intercalar

English

Adjective

intercalar (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of intercalary

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [in.tər.kəˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.teɾ.kaˈlaɾ]

Etymology 1

From Latin intercalaris.

Adjective

intercalar m or f (masculine and feminine plural intercalars)

1. intercalary

Etymology 2

From Latin intercalō.

Verb

intercalar (first-person singular present intercalo, first-person singular preterite intercalí, past participle intercalat)

1. to intercalate
2. to alternate

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin intercalaris.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.teʁ.kaˈlaʁ/ [ĩ.teh.kaˈlah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.teʁ.kaˈlaʁ/ [ĩ.teh.kaˈlah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.teɾ.kaˈlaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.teʁ.kaˈlaʁ/ [ĩ.teχ.kaˈlaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.teɻ.kaˈlaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɨɾ.kɐˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɨɾ.kɐˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɨɾ.kɐˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧ca‧lar

Adjective

intercalar m or f (plural intercalares)

1. intercalary

Etymology 2

From Latin intercalō.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.teʁ.kaˈla(ʁ)/ [ĩ.teh.kaˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.teʁ.kaˈla(ʁ)/ [ĩ.teh.kaˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.teɾ.kaˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.teʁ.kaˈla(ʁ)/ [ĩ.teχ.kaˈla(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.teɻ.kaˈla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɨɾ.kɐˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɨɾ.kɐˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɨɾ.kɐˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧ca‧lar

Verb

1. to intercalate
2. to alternate

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Romanian

Etymology

From French intercalaire.

Adjective

intercalar m or n (feminine singular intercalară, masculine plural intercalari, feminine and neuter plural intercalare)

1. interlayer

Declension

Declension of intercalar

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	intercalar		intercalară	intercalari	intercalare
	definite	intercalarul		intercalara	intercalarii	intercalarele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	intercalar		intercalare	intercalari	intercalare
	definite	intercalarului		intercalarei	intercalarilor	intercalarelor

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inteɾkaˈlaɾ/ [ĩn̪.t̪eɾ.kaˈlaɾ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin intercalaris.

Adjective

intercalar m or f (masculine and feminine plural intercalares)

1. intercalated

Derived terms

• capa intercalar
• día intercalar
• lámina intercalar
• segundo intercalar

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin intercalō.

Verb

intercalar (first-person singular present intercalo, first-person singular preterite intercalé, past participle intercalado)

1. to intersperse, to intercut
2. to insert, to interject, to sandwich
3. to intercalate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of intercalar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			intercalar
gerund			intercalando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		intercalado		intercalada
		plural		intercalados		intercaladas
		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	intercalo	intercalastú intercalásvos	intercala	intercalamos	intercaláis	intercalan
	imperfect	intercalaba	intercalabas	intercalaba	intercalábamos	intercalabais	intercalaban
	preterite	intercalé	intercalaste	intercaló	intercalamos	intercalasteis	intercalaron
	future	intercalaré	intercalarás	intercalará	intercalaremos	intercalaréis	intercalarán
	conditional	intercalaría	intercalarías	intercalaría	intercalaríamos	intercalaríais	intercalarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	intercale	intercalestú intercalésvos2	intercale	intercalemos	intercaléis	intercalen
	imperfect (ra)	intercalara	intercalaras	intercalara	intercaláramos	intercalarais	intercalaran
	imperfect (se)	intercalase	intercalases	intercalase	intercalásemos	intercalaseis	intercalasen
	future1	intercalare	intercalares	intercalare	intercaláremos	intercalareis	intercalaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		intercalatú intercalávos	intercale	intercalemos	intercalad	intercalen
	negative		no intercales	no intercale	no intercalemos	no intercaléis	no intercalen

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

    Selected combined forms of intercalar

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 intercalar
	dative	intercalarme	intercalarte	intercalarle, intercalarse	intercalarnos	intercalaros	intercalarles, intercalarse
	accusative	intercalarme	intercalarte	intercalarlo, intercalarla, intercalarse	intercalarnos	intercalaros	intercalarlos, intercalarlas, intercalarse
with gerund intercalando
	dative	intercalándome	intercalándote	intercalándole, intercalándose	intercalándonos	intercalándoos	intercalándoles, intercalándose
	accusative	intercalándome	intercalándote	intercalándolo, intercalándola, intercalándose	intercalándonos	intercalándoos	intercalándolos, intercalándolas, intercalándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative intercala
	dative	intercálame	intercálate	intercálale	intercálanos	not used	intercálales
	accusative	intercálame	intercálate	intercálalo, intercálala	intercálanos	not used	intercálalos, intercálalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative intercalá
	dative	intercalame	intercalate	intercalale	intercalanos	not used	intercalales
	accusative	intercalame	intercalate	intercalalo, intercalala	intercalanos	not used	intercalalos, intercalalas
with formal second-person singular imperative intercale
	dative	intercáleme	not used	intercálele, intercálese	intercálenos	not used	intercáleles
	accusative	intercáleme	not used	intercálelo, intercálela, intercálese	intercálenos	not used	intercálelos, intercálelas
with first-person plural imperative intercalemos
	dative	not used	intercalémoste	intercalémosle	intercalémonos	intercalémoos	intercalémosles
	accusative	not used	intercalémoste	intercalémoslo, intercalémosla	intercalémonos	intercalémoos	intercalémoslos, intercalémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative intercalad
	dative	intercaladme	not used	intercaladle	intercaladnos	intercalaos	intercaladles
	accusative	intercaladme	not used	intercaladlo, intercaladla	intercaladnos	intercalaos	intercaladlos, intercaladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative intercalen
	dative	intercálenme	not used	intercálenle	intercálennos	not used	intercálenles, intercálense
	accusative	intercálenme	not used	intercálenlo, intercálenla	intercálennos	not used	intercálenlos, intercálenlas, intercálense

Further reading

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