bifurcar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin bifurcātus.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: bi‧fur‧car

Verb

bifurcar (first-person singular present bifurco, first-person singular preterite bifurquei, past participle bifurcado)

  1. (transitive) to bifurcate, to cause to fork off

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bifurcar (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 bifurcar
Personal bifurcar bifurcares bifurcar bifurcarmos bifurcardes bifurcarem
Gerund
bifurcando
Past participle
Masculine bifurcado bifurcados
Feminine bifurcada bifurcadas
Indicative
Present bifurco bifurcas bifurca bifurcamos bifurcais bifurcam
Imperfect bifurcava bifurcavas bifurcava bifurcávamos bifurcáveis bifurcavam
Preterite bifurquei bifurcaste bifurcou bifurcamos1, bifurcámos2 bifurcastes bifurcaram
Pluperfect bifurcara bifurcaras bifurcara bifurcáramos bifurcáreis bifurcaram
Future bifurcarei bifurcarás bifurcará bifurcaremos bifurcareis bifurcarão
Conditional bifurcaria bifurcarias bifurcaria bifurcaríamos bifurcaríeis bifurcariam
Subjunctive
Present bifurque bifurques bifurque bifurquemos bifurqueis bifurquem
Imperfect bifurcasse bifurcasses bifurcasse bifurcássemos bifurcásseis bifurcassem
Future bifurcar bifurcares bifurcar bifurcarmos bifurcardes bifurcarem
Imperative
Affirmative bifurca bifurque bifurquemos bifurcai bifurquem
Negative (não) não bifurques não bifurque não bifurquemos não bifurqueis não bifurquem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin bifurcātus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bifuɾˈkaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: bi‧fur‧car

Verb

bifurcar (first-person singular present bifurco, first-person singular preterite bifurqué, past participle bifurcado)

  1. (transitive) to bifurcate, to cause to fork off
  2. (reflexive) to diverge, fork off

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bifurcar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive bifurcar
gerund bifurcando
past participle masculine feminine
singular bifurcado bifurcada
plural bifurcados bifurcadas
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 bifurco bifurcastú
bifurcásvos 		bifurca bifurcamos bifurcáis bifurcan
imperfect bifurcaba bifurcabas bifurcaba bifurcábamos bifurcabais bifurcaban
preterite bifurqué bifurcaste bifurcó bifurcamos bifurcasteis bifurcaron
future bifurcaré bifurcarás bifurcará bifurcaremos bifurcaréis bifurcarán
conditional bifurcaría bifurcarías bifurcaría bifurcaríamos bifurcaríais bifurcarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present bifurque bifurquestú
bifurquésvos2 		bifurque bifurquemos bifurquéis bifurquen
imperfect
(ra) 		bifurcara bifurcaras bifurcara bifurcáramos bifurcarais bifurcaran
imperfect
(se) 		bifurcase bifurcases bifurcase bifurcásemos bifurcaseis bifurcasen
future1 bifurcare bifurcares bifurcare bifurcáremos bifurcareis bifurcaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative bifurcatú
bifurcávos 		bifurque bifurquemos bifurcad bifurquen
negative no bifurques no bifurque no bifurquemos no bifurquéis no bifurquen

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

    Selected combined forms of bifurcar (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 bifurcar dative bifurcarme bifurcarte bifurcarle, bifurcarse bifurcarnos bifurcaros bifurcarles, bifurcarse
accusative bifurcarme bifurcarte bifurcarlo, bifurcarla, bifurcarse bifurcarnos bifurcaros bifurcarlos, bifurcarlas, bifurcarse
with gerund bifurcando dative bifurcándome bifurcándote bifurcándole, bifurcándose bifurcándonos bifurcándoos bifurcándoles, bifurcándose
accusative bifurcándome bifurcándote bifurcándolo, bifurcándola, bifurcándose bifurcándonos bifurcándoos bifurcándolos, bifurcándolas, bifurcándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative bifurca dative bifúrcame bifúrcate bifúrcale bifúrcanos not used bifúrcales
accusative bifúrcame bifúrcate bifúrcalo, bifúrcala bifúrcanos not used bifúrcalos, bifúrcalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative bifurcá dative bifurcame bifurcate bifurcale bifurcanos not used bifurcales
accusative bifurcame bifurcate bifurcalo, bifurcala bifurcanos not used bifurcalos, bifurcalas
with formal second-person singular imperative bifurque dative bifúrqueme not used bifúrquele, bifúrquese bifúrquenos not used bifúrqueles
accusative bifúrqueme not used bifúrquelo, bifúrquela, bifúrquese bifúrquenos not used bifúrquelos, bifúrquelas
with first-person plural imperative bifurquemos dative not used bifurquémoste bifurquémosle bifurquémonos bifurquémoos bifurquémosles
accusative not used bifurquémoste bifurquémoslo, bifurquémosla bifurquémonos bifurquémoos bifurquémoslos, bifurquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative bifurcad dative bifurcadme not used bifurcadle bifurcadnos bifurcaos bifurcadles
accusative bifurcadme not used bifurcadlo, bifurcadla bifurcadnos bifurcaos bifurcadlos, bifurcadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative bifurquen dative bifúrquenme not used bifúrquenle bifúrquennos not used bifúrquenles, bifúrquense
accusative bifúrquenme not used bifúrquenlo, bifúrquenla bifúrquennos not used bifúrquenlos, bifúrquenlas, bifúrquense

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