velicar

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vellicāre (“to pluck, twitch, pinch, or nip”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /beliˈkaɾ/ [be.liˈkaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: ve‧li‧car

Verb

velicar (first-person singular present velico, first-person singular preterite veliqué, past participle velicado)

(medicine) To perform a surgical puncture.

Usage notes

Velicar is a false friend and does not mean vellicate. The Spanish word for vellicate is cosquillear.

Conjugation

Conjugation of velicar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			velicar
gerund			velicando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		velicado		velicada
		plural		velicados		velicadas
		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	velico	velicas^{^tú} velicás^{^vos}	velica	velicamos	velicáis	velican
	imperfect	velicaba	velicabas	velicaba	velicábamos	velicabais	velicaban
	preterite	veliqué	velicaste	velicó	velicamos	velicasteis	velicaron
	future	velicaré	velicarás	velicará	velicaremos	velicaréis	velicarán
	conditional	velicaría	velicarías	velicaría	velicaríamos	velicaríais	velicarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	velique	veliques^{^tú} veliqués^{^vos²}	velique	veliquemos	veliquéis	veliquen
	imperfect (ra)	velicara	velicaras	velicara	velicáramos	velicarais	velicaran
	imperfect (se)	velicase	velicases	velicase	velicásemos	velicaseis	velicasen
	future¹	velicare	velicares	velicare	velicáremos	velicareis	velicaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		velica^{^tú} velicá^{^vos}	velique	veliquemos	velicad	veliquen
	negative		no veliques	no velique	no veliquemos	no veliquéis	no veliquen

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

Selected combined forms of velicar (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 velicar	dative	velicarme	velicarte	velicarle, velicarse	velicarnos	velicaros	velicarles, velicarse
with infinitive velicar	accusative	velicarme	velicarte	velicarlo, velicarla, velicarse	velicarnos	velicaros	velicarlos, velicarlas, velicarse

with gerund velicando	dative	velicándome	velicándote	velicándole, velicándose	velicándonos	velicándoos	velicándoles, velicándose
with gerund velicando	accusative	velicándome	velicándote	velicándolo, velicándola, velicándose	velicándonos	velicándoos	velicándolos, velicándolas, velicándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative velica	dative	velícame	velícate	velícale	velícanos	not used	velícales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative velica	accusative	velícame	velícate	velícalo, velícala	velícanos	not used	velícalos, velícalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative velicá	dative	velicame	velicate	velicale	velicanos	not used	velicales
	accusative	velicame	velicate	velicalo, velicala	velicanos	not used	velicalos, velicalas

with formal second-person singular imperative velique	dative	velíqueme	not used	velíquele, velíquese	velíquenos	not used	velíqueles
with formal second-person singular imperative velique	accusative	velíqueme	not used	velíquelo, velíquela, velíquese	velíquenos	not used	velíquelos, velíquelas

with first-person plural imperative veliquemos	dative	not used	veliquémoste	veliquémosle	veliquémonos	veliquémoos	veliquémosles
with first-person plural imperative veliquemos	accusative	not used	veliquémoste	veliquémoslo, veliquémosla	veliquémonos	veliquémoos	veliquémoslos, veliquémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative velicad	dative	velicadme	not used	velicadle	velicadnos	velicaos	velicadles
with informal second-person plural imperative velicad	accusative	velicadme	not used	velicadlo, velicadla	velicadnos	velicaos	velicadlos, velicadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative veliquen	dative	velíquenme	not used	velíquenle	velíquennos	not used	velíquenles, velíquense
with formal second-person plural imperative veliquen	accusative	velíquenme	not used	velíquenlo, velíquenla	velíquennos	not used	velíquenlos, velíquenlas, velíquense

Related terms

velicación