vindicar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin vindicāre, present active infinitive of vindicō (“avenge, claim”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

vindicar (first-person singular present vindico, first-person singular preterite vindiquí, past participle vindicat)

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vindicāre, present active infinitive of vindicō (“avenge, claim”). Compare the inherited vengar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bindiˈkaɾ/ [bĩn̪.d̪iˈkaɾ]

Verb

vindicar (first-person singular present vindico, first-person singular preterite vindiqué, past participle vindicado)

1. (transitive) to vindicate

Conjugation

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

infinitive			vindicar
gerund			vindicando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		vindicado		vindicada
		plural		vindicados		vindicadas
		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	vindico	vindicastú vindicásvos	vindica	vindicamos	vindicáis	vindican
	imperfect	vindicaba	vindicabas	vindicaba	vindicábamos	vindicabais	vindicaban
	preterite	vindiqué	vindicaste	vindicó	vindicamos	vindicasteis	vindicaron
	future	vindicaré	vindicarás	vindicará	vindicaremos	vindicaréis	vindicarán
	conditional	vindicaría	vindicarías	vindicaría	vindicaríamos	vindicaríais	vindicarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	vindique	vindiquestú vindiquésvos2	vindique	vindiquemos	vindiquéis	vindiquen
	imperfect (ra)	vindicara	vindicaras	vindicara	vindicáramos	vindicarais	vindicaran
	imperfect (se)	vindicase	vindicases	vindicase	vindicásemos	vindicaseis	vindicasen
	future1	vindicare	vindicares	vindicare	vindicáremos	vindicareis	vindicaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		vindicatú vindicávos	vindique	vindiquemos	vindicad	vindiquen
	negative		no vindiques	no vindique	no vindiquemos	no vindiquéis	no vindiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of vindicar (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 vindicar
	dative	vindicarme	vindicarte	vindicarle, vindicarse	vindicarnos	vindicaros	vindicarles, vindicarse
	accusative	vindicarme	vindicarte	vindicarlo, vindicarla, vindicarse	vindicarnos	vindicaros	vindicarlos, vindicarlas, vindicarse
with gerund vindicando
	dative	vindicándome	vindicándote	vindicándole, vindicándose	vindicándonos	vindicándoos	vindicándoles, vindicándose
	accusative	vindicándome	vindicándote	vindicándolo, vindicándola, vindicándose	vindicándonos	vindicándoos	vindicándolos, vindicándolas, vindicándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative vindica
	dative	vindícame	vindícate	vindícale	vindícanos	not used	vindícales
	accusative	vindícame	vindícate	vindícalo, vindícala	vindícanos	not used	vindícalos, vindícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative vindicá
	dative	vindicame	vindicate	vindicale	vindicanos	not used	vindicales
	accusative	vindicame	vindicate	vindicalo, vindicala	vindicanos	not used	vindicalos, vindicalas
with formal second-person singular imperative vindique
	dative	vindíqueme	not used	vindíquele, vindíquese	vindíquenos	not used	vindíqueles
	accusative	vindíqueme	not used	vindíquelo, vindíquela, vindíquese	vindíquenos	not used	vindíquelos, vindíquelas
with first-person plural imperative vindiquemos
	dative	not used	vindiquémoste	vindiquémosle	vindiquémonos	vindiquémoos	vindiquémosles
	accusative	not used	vindiquémoste	vindiquémoslo, vindiquémosla	vindiquémonos	vindiquémoos	vindiquémoslos, vindiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative vindicad
	dative	vindicadme	not used	vindicadle	vindicadnos	vindicaos	vindicadles
	accusative	vindicadme	not used	vindicadlo, vindicadla	vindicadnos	vindicaos	vindicadlos, vindicadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative vindiquen
	dative	vindíquenme	not used	vindíquenle	vindíquennos	not used	vindíquenles, vindíquense
	accusative	vindíquenme	not used	vindíquenlo, vindíquenla	vindíquennos	not used	vindíquenlos, vindíquenlas, vindíquense

Related terms

• reivindicar

Further reading

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