | vacar | vacarmos | vacardes | vacarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | vaca | vaque | vaquemos | vacai | vaquem | |
| Negative (não) | não vaques | não vaque | não vaquemos | não vaqueis | não vaquem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin vacō, vacāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈkaɾ/ [baˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: va‧car
Verb
vacar (first-person singular present vaco, first-person singular preterite vaqué, past participle vacado)
- to take a break
- to vacate
- to dedicate time to
- to lack
Conjugation
Conjugation of vacar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | vacar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | vacando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | vacado | vacada | |||||
| plural | vacados | vacadas | |||||
| 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 | vaco | vacastú vacásvos | vaca | vacamos | vacáis | vacan | |
| imperfect | vacaba | vacabas | vacaba | vacábamos | vacabais | vacaban | |
| preterite | vaqué | vacaste | vacó | vacamos | vacasteis | vacaron | |
| future | vacaré | vacarás | vacará | vacaremos | vacaréis | vacarán | |
| conditional | vacaría | vacarías | vacaría | vacaríamos | vacaríais | vacarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | vaque | vaquestú vaquésvos2 | vaque | vaquemos | vaquéis | vaquen | |
| imperfect (ra) | vacara | vacaras | vacara | vacáramos | vacarais | vacaran | |
| imperfect (se) | vacase | vacases | vacase | vacásemos | vacaseis | vacasen | |
| future1 | vacare | vacares | vacare | vacáremos | vacareis | vacaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | vacatú vacávos | vaque | vaquemos | vacad | vaquen | ||
| negative | no vaques | no vaque | no vaquemos | no vaquéis | no vaquen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of vacar (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 vacar | |||||||
| dative | vacarme | vacarte | vacarle, vacarse | vacarnos | vacaros | vacarles, vacarse | |
| accusative | vacarme | vacarte | vacarlo, vacarla, vacarse | vacarnos | vacaros | vacarlos, vacarlas, vacarse | |
| with gerund vacando | |||||||
| dative | vacándome | vacándote | vacándole, vacándose | vacándonos | vacándoos | vacándoles, vacándose | |
| accusative | vacándome | vacándote | vacándolo, vacándola, vacándose | vacándonos | vacándoos | vacándolos, vacándolas, vacándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative vaca | |||||||
| dative | vácame | vácate | vácale | vácanos | not used | vácales | |
| accusative | vácame | vácate | vácalo, vácala | vácanos | not used | vácalos, vácalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative vacá | |||||||
| dative | vacame | vacate | vacale | vacanos | not used | vacales | |
| accusative | vacame | vacate | vacalo, vacala | vacanos | not used | vacalos, vacalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative vaque | |||||||
| dative | váqueme | not used | váquele, váquese | váquenos | not used | váqueles | |
| accusative | váqueme | not used | váquelo, váquela, váquese | váquenos | not used | váquelos, váquelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative vaquemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | vaquémoste | vaquémosle | vaquémonos | vaquémoos | vaquémosles | |
| accusative | not used | vaquémoste | vaquémoslo, vaquémosla | vaquémonos | vaquémoos | vaquémoslos, vaquémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative vacad | |||||||
| dative | vacadme | not used | vacadle | vacadnos | vacaos | vacadles | |
| accusative | vacadme | not used | vacadlo, vacadla | vacadnos | vacaos | vacadlos, vacadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative vaquen | |||||||
| dative | váquenme | not used | váquenle | váquennos | not used | váquenles, váquense | |
| accusative | váquenme | not used | váquenlo, váquenla | váquennos | not used | váquenlos, váquenlas, váquense | |
Further reading
- “vacar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014