pizcar

Spanish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piθˈkaɾ/ [piθˈkaɾ] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /pisˈkaɾ/ [pisˈkaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: piz‧car

Verb

pizcar (first-person singular present pizco, first-person singular preterite pizqué, past participle pizcado)

  1. (transitive) to pinch (to squeeze a small amount of a person's skin)
    Synonym: pellizcar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pizcar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive pizcar
gerund pizcando
past participle masculine feminine
singular pizcado pizcada
plural pizcados pizcadas
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 pizco pizcastú
pizcásvos 		pizca pizcamos pizcáis pizcan
imperfect pizcaba pizcabas pizcaba pizcábamos pizcabais pizcaban
preterite pizqué pizcaste pizcó pizcamos pizcasteis pizcaron
future pizcaré pizcarás pizcará pizcaremos pizcaréis pizcarán
conditional pizcaría pizcarías pizcaría pizcaríamos pizcaríais pizcarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present pizque pizquestú
pizquésvos2 		pizque pizquemos pizquéis pizquen
imperfect
(ra) 		pizcara pizcaras pizcara pizcáramos pizcarais pizcaran
imperfect
(se) 		pizcase pizcases pizcase pizcásemos pizcaseis pizcasen
future1 pizcare pizcares pizcare pizcáremos pizcareis pizcaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative pizcatú
pizcávos 		pizque pizquemos pizcad pizquen
negative no pizques no pizque no pizquemos no pizquéis no pizquen

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

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