evocar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēvocare, present active infinitive of ēvocō (“I call out, I summon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βuˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.voˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [e.voˈkaɾ]
• Homophone: evocà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

evocar (first-person singular present evoco, first-person singular preterite evoquí, past participle evocat)

1. (transitive) to evoke

   Synonym: suggerir

Related terms

• advocar
• convocar
• evocació
• invocar
• provocar
• revocar

 

Further reading

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

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Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēvocare, present active infinitive of ēvocō (“I call out, I summon”).

Verb

1. to evoke

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēvocare, present active infinitive of ēvocō (“I call out, I summon”), from ex (“out”) + vocō (“I call”), from vōx (“voice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wōkʷs (“speech, voice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌe.vo.ˈka(ɻ)/
• IPA^(key): /i.vu.ˈkar/

Verb

1. to evoke (cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination)
2. to remember

   Synonyms: lembrar, recordar

   Antonyms: esquecer, deslembrar

Related terms

• advogar
• convocar
• evocação
• evocado
• evocativo
• evocatório
• evocável
• invocar
• revogar
• voz

 

References

• “evocar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “evocar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēvocare, present active infinitive of ēvocō (“to callout, I summon”), from ex (“out”) + vocō (“to call”), from vōx (“voice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wōkʷs (“speech, voice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eboˈkaɾ/ [e.β̞oˈkaɾ]

Verb

evocar (first-person singular present evoco, first-person singular preterite evoqué, past participle evocado)

1. to evoke, to conjure

   Synonym: conjurar

Conjugation

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

infinitive			evocar
gerund			evocando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		evocado		evocada
		plural		evocados		evocadas
		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	evoco	evocastú evocásvos	evoca	evocamos	evocáis	evocan
	imperfect	evocaba	evocabas	evocaba	evocábamos	evocabais	evocaban
	preterite	evoqué	evocaste	evocó	evocamos	evocasteis	evocaron
	future	evocaré	evocarás	evocará	evocaremos	evocaréis	evocarán
	conditional	evocaría	evocarías	evocaría	evocaríamos	evocaríais	evocarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	evoque	evoquestú evoquésvos2	evoque	evoquemos	evoquéis	evoquen
	imperfect (ra)	evocara	evocaras	evocara	evocáramos	evocarais	evocaran
	imperfect (se)	evocase	evocases	evocase	evocásemos	evocaseis	evocasen
	future1	evocare	evocares	evocare	evocáremos	evocareis	evocaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		evocatú evocávos	evoque	evoquemos	evocad	evoquen
	negative		no evoques	no evoque	no evoquemos	no evoquéis	no evoquen

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

    Selected combined forms of evocar (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 evocar
	dative	evocarme	evocarte	evocarle, evocarse	evocarnos	evocaros	evocarles, evocarse
	accusative	evocarme	evocarte	evocarlo, evocarla, evocarse	evocarnos	evocaros	evocarlos, evocarlas, evocarse
with gerund evocando
	dative	evocándome	evocándote	evocándole, evocándose	evocándonos	evocándoos	evocándoles, evocándose
	accusative	evocándome	evocándote	evocándolo, evocándola, evocándose	evocándonos	evocándoos	evocándolos, evocándolas, evocándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative evoca
	dative	evócame	evócate	evócale	evócanos	not used	evócales
	accusative	evócame	evócate	evócalo, evócala	evócanos	not used	evócalos, evócalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative evocá
	dative	evocame	evocate	evocale	evocanos	not used	evocales
	accusative	evocame	evocate	evocalo, evocala	evocanos	not used	evocalos, evocalas
with formal second-person singular imperative evoque
	dative	evóqueme	not used	evóquele, evóquese	evóquenos	not used	evóqueles
	accusative	evóqueme	not used	evóquelo, evóquela, evóquese	evóquenos	not used	evóquelos, evóquelas
with first-person plural imperative evoquemos
	dative	not used	evoquémoste	evoquémosle	evoquémonos	evoquémoos	evoquémosles
	accusative	not used	evoquémoste	evoquémoslo, evoquémosla	evoquémonos	evoquémoos	evoquémoslos, evoquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative evocad
	dative	evocadme	not used	evocadle	evocadnos	evocaos	evocadles
	accusative	evocadme	not used	evocadlo, evocadla	evocadnos	evocaos	evocadlos, evocadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative evoquen
	dative	evóquenme	not used	evóquenle	evóquennos	not used	evóquenles, evóquense
	accusative	evóquenme	not used	evóquenlo, evóquenla	evóquennos	not used	evóquenlos, evóquenlas, evóquense

Related terms

• abogar
• convocar
• evocación
• invocar
• provocar
• revocar

 

Further reading

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