imbricar

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Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin imbricāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

imbricar (first-person singular present imbrico, first-person singular preterite imbriquí, past participle imbricat)

  1. to interlace, interweave, imbricate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of imbricar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)
infinitive imbricar
gerund imbricant
past participle masculine feminine
singular imbricat imbricada
plural imbricats imbricades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present imbrico imbriques imbrica imbriquem imbriqueu imbriquen
imperfect imbricava imbricaves imbricava imbricàvem imbricàveu imbricaven
future imbricaré imbricaràs imbricarà imbricarem imbricareu imbricaran
preterite imbriquí imbricares imbricà imbricàrem imbricàreu imbricaren
conditional imbricaria imbricaries imbricaria imbricaríem imbricaríeu imbricarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present imbriqui imbriquis imbriqui imbriquem imbriqueu imbriquin
imperfect imbriqués imbriquessis imbriqués imbriquéssim imbriquéssiu imbriquessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — imbrica imbriqui imbriquem imbriqueu imbriquin
negative (no) — no imbriquis no imbriqui no imbriquem no imbriqueu no imbriquin

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin imbricāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /imbɾiˈkaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: im‧bri‧car

Verb

imbricar (first-person singular present imbrico, first-person singular preterite imbriqué, past participle imbricado)

  1. (transitive) to interlace, interweave, imbricate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of imbricar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive imbricar
gerund imbricando
past participle masculine feminine
singular imbricado imbricada
plural imbricados imbricadas
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 imbrico imbricastú
imbricásvos 		imbrica imbricamos imbricáis imbrican
imperfect imbricaba imbricabas imbricaba imbricábamos imbricabais imbricaban
preterite imbriqué imbricaste imbricó imbricamos imbricasteis imbricaron
future imbricaré imbricarás imbricará imbricaremos imbricaréis imbricarán
conditional imbricaría imbricarías imbricaría imbricaríamos imbricaríais imbricarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present imbrique imbriquestú
imbriquésvos2 		imbrique imbriquemos imbriquéis imbriquen
imperfect
(ra) 		imbricara imbricaras imbricara imbricáramos imbricarais imbricaran
imperfect
(se) 		imbricase imbricases imbricase imbricásemos imbricaseis imbricasen
future1 imbricare imbricares imbricare imbricáremos imbricareis imbricaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative imbricatú
imbricávos 		imbrique imbriquemos imbricad imbriquen
negative no imbriques no imbrique no imbriquemos no imbriquéis no imbriquen

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

    Selected combined forms of imbricar (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 imbricar
dative imbricarme imbricarte imbricarle, imbricarse imbricarnos imbricaros imbricarles, imbricarse
accusative imbricarme imbricarte imbricarlo, imbricarla, imbricarse imbricarnos imbricaros imbricarlos, imbricarlas, imbricarse
with gerund imbricando
dative imbricándome imbricándote imbricándole, imbricándose imbricándonos imbricándoos imbricándoles, imbricándose
accusative imbricándome imbricándote imbricándolo, imbricándola, imbricándose imbricándonos imbricándoos imbricándolos, imbricándolas, imbricándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative imbrica
dative imbrícame imbrícate imbrícale imbrícanos not used imbrícales
accusative imbrícame imbrícate imbrícalo, imbrícala imbrícanos not used imbrícalos, imbrícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative imbricá
dative imbricame imbricate imbricale imbricanos not used imbricales
accusative imbricame imbricate imbricalo, imbricala imbricanos not used imbricalos, imbricalas
with formal second-person singular imperative imbrique
dative imbríqueme not used imbríquele, imbríquese imbríquenos not used imbríqueles
accusative imbríqueme not used imbríquelo, imbríquela, imbríquese imbríquenos not used imbríquelos, imbríquelas
with first-person plural imperative imbriquemos
dative not used imbriquémoste imbriquémosle imbriquémonos imbriquémoos imbriquémosles
accusative not used imbriquémoste imbriquémoslo, imbriquémosla imbriquémonos imbriquémoos imbriquémoslos, imbriquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative imbricad
dative imbricadme not used imbricadle imbricadnos imbricaos imbricadles
accusative imbricadme not used imbricadlo, imbricadla imbricadnos imbricaos imbricadlos, imbricadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative imbriquen
dative imbríquenme not used imbríquenle imbríquennos not used imbríquenles, imbríquense
accusative imbríquenme not used imbríquenlo, imbríquenla imbríquennos not used imbríquenlos, imbríquenlas, imbríquense

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