macular

English

Etymology

macula +‎ -ar

Adjective

macular (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, medicine) Relating to the macula, the area of the retina responsible for detailed central vision
2. Having macules; spotted

Derived terms

• extramacular
• hemimacular
• juxtamacular
• macular degeneration
• macular sparing
• nonmacular
• panmacular
• papillomacular
• paramacular
• premacular
• submacular
• vitreomacular

 

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin maculāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mə.kuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ma.kuˈlaɾ]

Verb

macular (first-person singular present maculo, first-person singular preterite maculí, past participle maculat)

1. (transitive) to stain

   Synonym: tacar

Related terms

• màcula

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin maculāre, present active infinitive of maculō. Doublet of manchar and magoar.

Verb

1. (transitive) to taint (to contaminate or corrupt something with an external agent, either physically or morally)

   Synonyms: contaminar, corromper, infectar

Related terms

• mácula

Etymology 2

From mácula +‎ -ar.

Adjective

macular m or f (plural maculares)

1. (anatomy, medicine) macular (pertaining to the macula)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /makuˈlaɾ/ [ma.kuˈlaɾ]

Etymology 1

From Latin maculāre.

Adjective

macular m or f (masculine and feminine plural maculares)

1. stained, tainted

Verb

macular (first-person singular present maculo, first-person singular preterite maculé, past participle maculado)

1. (transitive) to stain

Conjugation

    Conjugation of macular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			macular
gerund			maculando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		maculado		maculada
		plural		maculados		maculadas
		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	maculo	maculastú maculásvos	macula	maculamos	maculáis	maculan
	imperfect	maculaba	maculabas	maculaba	maculábamos	maculabais	maculaban
	preterite	maculé	maculaste	maculó	maculamos	maculasteis	macularon
	future	macularé	macularás	maculará	macularemos	macularéis	macularán
	conditional	macularía	macularías	macularía	macularíamos	macularíais	macularían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	macule	maculestú maculésvos2	macule	maculemos	maculéis	maculen
	imperfect (ra)	maculara	macularas	maculara	maculáramos	macularais	macularan
	imperfect (se)	maculase	maculases	maculase	maculásemos	maculaseis	maculasen
	future1	maculare	maculares	maculare	maculáremos	maculareis	macularen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		maculatú maculávos	macule	maculemos	maculad	maculen
	negative		no macules	no macule	no maculemos	no maculéis	no maculen

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

    Selected combined forms of macular

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 macular
	dative	macularme	macularte	macularle, macularse	macularnos	macularos	macularles, macularse
	accusative	macularme	macularte	macularlo, macularla, macularse	macularnos	macularos	macularlos, macularlas, macularse
with gerund maculando
	dative	maculándome	maculándote	maculándole, maculándose	maculándonos	maculándoos	maculándoles, maculándose
	accusative	maculándome	maculándote	maculándolo, maculándola, maculándose	maculándonos	maculándoos	maculándolos, maculándolas, maculándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative macula
	dative	macúlame	macúlate	macúlale	macúlanos	not used	macúlales
	accusative	macúlame	macúlate	macúlalo, macúlala	macúlanos	not used	macúlalos, macúlalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative maculá
	dative	maculame	maculate	maculale	maculanos	not used	maculales
	accusative	maculame	maculate	maculalo, maculala	maculanos	not used	maculalos, maculalas
with formal second-person singular imperative macule
	dative	macúleme	not used	macúlele, macúlese	macúlenos	not used	macúleles
	accusative	macúleme	not used	macúlelo, macúlela, macúlese	macúlenos	not used	macúlelos, macúlelas
with first-person plural imperative maculemos
	dative	not used	maculémoste	maculémosle	maculémonos	maculémoos	maculémosles
	accusative	not used	maculémoste	maculémoslo, maculémosla	maculémonos	maculémoos	maculémoslos, maculémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative maculad
	dative	maculadme	not used	maculadle	maculadnos	maculaos	maculadles
	accusative	maculadme	not used	maculadlo, maculadla	maculadnos	maculaos	maculadlos, maculadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative maculen
	dative	macúlenme	not used	macúlenle	macúlennos	not used	macúlenles, macúlense
	accusative	macúlenme	not used	macúlenlo, macúlenla	macúlennos	not used	macúlenlos, macúlenlas, macúlense

Etymology 2

mácula +‎ -ar

Adjective

macular m or f (masculine and feminine plural maculares)

1. (anatomy, medicine) macular (relating to the macula)

Related terms

• mácula

Further reading

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