alocar

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin allocāre. Doublet of alugar, an inheritance.

Pronunciation

 
 

Verb

alocar (first-person singular present aloco, first-person singular preterite aloquei, past participle alocado)

  1. allocate (to set aside for a purpose)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alocar (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 alocar
Personal alocar alocares alocar alocarmos alocardes alocarem
Gerund
alocando
Past participle
Masculine alocado alocados
Feminine alocada alocadas
Indicative
Present aloco alocas aloca alocamos alocais alocam
Imperfect alocava alocavas alocava alocávamos alocáveis alocavam
Preterite aloquei alocaste alocou alocamos1, alocámos2 alocastes alocaram
Pluperfect alocara alocaras alocara alocáramos alocáreis alocaram
Future alocarei alocarás alocará alocaremos alocareis alocarão
Conditional alocaria alocarias alocaria alocaríamos alocaríeis alocariam
Subjunctive
Present aloque aloques aloque aloquemos aloqueis aloquem
Imperfect alocasse alocasses alocasse alocássemos alocásseis alocassem
Future alocar alocares alocar alocarmos alocardes alocarem
Imperative
Affirmative aloca aloque aloquemos alocai aloquem
Negative (não) não aloques não aloque não aloquemos não aloqueis não aloquem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ loco (“crazy”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aloˈkaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧lo‧car

Verb

alocar (first-person singular present aloco, first-person singular preterite aloqué, past participle alocado)

  1. (transitive) to drive crazy, madden
    Synonym: enloquecer
  2. (reflexive) to go mad

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alocar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive alocar
gerund alocando
past participle masculine feminine
singular alocado alocada
plural alocados alocadas
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 aloco alocastú
alocásvos 		aloca alocamos alocáis alocan
imperfect alocaba alocabas alocaba alocábamos alocabais alocaban
preterite aloqué alocaste alocó alocamos alocasteis alocaron
future alocaré alocarás alocará alocaremos alocaréis alocarán
conditional alocaría alocarías alocaría alocaríamos alocaríais alocarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present aloque aloquestú
aloquésvos2 		aloque aloquemos aloquéis aloquen
imperfect
(ra) 		alocara alocaras alocara alocáramos alocarais alocaran
imperfect
(se) 		alocase alocases alocase alocásemos alocaseis alocasen
future1 alocare alocares alocare alocáremos alocareis alocaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative alocatú
alocávos 		aloque aloquemos alocad aloquen
negative no aloques no aloque no aloquemos no aloquéis no aloquen

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

    Selected combined forms of alocar (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 alocar dative alocarme alocarte alocarle, alocarse alocarnos alocaros alocarles, alocarse
accusative alocarme alocarte alocarlo, alocarla, alocarse alocarnos alocaros alocarlos, alocarlas, alocarse
with gerund alocando dative alocándome alocándote alocándole, alocándose alocándonos alocándoos alocándoles, alocándose
accusative alocándome alocándote alocándolo, alocándola, alocándose alocándonos alocándoos alocándolos, alocándolas, alocándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative aloca dative alócame alócate alócale alócanos not used alócales
accusative alócame alócate alócalo, alócala alócanos not used alócalos, alócalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative alocá dative alocame alocate alocale alocanos not used alocales
accusative alocame alocate alocalo, alocala alocanos not used alocalos, alocalas
with formal second-person singular imperative aloque dative alóqueme not used alóquele, alóquese alóquenos not used alóqueles
accusative alóqueme not used alóquelo, alóquela, alóquese alóquenos not used alóquelos, alóquelas
with first-person plural imperative aloquemos dative not used aloquémoste aloquémosle aloquémonos aloquémoos aloquémosles
accusative not used aloquémoste aloquémoslo, aloquémosla aloquémonos aloquémoos aloquémoslos, aloquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative alocad dative alocadme not used alocadle alocadnos alocaos alocadles
accusative alocadme not used alocadlo, alocadla alocadnos alocaos alocadlos, alocadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative aloquen dative alóquenme not used alóquenle alóquennos not used alóquenles, alóquense
accusative alóquenme not used alóquenlo, alóquenla alóquennos not used alóquenlos, alóquenlas, alóquense

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