macar

See also: măcar, mācar, and Macar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [maˈkaɾ]

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *maccare. (Compare Italian ammaccare, Spanish macar.) Ultimate origin unknown.

Verb

macar (first-person singular present maco, first-person singular preterite maquí, past participle macat)

1. (transitive) to batter, to bruise
2. (pronominal) to bruise, to get bruised

Etymology 2

mac +‎ -ar

Noun

macar m (plural macars)

1. stony ground

   Synonym: codolar

Further reading

• “macar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Spanish

Verb

macar (first-person singular present maco, first-person singular preterite maqué, past participle macado)

1. (obsolete or of fruit) to bruise

Conjugation

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

infinitive			macar
gerund			macando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		macado		macada
		plural		macados		macadas
		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	maco	macastú macásvos	maca	macamos	macáis	macan
	imperfect	macaba	macabas	macaba	macábamos	macabais	macaban
	preterite	maqué	macaste	macó	macamos	macasteis	macaron
	future	macaré	macarás	macará	macaremos	macaréis	macarán
	conditional	macaría	macarías	macaría	macaríamos	macaríais	macarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	maque	maquestú maquésvos2	maque	maquemos	maquéis	maquen
	imperfect (ra)	macara	macaras	macara	macáramos	macarais	macaran
	imperfect (se)	macase	macases	macase	macásemos	macaseis	macasen
	future1	macare	macares	macare	macáremos	macareis	macaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		macatú macávos	maque	maquemos	macad	maquen
	negative		no maques	no maque	no maquemos	no maquéis	no maquen

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

    Selected combined forms of macar (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 macar
	dative	macarme	macarte	macarle, macarse	macarnos	macaros	macarles, macarse
	accusative	macarme	macarte	macarlo, macarla, macarse	macarnos	macaros	macarlos, macarlas, macarse
with gerund macando
	dative	macándome	macándote	macándole, macándose	macándonos	macándoos	macándoles, macándose
	accusative	macándome	macándote	macándolo, macándola, macándose	macándonos	macándoos	macándolos, macándolas, macándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative maca
	dative	mácame	mácate	mácale	mácanos	not used	mácales
	accusative	mácame	mácate	mácalo, mácala	mácanos	not used	mácalos, mácalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative macá
	dative	macame	macate	macale	macanos	not used	macales
	accusative	macame	macate	macalo, macala	macanos	not used	macalos, macalas
with formal second-person singular imperative maque
	dative	máqueme	not used	máquele, máquese	máquenos	not used	máqueles
	accusative	máqueme	not used	máquelo, máquela, máquese	máquenos	not used	máquelos, máquelas
with first-person plural imperative maquemos
	dative	not used	maquémoste	maquémosle	maquémonos	maquémoos	maquémosles
	accusative	not used	maquémoste	maquémoslo, maquémosla	maquémonos	maquémoos	maquémoslos, maquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative macad
	dative	macadme	not used	macadle	macadnos	macaos	macadles
	accusative	macadme	not used	macadlo, macadla	macadnos	macaos	macadlos, macadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative maquen
	dative	máquenme	not used	máquenle	máquennos	not used	máquenles, máquense
	accusative	máquenme	not used	máquenlo, máquenla	máquennos	not used	máquenlos, máquenlas, máquense

Further reading

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

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Venetian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Italian ammaccare.

Verb

macar

1. (transitive) to dent
2. (transitive) to bruise

Conjugation

• Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of macar (first conjugation)

infinitive	macar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		macando
past participle		macà
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	maco	(te) machi	(el/ła) maca	machémo, macòn	maché	(i/łe) maca
imperfect	macava	(te) macavi	(el/ła) macava	macàvimo	macavi	(i/łe) macava
future	macarò	(te) macarè	(el/ła) macarà	macarémo	macarè	(i/łe) macarà
conditional	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	macarìa	(te) macarisi	(el/ła) macarìa	macarìsimo	macarisi	(i/łe) macarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	mache, maca	(te) machi	(el/ła) mache, (el/ła) maca	machémo, macone	maché	(i/łe) mache, (i/łe) maca
imperfect	macase	(te) macasi	(el/ła) macase	macàsimo	macasi	(i/łe) macase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) maca	(el/ła) maca, (el/ła) mache	machémo	maché	(i/łe) maca, (i/łe) mache