aclucar
Catalan
Alternative forms
Etymology
Probably from Vulgar Latin *clūdĭcāre (“to close”). Compare with Aragonese clucar and Occitan clucar~cluchar with the same meaning
Pronunciation
Verb
aclucar (first-person singular present acluco, first-person singular preterite acluquí, past participle aclucat)
- (transitive, reflexive) to close (one's eyes)
Conjugation
Conjugation of aclucar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)
| infinitive | aclucar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | aclucant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | aclucat | aclucada | |||||
| plural | aclucats | aclucades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | acluco | acluques | acluca | acluquem | acluqueu | acluquen | |
| imperfect | aclucava | aclucaves | aclucava | aclucàvem | aclucàveu | aclucaven | |
| future | aclucaré | aclucaràs | aclucarà | aclucarem | aclucareu | aclucaran | |
| preterite | acluquí | aclucares | aclucà | aclucàrem | aclucàreu | aclucaren | |
| conditional | aclucaria | aclucaries | aclucaria | aclucaríem | aclucaríeu | aclucarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | acluqui | acluquis | acluqui | acluquem | acluqueu | acluquin | |
| imperfect | acluqués | acluquessis | acluqués | acluquéssim | acluquéssiu | acluquessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | acluca | acluqui | acluquem | acluqueu | acluquin | |
| negative (no) | — | no acluquis | no acluqui | no acluquem | no acluqueu | no acluquin | |
Derived terms
- aclucalls
Further reading
- “aclucar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007