incubar

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incubāre. Doublet of covar.

Pronunciation

Verb

incubar (first-person singular present incubo, first-person singular preterite incubí, past participle incubat)

  1. to incubate
    Synonym: covar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of incubar (first conjugation)
infinitive incubar
gerund incubant
past participle masculine feminine
singular incubat incubada
plural incubats incubades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present incubo incubes incuba incubem incubeu incuben
imperfect incubava incubaves incubava incubàvem incubàveu incubaven
future incubaré incubaràs incubarà incubarem incubareu incubaran
preterite incubí incubares incubà incubàrem incubàreu incubaren
conditional incubaria incubaries incubaria incubaríem incubaríeu incubarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present incubi incubis incubi incubem incubeu incubin
imperfect incubés incubessis incubés incubéssim incubéssiu incubessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — incuba incubi incubem incubeu incubin
negative (no) — no incubis no incubi no incubem no incubeu no incubin

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: in‧cu‧bar

Verb

incubar (first-person singular present incubo, first-person singular preterite incubei, past participle incubado)

  1. to incubate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of incubar (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 incubar
Personal incubar incubares incubar incubarmos incubardes incubarem
Gerund
incubando
Past participle
Masculine incubado incubados
Feminine incubada incubadas
Indicative
Present incubo incubas incuba incubamos incubais incubam
Imperfect incubava incubavas incubava incubávamos incubáveis incubavam
Preterite incubei incubaste incubou incubamos1, incubámos2 incubastes incubaram
Pluperfect incubara incubaras incubara incubáramos incubáreis incubaram
Future incubarei incubarás incubará incubaremos incubareis incubarão
Conditional incubaria incubarias incubaria incubaríamos incubaríeis incubariam
Subjunctive
Present incube incubes incube incubemos incubeis incubem
Imperfect incubasse incubasses incubasse incubássemos incubásseis incubassem
Future incubar incubares incubar incubarmos incubardes incubarem
Imperative
Affirmative incuba incube incubemos incubai incubem
Negative (não) não incubes não incube não incubemos não incubeis não incubem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incubāre (“to lie on”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inkuˈbaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: in‧cu‧bar

Verb

incubar (first-person singular present incubo, first-person singular preterite incubé, past participle incubado)

  1. to incubate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of incubar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive incubar
gerund incubando
past participle masculine feminine
singular incubado incubada
plural incubados incubadas
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 incubo incubastú
incubásvos 		incuba incubamos incubáis incuban
imperfect incubaba incubabas incubaba incubábamos incubabais incubaban
preterite incubé incubaste incubó incubamos incubasteis incubaron
future incubaré incubarás incubará incubaremos incubaréis incubarán
conditional incubaría incubarías incubaría incubaríamos incubaríais incubarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present incube incubestú
incubésvos2 		incube incubemos incubéis incuben
imperfect
(ra) 		incubara incubaras incubara incubáramos incubarais incubaran
imperfect
(se) 		incubase incubases incubase incubásemos incubaseis incubasen
future1 incubare incubares incubare incubáremos incubareis incubaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative incubatú
incubávos 		incube incubemos incubad incuben
negative no incubes no incube no incubemos no incubéis no incuben

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

    Selected combined forms of incubar

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 incubar
dative incubarme incubarte incubarle, incubarse incubarnos incubaros incubarles, incubarse
accusative incubarme incubarte incubarlo, incubarla, incubarse incubarnos incubaros incubarlos, incubarlas, incubarse
with gerund incubando
dative incubándome incubándote incubándole, incubándose incubándonos incubándoos incubándoles, incubándose
accusative incubándome incubándote incubándolo, incubándola, incubándose incubándonos incubándoos incubándolos, incubándolas, incubándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative incuba
dative incúbame incúbate incúbale incúbanos not used incúbales
accusative incúbame incúbate incúbalo, incúbala incúbanos not used incúbalos, incúbalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative incubá
dative incubame incubate incubale incubanos not used incubales
accusative incubame incubate incubalo, incubala incubanos not used incubalos, incubalas
with formal second-person singular imperative incube
dative incúbeme not used incúbele, incúbese incúbenos not used incúbeles
accusative incúbeme not used incúbelo, incúbela, incúbese incúbenos not used incúbelos, incúbelas
with first-person plural imperative incubemos
dative not used incubémoste incubémosle incubémonos incubémoos incubémosles
accusative not used incubémoste incubémoslo, incubémosla incubémonos incubémoos incubémoslos, incubémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative incubad
dative incubadme not used incubadle incubadnos incubaos incubadles
accusative incubadme not used incubadlo, incubadla incubadnos incubaos incubadlos, incubadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative incuben
dative incúbenme not used incúbenle incúbennos not used incúbenles, incúbense
accusative incúbenme not used incúbenlo, incúbenla incúbennos not used incúbenlos, incúbenlas, incúbense

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