blocar

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French bloquer.

Pronunciation

Verb

blocar (first-person singular present bloco, first-person singular preterite bloquí, past participle blocat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

  1. (transitive) to block, to blockade
  2. (sports, transitive) to block
  3. (pronominal, intransitive) to freeze up

Usage notes

  • Blocar and bloquejar are largely synonymous, although in sports, blocar is more often used in reference to blocking a ball and bloquejar with players.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of blocar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)
infinitive blocar
gerund blocant
past participle masculine feminine
singular blocat blocada
plural blocats blocades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present bloco bloques bloca bloquem bloqueu bloquen
imperfect blocava blocaves blocava blocàvem blocàveu blocaven
future blocaré blocaràs blocarà blocarem blocareu blocaran
preterite bloquí blocares blocà blocàrem blocàreu blocaren
conditional blocaria blocaries blocaria blocaríem blocaríeu blocarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present bloqui bloquis bloqui bloquem bloqueu bloquin
imperfect bloqués bloquessis bloqués bloquéssim bloquéssiu bloquessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — bloca bloqui bloquem bloqueu bloquin
negative (no) — no bloquis no bloqui no bloquem no bloqueu no bloquin

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Spanish

Etymology

From French bloquer

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bloˈkaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: blo‧car

Verb

blocar (first-person singular present bloco, first-person singular preterite bloqué, past participle blocado)

  1. (sports) to block, tackle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of blocar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive blocar
gerund blocando
past participle masculine feminine
singular blocado blocada
plural blocados blocadas
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 bloco blocastú
blocásvos 		bloca blocamos blocáis blocan
imperfect blocaba blocabas blocaba blocábamos blocabais blocaban
preterite bloqué blocaste blocó blocamos blocasteis blocaron
future blocaré blocarás blocará blocaremos blocaréis blocarán
conditional blocaría blocarías blocaría blocaríamos blocaríais blocarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present bloque bloquestú
bloquésvos2 		bloque bloquemos bloquéis bloquen
imperfect
(ra) 		blocara blocaras blocara blocáramos blocarais blocaran
imperfect
(se) 		blocase blocases blocase blocásemos blocaseis blocasen
future1 blocare blocares blocare blocáremos blocareis blocaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative blocatú
blocávos 		bloque bloquemos blocad bloquen
negative no bloques no bloque no bloquemos no bloquéis no bloquen

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

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