intrincar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intricāre, with intrusive n possibly due to progressive nasalization from in-.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɾĩˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.tɾĩˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɾĩˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.tɾĩˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɾĩˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɾĩˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.tɾĩˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɾĩˈka(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɾĩˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɾĩˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɾĩˈka.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: in‧trin‧car

Verb

intrincar (first-person singular present intrinco, first-person singular preterite intrinquei, past participle intrincado)

1. to puzzle
2. to complicate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of intrincar (c-qu alternation) (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	intrincar
Personal	intrincar	intrincares	intrincar	intrincarmos	intrincardes	intrincarem
Gerund
	intrincando
Past participle
Masculine	intrincado			intrincados
Feminine	intrincada			intrincadas
Indicative
Present	intrinco	intrincas	intrinca	intrincamos	intrincais	intrincam
Imperfect	intrincava	intrincavas	intrincava	intrincávamos	intrincáveis	intrincavam
Preterite	intrinquei	intrincaste	intrincou	intrincamos1, intrincámos2	intrincastes	intrincaram
Pluperfect	intrincara	intrincaras	intrincara	intrincáramos	intrincáreis	intrincaram
Future	intrincarei	intrincarás	intrincará	intrincaremos	intrincareis	intrincarão
Conditional	intrincaria	intrincarias	intrincaria	intrincaríamos	intrincaríeis	intrincariam
Subjunctive
Present	intrinque	intrinques	intrinque	intrinquemos	intrinqueis	intrinquem
Imperfect	intrincasse	intrincasses	intrincasse	intrincássemos	intrincásseis	intrincassem
Future	intrincar	intrincares	intrincar	intrincarmos	intrincardes	intrincarem
Imperative
Affirmative		intrinca	intrinque	intrinquemos	intrincai	intrinquem
Negative (não)		não intrinques	não intrinque	não intrinquemos	não intrinqueis	não intrinquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• intricar

Etymology

From Latin intricāre. Cognate with English intrigue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /intɾinˈkaɾ/ [ĩn̪.t̪ɾĩŋˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: in‧trin‧car

Verb

intrincar (first-person singular present intrinco, first-person singular preterite intrinqué, past participle intrincado)

1. (transitive) to confuse, tangle, complicate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of intrincar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			intrincar
gerund			intrincando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		intrincado		intrincada
		plural		intrincados		intrincadas
		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	intrinco	intrincastú intrincásvos	intrinca	intrincamos	intrincáis	intrincan
	imperfect	intrincaba	intrincabas	intrincaba	intrincábamos	intrincabais	intrincaban
	preterite	intrinqué	intrincaste	intrincó	intrincamos	intrincasteis	intrincaron
	future	intrincaré	intrincarás	intrincará	intrincaremos	intrincaréis	intrincarán
	conditional	intrincaría	intrincarías	intrincaría	intrincaríamos	intrincaríais	intrincarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	intrinque	intrinquestú intrinquésvos2	intrinque	intrinquemos	intrinquéis	intrinquen
	imperfect (ra)	intrincara	intrincaras	intrincara	intrincáramos	intrincarais	intrincaran
	imperfect (se)	intrincase	intrincases	intrincase	intrincásemos	intrincaseis	intrincasen
	future1	intrincare	intrincares	intrincare	intrincáremos	intrincareis	intrincaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		intrincatú intrincávos	intrinque	intrinquemos	intrincad	intrinquen
	negative		no intrinques	no intrinque	no intrinquemos	no intrinquéis	no intrinquen

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

    Selected combined forms of intrincar (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 intrincar
	dative	intrincarme	intrincarte	intrincarle, intrincarse	intrincarnos	intrincaros	intrincarles, intrincarse
	accusative	intrincarme	intrincarte	intrincarlo, intrincarla, intrincarse	intrincarnos	intrincaros	intrincarlos, intrincarlas, intrincarse
with gerund intrincando
	dative	intrincándome	intrincándote	intrincándole, intrincándose	intrincándonos	intrincándoos	intrincándoles, intrincándose
	accusative	intrincándome	intrincándote	intrincándolo, intrincándola, intrincándose	intrincándonos	intrincándoos	intrincándolos, intrincándolas, intrincándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative intrinca
	dative	intríncame	intríncate	intríncale	intríncanos	not used	intríncales
	accusative	intríncame	intríncate	intríncalo, intríncala	intríncanos	not used	intríncalos, intríncalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative intrincá
	dative	intrincame	intrincate	intrincale	intrincanos	not used	intrincales
	accusative	intrincame	intrincate	intrincalo, intrincala	intrincanos	not used	intrincalos, intrincalas
with formal second-person singular imperative intrinque
	dative	intrínqueme	not used	intrínquele, intrínquese	intrínquenos	not used	intrínqueles
	accusative	intrínqueme	not used	intrínquelo, intrínquela, intrínquese	intrínquenos	not used	intrínquelos, intrínquelas
with first-person plural imperative intrinquemos
	dative	not used	intrinquémoste	intrinquémosle	intrinquémonos	intrinquémoos	intrinquémosles
	accusative	not used	intrinquémoste	intrinquémoslo, intrinquémosla	intrinquémonos	intrinquémoos	intrinquémoslos, intrinquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative intrincad
	dative	intrincadme	not used	intrincadle	intrincadnos	intrincaos	intrincadles
	accusative	intrincadme	not used	intrincadlo, intrincadla	intrincadnos	intrincaos	intrincadlos, intrincadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative intrinquen
	dative	intrínquenme	not used	intrínquenle	intrínquennos	not used	intrínquenles, intrínquense
	accusative	intrínquenme	not used	intrínquenlo, intrínquenla	intrínquennos	not used	intrínquenlos, intrínquenlas, intrínquense

Further reading

• “intrincar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014