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Spanish
Etymology
From horca (“gallows”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aoɾˈkaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧hor‧car
Verb
ahorcar (first-person singular present ahorco, first-person singular preterite ahorqué, past participle ahorcado)
- (transitive) to lynch, to hang
- Synonym: linchar
- (transitive, Latin America) to strangle
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of ahorcar (c-qu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive ahorcar
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dative
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ahorcarme
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ahorcarte
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ahorcarle, ahorcarse
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ahorcarnos
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ahorcaros
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ahorcarles, ahorcarse
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accusative
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ahorcarme
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ahorcarte
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ahorcarlo, ahorcarla, ahorcarse
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ahorcarnos
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ahorcaros
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ahorcarlos, ahorcarlas, ahorcarse
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with gerund ahorcando
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dative
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ahorcándome
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ahorcándote
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ahorcándole, ahorcándose
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ahorcándonos
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ahorcándoos
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ahorcándoles, ahorcándose
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accusative
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ahorcándome
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ahorcándote
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ahorcándolo, ahorcándola, ahorcándose
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ahorcándonos
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ahorcándoos
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ahorcándolos, ahorcándolas, ahorcándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative ahorca
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dative
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ahórcame
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ahórcate
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ahórcale
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ahórcanos
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not used
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ahórcales
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accusative
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ahórcame
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ahórcate
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ahórcalo, ahórcala
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ahórcanos
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not used
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ahórcalos, ahórcalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative ahorcá
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dative
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ahorcame
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ahorcate
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ahorcale
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ahorcanos
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not used
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ahorcales
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accusative
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ahorcame
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ahorcate
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ahorcalo, ahorcala
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ahorcanos
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not used
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ahorcalos, ahorcalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative ahorque
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dative
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ahórqueme
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not used
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ahórquele, ahórquese
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ahórquenos
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not used
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ahórqueles
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accusative
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ahórqueme
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not used
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ahórquelo, ahórquela, ahórquese
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ahórquenos
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not used
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ahórquelos, ahórquelas
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with first-person plural imperative ahorquemos
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dative
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not used
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ahorquémoste
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ahorquémosle
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ahorquémonos
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ahorquémoos
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ahorquémosles
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accusative
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not used
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ahorquémoste
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ahorquémoslo, ahorquémosla
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ahorquémonos
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ahorquémoos
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ahorquémoslos, ahorquémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative ahorcad
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dative
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ahorcadme
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not used
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ahorcadle
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ahorcadnos
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ahorcaos
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ahorcadles
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accusative
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ahorcadme
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not used
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ahorcadlo, ahorcadla
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ahorcadnos
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ahorcaos
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ahorcadlos, ahorcadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative ahorquen
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dative
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ahórquenme
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not used
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ahórquenle
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ahórquennos
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not used
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ahórquenles, ahórquense
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accusative
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ahórquenme
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not used
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ahórquenlo, ahórquenla
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ahórquennos
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not used
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ahórquenlos, ahórquenlas, ahórquense
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