macular

From macula +‎ -ar.

macular (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, medicine) Relating to the macula, the area of the retina responsible for detailed central vision
2. Having macules; spotted

Borrowed from Latin maculāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

macular (first-person singular present maculo, first-person singular preterite maculí, past participle maculat)

1. (transitive) to stain

   Synonym: tacar

• màcula

• “macular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “macular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “macular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “macular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin maculāre. Doublet of manchar and magoar.

macular (first-person singular present maculo, first-person singular preterite maculei, past participle maculado)

1. (transitive) to taint (to contaminate or corrupt something with an external agent, either physically or morally)

   Synonyms: contaminar, corromper, infectar

• mácula

From mácula +‎ -ar.

macular m or f (plural maculares)

1. (anatomy, medicine) macular (pertaining to the macula)

• IPA^(key): /makuˈlaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ma‧cu‧lar

From Latin maculāre.

macular m or f (masculine and feminine plural maculares)

1. stained, tainted

macular (first-person singular present maculo, first-person singular preterite maculé, past participle maculado)

1. (transitive) to stain

From mácula +‎ -ar.

macular m or f (masculine and feminine plural maculares)

1. (anatomy, medicine) macular (relating to the macula)

• “macular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10