indicar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin indicō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [in.diˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.diˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

indicar (first-person singular present indico, first-person singular preterite indiquí, past participle indicat)

1. to indicate

Derived terms

• contraindicar

Related terms

• índex
• indicació
• indicador
• indicatiu

Further reading

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

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin indicō.

Verb

1. to indicate

Derived terms

• contraindicar

Related terms

• indicación
• indicador
• indicativo
• índice

 

Further reading

• “indicar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈdiː.kar/, [ɪn̪ˈd̪iːkär]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈdi.kar/, [in̪ˈd̪iːkär]

Verb

(deprecated template usage) indīcar

1. inflection of indīcō:
   1. first-person singular future passive indicative
   2. first-person singular present passive subjunctive

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin indicō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ĩ.di.ˈkaɾ/
• IPA^(key): /ĩ.d͡ʒi.ˈka(ʁ)/, [ɪ̃ɪ̯̃ⁿ.d͡ʒɪ.ˈkä(χ)]

Verb

1. to indicate, designate
2. to display
3. to advise
4. Template:pt-verb-form-of

Derived terms

• contraindicar

Related terms

• indicação
• indicador
• indicativo
• índice

Further reading

• “indicar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin indicō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /indiˈkaɾ/ [ĩn̪.d̪iˈkaɾ]

Verb

indicar (first-person singular present indico, first-person singular preterite indiqué, past participle indicado)

1. to indicate, to bespeak
2. (medicine) to prescribe

Conjugation

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

infinitive			indicar
gerund			indicando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		indicado		indicada
		plural		indicados		indicadas
		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	indico	indicastú indicásvos	indica	indicamos	indicáis	indican
	imperfect	indicaba	indicabas	indicaba	indicábamos	indicabais	indicaban
	preterite	indiqué	indicaste	indicó	indicamos	indicasteis	indicaron
	future	indicaré	indicarás	indicará	indicaremos	indicaréis	indicarán
	conditional	indicaría	indicarías	indicaría	indicaríamos	indicaríais	indicarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	indique	indiquestú indiquésvos2	indique	indiquemos	indiquéis	indiquen
	imperfect (ra)	indicara	indicaras	indicara	indicáramos	indicarais	indicaran
	imperfect (se)	indicase	indicases	indicase	indicásemos	indicaseis	indicasen
	future1	indicare	indicares	indicare	indicáremos	indicareis	indicaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		indicatú indicávos	indique	indiquemos	indicad	indiquen
	negative		no indiques	no indique	no indiquemos	no indiquéis	no indiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of indicar (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 indicar
	dative	indicarme	indicarte	indicarle, indicarse	indicarnos	indicaros	indicarles, indicarse
	accusative	indicarme	indicarte	indicarlo, indicarla, indicarse	indicarnos	indicaros	indicarlos, indicarlas, indicarse
with gerund indicando
	dative	indicándome	indicándote	indicándole, indicándose	indicándonos	indicándoos	indicándoles, indicándose
	accusative	indicándome	indicándote	indicándolo, indicándola, indicándose	indicándonos	indicándoos	indicándolos, indicándolas, indicándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative indica
	dative	indícame	indícate	indícale	indícanos	not used	indícales
	accusative	indícame	indícate	indícalo, indícala	indícanos	not used	indícalos, indícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative indicá
	dative	indicame	indicate	indicale	indicanos	not used	indicales
	accusative	indicame	indicate	indicalo, indicala	indicanos	not used	indicalos, indicalas
with formal second-person singular imperative indique
	dative	indíqueme	not used	indíquele, indíquese	indíquenos	not used	indíqueles
	accusative	indíqueme	not used	indíquelo, indíquela, indíquese	indíquenos	not used	indíquelos, indíquelas
with first-person plural imperative indiquemos
	dative	not used	indiquémoste	indiquémosle	indiquémonos	indiquémoos	indiquémosles
	accusative	not used	indiquémoste	indiquémoslo, indiquémosla	indiquémonos	indiquémoos	indiquémoslos, indiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative indicad
	dative	indicadme	not used	indicadle	indicadnos	indicaos	indicadles
	accusative	indicadme	not used	indicadlo, indicadla	indicadnos	indicaos	indicadlos, indicadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative indiquen
	dative	indíquenme	not used	indíquenle	indíquennos	not used	indíquenles, indíquense
	accusative	indíquenme	not used	indíquenlo, indíquenla	indíquennos	not used	indíquenlos, indíquenlas, indíquense

Derived terms

• contraindicar

Related terms

• indicación
• indicador
• indicativo
• índice

 

Further reading

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