mocar
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [muˈka]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [moˈka]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [moˈkaɾ]
- Homophone: mocà
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Etymology 1
Derived from moc + -ar, based on Latin mūcāre.
Verb
mocar (first-person singular present moco, first-person singular preterite moquí, past participle mocat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
- (transitive) to blow someone's nose
- (pronominal) to blow one's nose
- (transitive, figurative) to shut someone up
- Synonym: deixar mocat
- (transitive) to snuff, to extinguish
- Synonym: esmocar
Conjugation
Conjugation of mocar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)
| infinitive | mocar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | mocant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | mocat | mocada | |||||
| plural | mocats | mocades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | moco | moques | moca | moquem | moqueu | moquen | |
| imperfect | mocava | mocaves | mocava | mocàvem | mocàveu | mocaven | |
| future | mocaré | mocaràs | mocarà | mocarem | mocareu | mocaran | |
| preterite | moquí | mocares | mocà | mocàrem | mocàreu | mocaren | |
| conditional | mocaria | mocaries | mocaria | mocaríem | mocaríeu | mocarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | moqui | moquis | moqui | moquem | moqueu | moquin | |
| imperfect | moqués | moquessis | moqués | moquéssim | moquéssiu | moquessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | moca | moqui | moquem | moqueu | moquin | |
| negative (no) | — | no moquis | no moqui | no moquem | no moqueu | no moquin | |
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
mocar (first-person singular present moco, first-person singular preterite moquí, past participle mocat); root stress: (Central, Balearic) /ɔ/; (Valencia) /o/
Further reading
- “mocar”, 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
- “mocar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “mocar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “mocar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Anagrams
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moˈkaɾ/ [moˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: mo‧car
Verb
mocar (first-person singular present moco, first-person singular preterite moqué, past participle mocado)
- to blow someone's nose
Conjugation
Conjugation of mocar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | mocar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | mocando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | mocado | mocada | |||||
| plural | mocados | mocadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 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 | moco | mocastú mocásvos |
moca | mocamos | mocáis | mocan | |
| imperfect | mocaba | mocabas | mocaba | mocábamos | mocabais | mocaban | |
| preterite | moqué | mocaste | mocó | mocamos | mocasteis | mocaron | |
| future | mocaré | mocarás | mocará | mocaremos | mocaréis | mocarán | |
| conditional | mocaría | mocarías | mocaría | mocaríamos | mocaríais | mocarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | moque | moquestú moquésvos2 |
moque | moquemos | moquéis | moquen | |
| imperfect (ra) |
mocara | mocaras | mocara | mocáramos | mocarais | mocaran | |
| imperfect (se) |
mocase | mocases | mocase | mocásemos | mocaseis | mocasen | |
| future1 | mocare | mocares | mocare | mocáremos | mocareis | mocaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | mocatú mocávos |
moque | moquemos | mocad | moquen | ||
| negative | no moques | no moque | no moquemos | no moquéis | no moquen | ||
Selected combined forms of mocar (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 mocar | dative | mocarme | mocarte | mocarle, mocarse | mocarnos | mocaros | mocarles, mocarse |
| accusative | mocarme | mocarte | mocarlo, mocarla, mocarse | mocarnos | mocaros | mocarlos, mocarlas, mocarse | |
| with gerund mocando | dative | mocándome | mocándote | mocándole, mocándose | mocándonos | mocándoos | mocándoles, mocándose |
| accusative | mocándome | mocándote | mocándolo, mocándola, mocándose | mocándonos | mocándoos | mocándolos, mocándolas, mocándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative moca | dative | mócame | mócate | mócale | mócanos | not used | mócales |
| accusative | mócame | mócate | mócalo, mócala | mócanos | not used | mócalos, mócalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative mocá | dative | mocame | mocate | mocale | mocanos | not used | mocales |
| accusative | mocame | mocate | mocalo, mocala | mocanos | not used | mocalos, mocalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative moque | dative | móqueme | not used | móquele, móquese | móquenos | not used | móqueles |
| accusative | móqueme | not used | móquelo, móquela, móquese | móquenos | not used | móquelos, móquelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative moquemos | dative | not used | moquémoste | moquémosle | moquémonos | moquémoos | moquémosles |
| accusative | not used | moquémoste | moquémoslo, moquémosla | moquémonos | moquémoos | moquémoslos, moquémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative mocad | dative | mocadme | not used | mocadle | mocadnos | mocaos | mocadles |
| accusative | mocadme | not used | mocadlo, mocadla | mocadnos | mocaos | mocadlos, mocadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative moquen | dative | móquenme | not used | móquenle | móquennos | not used | móquenles, móquense |
| accusative | móquenme | not used | móquenlo, móquenla | móquennos | not used | móquenlos, móquenlas, móquense | |
Further reading
- “mocar”, 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