amarcar

Spanish

Etymology

From Quechua marcana.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /amaɾˈkaɾ/ [a.maɾˈkaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: a‧mar‧car

Verb

amarcar (first-person singular present amarco, first-person singular preterite amarqué, past participle amarcado)

(Ecuador, transitive) take in arms.
(Ecuador, transitive) sponsor a child.

Conjugation

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

		singular			plural
infinitive			amarcar
gerund			amarcando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		amarcado		amarcada
		plural		amarcados		amarcadas
		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	amarco	amarcas^{^tú} amarcás^{^vos}	amarca	amarcamos	amarcáis	amarcan
	imperfect	amarcaba	amarcabas	amarcaba	amarcábamos	amarcabais	amarcaban
	preterite	amarqué	amarcaste	amarcó	amarcamos	amarcasteis	amarcaron
	future	amarcaré	amarcarás	amarcará	amarcaremos	amarcaréis	amarcarán
	conditional	amarcaría	amarcarías	amarcaría	amarcaríamos	amarcaríais	amarcarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	amarque	amarques^{^tú} amarqués^{^vos²}	amarque	amarquemos	amarquéis	amarquen
	imperfect (ra)	amarcara	amarcaras	amarcara	amarcáramos	amarcarais	amarcaran
	imperfect (se)	amarcase	amarcases	amarcase	amarcásemos	amarcaseis	amarcasen
	future¹	amarcare	amarcares	amarcare	amarcáremos	amarcareis	amarcaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		amarca^{^tú} amarcá^{^vos}	amarque	amarquemos	amarcad	amarquen
	negative		no amarques	no amarque	no amarquemos	no amarquéis	no amarquen

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

Selected combined forms of amarcar (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 amarcar	dative	amarcarme	amarcarte	amarcarle, amarcarse	amarcarnos	amarcaros	amarcarles, amarcarse
with infinitive amarcar	accusative	amarcarme	amarcarte	amarcarlo, amarcarla, amarcarse	amarcarnos	amarcaros	amarcarlos, amarcarlas, amarcarse

with gerund amarcando	dative	amarcándome	amarcándote	amarcándole, amarcándose	amarcándonos	amarcándoos	amarcándoles, amarcándose
with gerund amarcando	accusative	amarcándome	amarcándote	amarcándolo, amarcándola, amarcándose	amarcándonos	amarcándoos	amarcándolos, amarcándolas, amarcándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative amarca	dative	amárcame	amárcate	amárcale	amárcanos	not used	amárcales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative amarca	accusative	amárcame	amárcate	amárcalo, amárcala	amárcanos	not used	amárcalos, amárcalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative amarcá	dative	amarcame	amarcate	amarcale	amarcanos	not used	amarcales
	accusative	amarcame	amarcate	amarcalo, amarcala	amarcanos	not used	amarcalos, amarcalas

with formal second-person singular imperative amarque	dative	amárqueme	not used	amárquele, amárquese	amárquenos	not used	amárqueles
with formal second-person singular imperative amarque	accusative	amárqueme	not used	amárquelo, amárquela, amárquese	amárquenos	not used	amárquelos, amárquelas

with first-person plural imperative amarquemos	dative	not used	amarquémoste	amarquémosle	amarquémonos	amarquémoos	amarquémosles
with first-person plural imperative amarquemos	accusative	not used	amarquémoste	amarquémoslo, amarquémosla	amarquémonos	amarquémoos	amarquémoslos, amarquémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative amarcad	dative	amarcadme	not used	amarcadle	amarcadnos	amarcaos	amarcadles
with informal second-person plural imperative amarcad	accusative	amarcadme	not used	amarcadlo, amarcadla	amarcadnos	amarcaos	amarcadlos, amarcadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative amarquen	dative	amárquenme	not used	amárquenle	amárquennos	not used	amárquenles, amárquense
with formal second-person plural imperative amarquen	accusative	amárquenme	not used	amárquenlo, amárquenla	amárquennos	not used	amárquenlos, amárquenlas, amárquense

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