volcar

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *volvicāre, from Latin volvō (“to roll”). Compare Catalan bolcar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bolˈkaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: vol‧car

Verb

volcar (first-person singular present vuelco, first-person singular preterite volqué, past participle volcado)

  1. (transitive) to upset, knock over, tip over, dump (to cause to flip over, from uppermost to bottom)
    El niño volcó el vaso. ― The boy knocked the glass over.
  2. (transitive) to empty, empty out (to remove the contents of)
  3. (transitive) to make dizzy
  4. (transitive) to get (someone) to change their mind
  5. (intransitive or reflexive) to overturn, tip over, capsize (to flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom)
    Synonym: zozobrar
    Nuestra barca volcó. ― Our boat capsized.
  6. (reflexive) to do one's utmost, do one's best (to make the greatest possible effort)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of volcar (o-ue alternation; c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive volcar
gerund volcando
past participle masculine feminine
singular volcado volcada
plural volcados volcadas
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 vuelco vuelcastú
volcásvos 		vuelca volcamos volcáis vuelcan
imperfect volcaba volcabas volcaba volcábamos volcabais volcaban
preterite volqué volcaste volcó volcamos volcasteis volcaron
future volcaré volcarás volcará volcaremos volcaréis volcarán
conditional volcaría volcarías volcaría volcaríamos volcaríais volcarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present vuelque vuelquestú
volquésvos2 		vuelque volquemos volquéis vuelquen
imperfect
(ra) 		volcara volcaras volcara volcáramos volcarais volcaran
imperfect
(se) 		volcase volcases volcase volcásemos volcaseis volcasen
future1 volcare volcares volcare volcáremos volcareis volcaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative vuelcatú
volcávos 		vuelque volquemos volcad vuelquen
negative no vuelques no vuelque no volquemos no volquéis no vuelquen

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

    Selected combined forms of volcar (o-ue alternation; 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 volcar
dative volcarme volcarte volcarle, volcarse volcarnos volcaros volcarles, volcarse
accusative volcarme volcarte volcarlo, volcarla, volcarse volcarnos volcaros volcarlos, volcarlas, volcarse
with gerund volcando
dative volcándome volcándote volcándole, volcándose volcándonos volcándoos volcándoles, volcándose
accusative volcándome volcándote volcándolo, volcándola, volcándose volcándonos volcándoos volcándolos, volcándolas, volcándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative vuelca
dative vuélcame vuélcate vuélcale vuélcanos not used vuélcales
accusative vuélcame vuélcate vuélcalo, vuélcala vuélcanos not used vuélcalos, vuélcalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative volcá
dative volcame volcate volcale volcanos not used volcales
accusative volcame volcate volcalo, volcala volcanos not used volcalos, volcalas
with formal second-person singular imperative vuelque
dative vuélqueme not used vuélquele, vuélquese vuélquenos not used vuélqueles
accusative vuélqueme not used vuélquelo, vuélquela, vuélquese vuélquenos not used vuélquelos, vuélquelas
with first-person plural imperative volquemos
dative not used volquémoste volquémosle volquémonos volquémoos volquémosles
accusative not used volquémoste volquémoslo, volquémosla volquémonos volquémoos volquémoslos, volquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative volcad
dative volcadme not used volcadle volcadnos volcaos volcadles
accusative volcadme not used volcadlo, volcadla volcadnos volcaos volcadlos, volcadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative vuelquen
dative vuélquenme not used vuélquenle vuélquennos not used vuélquenles, vuélquense
accusative vuélquenme not used vuélquenlo, vuélquenla vuélquennos not used vuélquenlos, vuélquenlas, vuélquense

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