ciscar

Spanish

Etymology

From cisco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θisˈkaɾ/ [θisˈkaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sisˈkaɾ/ [sisˈkaɾ]

Verb

ciscar (first-person singular present cisco, first-person singular preterite cisqué, past participle ciscado)

1. to dirty; muck up

   Synonym: ensuciar

   • 1604, Mateo Alemán, Atalaya de la vida humana:

     Pobre de mí, pues, como estaba ciscado, a cada paso parecía que me ponían a los cuatro vientos.

     Woe is me, as I was sullied, at every step methought I was being prais'd from the roof-tops.

   ciscar su imagen ― sully one's image

2. (reflexive) to shit one's pants; shit oneself; soil oneself
3. (reflexive) to shit oneself (lose bravery)

Conjugation

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

infinitive			ciscar
gerund			ciscando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ciscado		ciscada
		plural		ciscados		ciscadas
		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	cisco	ciscastú ciscásvos	cisca	ciscamos	ciscáis	ciscan
	imperfect	ciscaba	ciscabas	ciscaba	ciscábamos	ciscabais	ciscaban
	preterite	cisqué	ciscaste	ciscó	ciscamos	ciscasteis	ciscaron
	future	ciscaré	ciscarás	ciscará	ciscaremos	ciscaréis	ciscarán
	conditional	ciscaría	ciscarías	ciscaría	ciscaríamos	ciscaríais	ciscarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cisque	cisquestú cisquésvos2	cisque	cisquemos	cisquéis	cisquen
	imperfect (ra)	ciscara	ciscaras	ciscara	ciscáramos	ciscarais	ciscaran
	imperfect (se)	ciscase	ciscases	ciscase	ciscásemos	ciscaseis	ciscasen
	future1	ciscare	ciscares	ciscare	ciscáremos	ciscareis	ciscaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		ciscatú ciscávos	cisque	cisquemos	ciscad	cisquen
	negative		no cisques	no cisque	no cisquemos	no cisquéis	no cisquen

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

    Selected combined forms of ciscar (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 ciscar
	dative	ciscarme	ciscarte	ciscarle, ciscarse	ciscarnos	ciscaros	ciscarles, ciscarse
	accusative	ciscarme	ciscarte	ciscarlo, ciscarla, ciscarse	ciscarnos	ciscaros	ciscarlos, ciscarlas, ciscarse
with gerund ciscando
	dative	ciscándome	ciscándote	ciscándole, ciscándose	ciscándonos	ciscándoos	ciscándoles, ciscándose
	accusative	ciscándome	ciscándote	ciscándolo, ciscándola, ciscándose	ciscándonos	ciscándoos	ciscándolos, ciscándolas, ciscándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cisca
	dative	císcame	císcate	císcale	císcanos	not used	císcales
	accusative	císcame	císcate	císcalo, císcala	císcanos	not used	císcalos, císcalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative ciscá
	dative	ciscame	ciscate	ciscale	ciscanos	not used	ciscales
	accusative	ciscame	ciscate	ciscalo, ciscala	ciscanos	not used	ciscalos, ciscalas
with formal second-person singular imperative cisque
	dative	císqueme	not used	císquele, císquese	císquenos	not used	císqueles
	accusative	císqueme	not used	císquelo, císquela, císquese	císquenos	not used	císquelos, císquelas
with first-person plural imperative cisquemos
	dative	not used	cisquémoste	cisquémosle	cisquémonos	cisquémoos	cisquémosles
	accusative	not used	cisquémoste	cisquémoslo, cisquémosla	cisquémonos	cisquémoos	cisquémoslos, cisquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative ciscad
	dative	ciscadme	not used	ciscadle	ciscadnos	ciscaos	ciscadles
	accusative	ciscadme	not used	ciscadlo, ciscadla	ciscadnos	ciscaos	ciscadlos, ciscadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cisquen
	dative	císquenme	not used	císquenle	císquennos	not used	císquenles, císquense
	accusative	císquenme	not used	císquenlo, císquenla	císquennos	not used	císquenlos, císquenlas, císquense

Further reading

• “ciscar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28