vacar

See also: văcar and vãcar

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vacāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

vacar (first-person singular present vaco, first-person singular preterite vaquí, past participle vacat)

  1. (intransitive) (an office or position) to be vacant, not occupied

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vacar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)
infinitive vacar
gerund vacant
past participle masculine feminine
singular vacat vacada
plural vacats vacades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present vaco vaques vaca vaquem vaqueu vaquen
imperfect vacava vacaves vacava vacàvem vacàveu vacaven
future vacaré vacaràs vacarà vacarem vacareu vacaran
preterite vaquí vacares vacà vacàrem vacàreu vacaren
conditional vacaria vacaries vacaria vacaríem vacaríeu vacarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present vaqui vaquis vaqui vaquem vaqueu vaquin
imperfect vaqués vaquessis vaqués vaquéssim vaquéssiu vaquessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — vaca vaqui vaquem vaqueu vaquin
negative (no) — no vaquis no vaqui no vaquem no vaqueu no vaquin

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin vacāre.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /vaˈka(ʁ)/ [vaˈka(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /vaˈka(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /vaˈka(ʁ)/ [vaˈka(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /vaˈka(ɻ)/
 

  • Hyphenation: va‧car

Verb

vacar (first-person singular present vaco, first-person singular preterite vaquei, past participle vacado)

  1. to vacate (move out of a given place)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vacar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal vacar
Personal vacar vacares vacar vacarmos vacardes vacarem
Gerund
vacando
Past participle
Masculine vacado vacados
Feminine vacada vacadas
Indicative
Present vaco vacas vaca vacamos vacais vacam
Imperfect vacava vacavas vacava vacávamos vacáveis vacavam
Preterite vaquei vacaste vacou vacamos1, vacámos2 vacastes vacaram
Pluperfect vacara vacaras vacara vacáramos vacáreis vacaram
Future vacarei vacarás vacará vacaremos vacareis vacarão
Conditional vacaria vacarias vacaria vacaríamos vacaríeis vacariam
Subjunctive
Present vaque vaques vaque vaquemos vaqueis vaquem
Imperfect vacasse vacasses vacasse vacássemos vacásseis vacassem
Future vacar vacares vacar vacarmos vacardes vacarem
Imperative
Affirmative vaca vaque vaquemos vacai vaquem
Negative (não) não vaques não vaque não vaquemos não vaqueis não vaquem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vacāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈkaɾ/ [baˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: va‧car

Verb

vacar (first-person singular present vaco, first-person singular preterite vaqué, past participle vacado)

  1. to take a break
  2. to vacate
  3. to dedicate time to
  4. to lack

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vacar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive vacar
gerund vacando
past participle masculine feminine
singular vacado vacada
plural vacados vacadas
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 vaco vacastú
vacásvos 		vaca vacamos vacáis vacan
imperfect vacaba vacabas vacaba vacábamos vacabais vacaban
preterite vaqué vacaste vacó vacamos vacasteis vacaron
future vacaré vacarás vacará vacaremos vacaréis vacarán
conditional vacaría vacarías vacaría vacaríamos vacaríais vacarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present vaque vaquestú
vaquésvos2 		vaque vaquemos vaquéis vaquen
imperfect
(ra) 		vacara vacaras vacara vacáramos vacarais vacaran
imperfect
(se) 		vacase vacases vacase vacásemos vacaseis vacasen
future1 vacare vacares vacare vacáremos vacareis vacaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative vacatú
vacávos 		vaque vaquemos vacad vaquen
negative no vaques no vaque no vaquemos no vaquéis no vaquen

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

    Selected combined forms of vacar (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 vacar dative vacarme vacarte vacarle, vacarse vacarnos vacaros vacarles, vacarse
accusative vacarme vacarte vacarlo, vacarla, vacarse vacarnos vacaros vacarlos, vacarlas, vacarse
with gerund vacando dative vacándome vacándote vacándole, vacándose vacándonos vacándoos vacándoles, vacándose
accusative vacándome vacándote vacándolo, vacándola, vacándose vacándonos vacándoos vacándolos, vacándolas, vacándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative vaca dative vácame vácate vácale vácanos not used vácales
accusative vácame vácate vácalo, vácala vácanos not used vácalos, vácalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative vacá dative vacame vacate vacale vacanos not used vacales
accusative vacame vacate vacalo, vacala vacanos not used vacalos, vacalas
with formal second-person singular imperative vaque dative váqueme not used váquele, váquese váquenos not used váqueles
accusative váqueme not used váquelo, váquela, váquese váquenos not used váquelos, váquelas
with first-person plural imperative vaquemos dative not used vaquémoste vaquémosle vaquémonos vaquémoos vaquémosles
accusative not used vaquémoste vaquémoslo, vaquémosla vaquémonos vaquémoos vaquémoslos, vaquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative vacad dative vacadme not used vacadle vacadnos vacaos vacadles
accusative vacadme not used vacadlo, vacadla vacadnos vacaos vacadlos, vacadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative vaquen dative váquenme not used váquenle váquennos not used váquenles, váquense
accusative váquenme not used váquenlo, váquenla váquennos not used váquenlos, váquenlas, váquense

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