volcar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *volvicāre, from Latin volvō (“to roll”). Compare Catalan bolcar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bolˈkaɾ/ [bolˈkaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: vol‧car

Verb

volcar (first-person singular present vuelco, first-person singular preterite volqué, past participle volcado)

(transitive) to upset, knock over, tip over, dump (to cause to flip over, from uppermost to bottom)
El niño volcó el vaso. ― The boy knocked the glass over.
(transitive) to empty, empty out (to remove the contents of)
(transitive) to make dizzy
(transitive) to get (someone) to change their mind
(intransitive or reflexive) to overturn, tip over, capsize (to flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom)
Synonym: zozobrar

Nuestra barca volcó. ― Our boat capsized.
(reflexive) to do one's utmost, do one's best (to make the greatest possible effort)

Conjugation

Conjugation of volcar (o-ue alternation; c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			volcar
gerund			volcando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		volcado		volcada
		plural		volcados		volcadas
		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	vuelco	vuelcas^{^tú} volcás^{^vos}	vuelca	volcamos	volcáis	vuelcan
	imperfect	volcaba	volcabas	volcaba	volcábamos	volcabais	volcaban
	preterite	volqué	volcaste	volcó	volcamos	volcasteis	volcaron
	future	volcaré	volcarás	volcará	volcaremos	volcaréis	volcarán
	conditional	volcaría	volcarías	volcaría	volcaríamos	volcaríais	volcarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	vuelque	vuelques^{^tú} volqués^{^vos²}	vuelque	volquemos	volquéis	vuelquen
	imperfect (ra)	volcara	volcaras	volcara	volcáramos	volcarais	volcaran
	imperfect (se)	volcase	volcases	volcase	volcásemos	volcaseis	volcasen
	future¹	volcare	volcares	volcare	volcáremos	volcareis	volcaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		vuelca^{^tú} volcá^{^vos}	vuelque	volquemos	volcad	vuelquen
	negative		no vuelques	no vuelque	no volquemos	no volquéis	no vuelquen

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

Selected combined forms of volcar (o-ue alternation; 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 volcar	dative	volcarme	volcarte	volcarle, volcarse	volcarnos	volcaros	volcarles, volcarse
with infinitive volcar	accusative	volcarme	volcarte	volcarlo, volcarla, volcarse	volcarnos	volcaros	volcarlos, volcarlas, volcarse

with gerund volcando	dative	volcándome	volcándote	volcándole, volcándose	volcándonos	volcándoos	volcándoles, volcándose
with gerund volcando	accusative	volcándome	volcándote	volcándolo, volcándola, volcándose	volcándonos	volcándoos	volcándolos, volcándolas, volcándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative vuelca	dative	vuélcame	vuélcate	vuélcale	vuélcanos	not used	vuélcales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative vuelca	accusative	vuélcame	vuélcate	vuélcalo, vuélcala	vuélcanos	not used	vuélcalos, vuélcalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative volcá	dative	volcame	volcate	volcale	volcanos	not used	volcales
with informal second-person singular vos imperative volcá	accusative	volcame	volcate	volcalo, volcala	volcanos	not used	volcalos, volcalas

with formal second-person singular imperative vuelque	dative	vuélqueme	not used	vuélquele, vuélquese	vuélquenos	not used	vuélqueles
with formal second-person singular imperative vuelque	accusative	vuélqueme	not used	vuélquelo, vuélquela, vuélquese	vuélquenos	not used	vuélquelos, vuélquelas

with first-person plural imperative volquemos	dative	not used	volquémoste	volquémosle	volquémonos	volquémoos	volquémosles
with first-person plural imperative volquemos	accusative	not used	volquémoste	volquémoslo, volquémosla	volquémonos	volquémoos	volquémoslos, volquémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative volcad	dative	volcadme	not used	volcadle	volcadnos	volcaos	volcadles
with informal second-person plural imperative volcad	accusative	volcadme	not used	volcadlo, volcadla	volcadnos	volcaos	volcadlos, volcadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative vuelquen	dative	vuélquenme	not used	vuélquenle	vuélquennos	not used	vuélquenles, vuélquense
with formal second-person plural imperative vuelquen	accusative	vuélquenme	not used	vuélquenlo, vuélquenla	vuélquennos	not used	vuélquenlos, vuélquenlas, vuélquense

Derived terms

Related terms

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