intrincar
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin intricāre, with intrusive n possibly due to progressive nasalization from in-. Doublet of intrigar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.tɾĩˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.tɾĩˈka(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ĩ.tɾĩˈka(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩ.tɾĩˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.tɾĩˈka(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.tɾĩˈka(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.tɾĩˈkaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.tɾĩˈka.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: in‧trin‧car
Verb
intrincar (first-person singular present intrinco, first-person singular preterite intrinquei, past participle intrincado)
- alternative form of intricar
Conjugation
Conjugation of intrincar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin intricāre. Cognate with English intrigue.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /intɾinˈkaɾ/ [ĩn̪.t̪ɾĩŋˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: in‧trin‧car
Verb
intrincar (first-person singular present intrinco, first-person singular preterite intrinqué, past participle intrincado)
- (transitive) to confuse, tangle, complicate
Conjugation
Conjugation of intrincar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of intrincar (c-qu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive intrincar | dative | intrincarme | intrincarte | intrincarle, intrincarse | intrincarnos | intrincaros | intrincarles, intrincarse |
accusative | intrincarme | intrincarte | intrincarlo, intrincarla, intrincarse | intrincarnos | intrincaros | intrincarlos, intrincarlas, intrincarse | |
with gerund intrincando | dative | intrincándome | intrincándote | intrincándole, intrincándose | intrincándonos | intrincándoos | intrincándoles, intrincándose |
accusative | intrincándome | intrincándote | intrincándolo, intrincándola, intrincándose | intrincándonos | intrincándoos | intrincándolos, intrincándolas, intrincándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative intrinca | dative | intríncame | intríncate | intríncale | intríncanos | not used | intríncales |
accusative | intríncame | intríncate | intríncalo, intríncala | intríncanos | not used | intríncalos, intríncalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative intrincá | dative | intrincame | intrincate | intrincale | intrincanos | not used | intrincales |
accusative | intrincame | intrincate | intrincalo, intrincala | intrincanos | not used | intrincalos, intrincalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative intrinque | dative | intrínqueme | not used | intrínquele, intrínquese | intrínquenos | not used | intrínqueles |
accusative | intrínqueme | not used | intrínquelo, intrínquela, intrínquese | intrínquenos | not used | intrínquelos, intrínquelas | |
with first-person plural imperative intrinquemos | dative | not used | intrinquémoste | intrinquémosle | intrinquémonos | intrinquémoos | intrinquémosles |
accusative | not used | intrinquémoste | intrinquémoslo, intrinquémosla | intrinquémonos | intrinquémoos | intrinquémoslos, intrinquémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative intrincad | dative | intrincadme | not used | intrincadle | intrincadnos | intrincaos | intrincadles |
accusative | intrincadme | not used | intrincadlo, intrincadla | intrincadnos | intrincaos | intrincadlos, intrincadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative intrinquen | dative | intrínquenme | not used | intrínquenle | intrínquennos | not used | intrínquenles, intrínquense |
accusative | intrínquenme | not used | intrínquenlo, intrínquenla | intrínquennos | not used | intrínquenlos, intrínquenlas, intrínquense |
Further reading
- “intrincar”, 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