imbricar
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin imbricāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [im.bɾiˈka]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [im.bɾiˈkaɾ]
Audio (Catalonia): (file)
Verb
imbricar (first-person singular present imbrico, first-person singular preterite imbriquí, past participle imbricat)
- to interlace, interweave, imbricate
Conjugation
Conjugation of imbricar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)
Further reading
- “imbricar”, 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
- “imbricar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “imbricar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin imbricāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /imbɾiˈkaɾ/ [ĩm.bɾiˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: im‧bri‧car
Verb
imbricar (first-person singular present imbrico, first-person singular preterite imbriqué, past participle imbricado)
- (transitive) to interlace, interweave, imbricate
Conjugation
Conjugation of imbricar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of imbricar (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 imbricar | dative | imbricarme | imbricarte | imbricarle, imbricarse | imbricarnos | imbricaros | imbricarles, imbricarse |
| accusative | imbricarme | imbricarte | imbricarlo, imbricarla, imbricarse | imbricarnos | imbricaros | imbricarlos, imbricarlas, imbricarse | |
| with gerund imbricando | dative | imbricándome | imbricándote | imbricándole, imbricándose | imbricándonos | imbricándoos | imbricándoles, imbricándose |
| accusative | imbricándome | imbricándote | imbricándolo, imbricándola, imbricándose | imbricándonos | imbricándoos | imbricándolos, imbricándolas, imbricándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative imbrica | dative | imbrícame | imbrícate | imbrícale | imbrícanos | not used | imbrícales |
| accusative | imbrícame | imbrícate | imbrícalo, imbrícala | imbrícanos | not used | imbrícalos, imbrícalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative imbricá | dative | imbricame | imbricate | imbricale | imbricanos | not used | imbricales |
| accusative | imbricame | imbricate | imbricalo, imbricala | imbricanos | not used | imbricalos, imbricalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative imbrique | dative | imbríqueme | not used | imbríquele, imbríquese | imbríquenos | not used | imbríqueles |
| accusative | imbríqueme | not used | imbríquelo, imbríquela, imbríquese | imbríquenos | not used | imbríquelos, imbríquelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative imbriquemos | dative | not used | imbriquémoste | imbriquémosle | imbriquémonos | imbriquémoos | imbriquémosles |
| accusative | not used | imbriquémoste | imbriquémoslo, imbriquémosla | imbriquémonos | imbriquémoos | imbriquémoslos, imbriquémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative imbricad | dative | imbricadme | not used | imbricadle | imbricadnos | imbricaos | imbricadles |
| accusative | imbricadme | not used | imbricadlo, imbricadla | imbricadnos | imbricaos | imbricadlos, imbricadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative imbriquen | dative | imbríquenme | not used | imbríquenle | imbríquennos | not used | imbríquenles, imbríquense |
| accusative | imbríquenme | not used | imbríquenlo, imbríquenla | imbríquennos | not used | imbríquenlos, imbríquenlas, imbríquense | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “imbricar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024