ñacar

Spanish

Etymology

Derived from Quechua ñak'ariy (“to suffer”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɲaˈkaɾ/ [ɲaˈkaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: ña‧car

Verb

ñacar (first-person singular present ñaco, first-person singular preterite ñaqué, past participle ñacado)

(Argentina, transitive) to hit
¿Vos ñacaste a mi hijo, boludo?
Did you hit my son, motherfucker?

Conjugation

Conjugation of ñacar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			ñacar
gerund			ñacando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ñacado		ñacada
		plural		ñacados		ñacadas
		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	ñaco	ñacas^{^tú} ñacás^{^vos}	ñaca	ñacamos	ñacáis	ñacan
	imperfect	ñacaba	ñacabas	ñacaba	ñacábamos	ñacabais	ñacaban
	preterite	ñaqué	ñacaste	ñacó	ñacamos	ñacasteis	ñacaron
	future	ñacaré	ñacarás	ñacará	ñacaremos	ñacaréis	ñacarán
	conditional	ñacaría	ñacarías	ñacaría	ñacaríamos	ñacaríais	ñacarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ñaque	ñaques^{^tú} ñaqués^{^vos²}	ñaque	ñaquemos	ñaquéis	ñaquen
	imperfect (ra)	ñacara	ñacaras	ñacara	ñacáramos	ñacarais	ñacaran
	imperfect (se)	ñacase	ñacases	ñacase	ñacásemos	ñacaseis	ñacasen
	future¹	ñacare	ñacares	ñacare	ñacáremos	ñacareis	ñacaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		ñaca^{^tú} ñacá^{^vos}	ñaque	ñaquemos	ñacad	ñaquen
	negative		no ñaques	no ñaque	no ñaquemos	no ñaquéis	no ñaquen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of ñacar (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 ñacar	dative	ñacarme	ñacarte	ñacarle, ñacarse	ñacarnos	ñacaros	ñacarles, ñacarse
with infinitive ñacar	accusative	ñacarme	ñacarte	ñacarlo, ñacarla, ñacarse	ñacarnos	ñacaros	ñacarlos, ñacarlas, ñacarse

with gerund ñacando	dative	ñacándome	ñacándote	ñacándole, ñacándose	ñacándonos	ñacándoos	ñacándoles, ñacándose
with gerund ñacando	accusative	ñacándome	ñacándote	ñacándolo, ñacándola, ñacándose	ñacándonos	ñacándoos	ñacándolos, ñacándolas, ñacándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative ñaca	dative	ñácame	ñácate	ñácale	ñácanos	not used	ñácales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative ñaca	accusative	ñácame	ñácate	ñácalo, ñácala	ñácanos	not used	ñácalos, ñácalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative ñacá	dative	ñacame	ñacate	ñacale	ñacanos	not used	ñacales
with informal second-person singular vos imperative ñacá	accusative	ñacame	ñacate	ñacalo, ñacala	ñacanos	not used	ñacalos, ñacalas

with formal second-person singular imperative ñaque	dative	ñáqueme	not used	ñáquele, ñáquese	ñáquenos	not used	ñáqueles
with formal second-person singular imperative ñaque	accusative	ñáqueme	not used	ñáquelo, ñáquela, ñáquese	ñáquenos	not used	ñáquelos, ñáquelas

with first-person plural imperative ñaquemos	dative	not used	ñaquémoste	ñaquémosle	ñaquémonos	ñaquémoos	ñaquémosles
with first-person plural imperative ñaquemos	accusative	not used	ñaquémoste	ñaquémoslo, ñaquémosla	ñaquémonos	ñaquémoos	ñaquémoslos, ñaquémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative ñacad	dative	ñacadme	not used	ñacadle	ñacadnos	ñacaos	ñacadles
with informal second-person plural imperative ñacad	accusative	ñacadme	not used	ñacadlo, ñacadla	ñacadnos	ñacaos	ñacadlos, ñacadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative ñaquen	dative	ñáquenme	not used	ñáquenle	ñáquennos	not used	ñáquenles, ñáquense
with formal second-person plural imperative ñaquen	accusative	ñáquenme	not used	ñáquenlo, ñáquenla	ñáquennos	not used	ñáquenlos, ñáquenlas, ñáquense

Related terms

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