lubricar
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lūbricāre (“make slippery”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [lu.βɾiˈka]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [lu.bɾiˈka]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [lu.bɾiˈkaɾ]
- Homophone: lubricà
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
lubricar (first-person singular present lubrico, first-person singular preterite lubriquí, past participle lubricat)
- to lubricate
- Synonym: lubrificar
Conjugation
Conjugation of lubricar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lūbricāre (“make slippery”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lubɾiˈkaɾ/ [lu.β̞ɾiˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: lu‧bri‧car
Verb
lubricar (first-person singular present lubrico, first-person singular preterite lubriqué, past participle lubricado)
- to lubricate
- Synonym: lubrificar
Conjugation
Conjugation of lubricar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of lubricar (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 lubricar | dative | lubricarme | lubricarte | lubricarle, lubricarse | lubricarnos | lubricaros | lubricarles, lubricarse |
| accusative | lubricarme | lubricarte | lubricarlo, lubricarla, lubricarse | lubricarnos | lubricaros | lubricarlos, lubricarlas, lubricarse | |
| with gerund lubricando | dative | lubricándome | lubricándote | lubricándole, lubricándose | lubricándonos | lubricándoos | lubricándoles, lubricándose |
| accusative | lubricándome | lubricándote | lubricándolo, lubricándola, lubricándose | lubricándonos | lubricándoos | lubricándolos, lubricándolas, lubricándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative lubrica | dative | lubrícame | lubrícate | lubrícale | lubrícanos | not used | lubrícales |
| accusative | lubrícame | lubrícate | lubrícalo, lubrícala | lubrícanos | not used | lubrícalos, lubrícalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative lubricá | dative | lubricame | lubricate | lubricale | lubricanos | not used | lubricales |
| accusative | lubricame | lubricate | lubricalo, lubricala | lubricanos | not used | lubricalos, lubricalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative lubrique | dative | lubríqueme | not used | lubríquele, lubríquese | lubríquenos | not used | lubríqueles |
| accusative | lubríqueme | not used | lubríquelo, lubríquela, lubríquese | lubríquenos | not used | lubríquelos, lubríquelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative lubriquemos | dative | not used | lubriquémoste | lubriquémosle | lubriquémonos | lubriquémoos | lubriquémosles |
| accusative | not used | lubriquémoste | lubriquémoslo, lubriquémosla | lubriquémonos | lubriquémoos | lubriquémoslos, lubriquémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative lubricad | dative | lubricadme | not used | lubricadle | lubricadnos | lubricaos | lubricadles |
| accusative | lubricadme | not used | lubricadlo, lubricadla | lubricadnos | lubricaos | lubricadlos, lubricadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative lubriquen | dative | lubríquenme | not used | lubríquenle | lubríquennos | not used | lubríquenles, lubríquense |
| accusative | lubríquenme | not used | lubríquenlo, lubríquenla | lubríquennos | not used | lubríquenlos, lubríquenlas, lubríquense | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “lubricar”, 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