platicar

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Spanish

Etymology

Possibly from a reconstructed Vulgar Latin form *placitare, from placitum (“sentence, judgement, verdict”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /platiˈkaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: pla‧ti‧car

Verb

platicar (first-person singular present platico, first-person singular preterite platiqué, past participle platicado)

  1. to chat
    Synonyms: conversar, charlar, (Honduras) chatear, conversar, tertuliar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of platicar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive platicar
gerund platicando
past participle masculine feminine
singular platicado platicada
plural platicados platicadas
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 platico platicastú
platicásvos 		platica platicamos platicáis platican
imperfect platicaba platicabas platicaba platicábamos platicabais platicaban
preterite platiqué platicaste platicó platicamos platicasteis platicaron
future platicaré platicarás platicará platicaremos platicaréis platicarán
conditional platicaría platicarías platicaría platicaríamos platicaríais platicarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present platique platiquestú
platiquésvos2 		platique platiquemos platiquéis platiquen
imperfect
(ra) 		platicara platicaras platicara platicáramos platicarais platicaran
imperfect
(se) 		platicase platicases platicase platicásemos platicaseis platicasen
future1 platicare platicares platicare platicáremos platicareis platicaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative platicatú
platicávos 		platique platiquemos platicad platiquen
negative no platiques no platique no platiquemos no platiquéis no platiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of platicar (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 platicar
dative platicarme platicarte platicarle, platicarse platicarnos platicaros platicarles, platicarse
accusative platicarme platicarte platicarlo, platicarla, platicarse platicarnos platicaros platicarlos, platicarlas, platicarse
with gerund platicando
dative platicándome platicándote platicándole, platicándose platicándonos platicándoos platicándoles, platicándose
accusative platicándome platicándote platicándolo, platicándola, platicándose platicándonos platicándoos platicándolos, platicándolas, platicándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative platica
dative platícame platícate platícale platícanos not used platícales
accusative platícame platícate platícalo, platícala platícanos not used platícalos, platícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative platicá
dative platicame platicate platicale platicanos not used platicales
accusative platicame platicate platicalo, platicala platicanos not used platicalos, platicalas
with formal second-person singular imperative platique
dative platíqueme not used platíquele, platíquese platíquenos not used platíqueles
accusative platíqueme not used platíquelo, platíquela, platíquese platíquenos not used platíquelos, platíquelas
with first-person plural imperative platiquemos
dative not used platiquémoste platiquémosle platiquémonos platiquémoos platiquémosles
accusative not used platiquémoste platiquémoslo, platiquémosla platiquémonos platiquémoos platiquémoslos, platiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative platicad
dative platicadme not used platicadle platicadnos platicaos platicadles
accusative platicadme not used platicadlo, platicadla platicadnos platicaos platicadlos, platicadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative platiquen
dative platíquenme not used platíquenle platíquennos not used platíquenles, platíquense
accusative platíquenme not used platíquenlo, platíquenla platíquennos not used platíquenlos, platíquenlas, platíquense

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