abarcar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *abbracchicāre (later contracted to *abbraccāre in Proto-Romance), from Latin bracchium (“arm”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): [abɐɾˈkaɾ]
• (Brazil)
  • (Paulista) IPA^(key): [abaɹˈka(ɹ)]
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): [abaɻˈka(ɻ)]
  • (Carioca) IPA^(key): [abaχˈka(χ)]
• Hyphenation: a‧bar‧car

Verb

abarcar (first-person singular present indicative abarco, past participle abarcado)

1. to encompass (include)

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb abarcar

Notes:[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. The last letter c is changed to qu, depending on the following vowel, resulting in these three possible sequences: -ca-, -que- and -co-. Verbs with this conjugation include: brincar, buscar, pecar, trancar.
	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	abarcar
Personal	abarcar	abarcares	abarcar	abarcarmos	abarcardes	abarcarem
Gerund
	abarcando
Past participle
Masculine	abarcado			abarcados
Feminine	abarcada			abarcadas
Indicative
Present	abarco	abarcas	abarca	abarcamos	abarcais	abarcam
Imperfect	abarcava	abarcavas	abarcava	abarcávamos	abarcáveis	abarcavam
Preterite	abarquei	abarcaste	abarcou	abarcamos abarcámos	abarcastes	abarcaram
Pluperfect	abarcara	abarcaras	abarcara	abarcáramos	abarcáreis	abarcaram
Future	abarcarei	abarcarás	abarcará	abarcaremos	abarcareis	abarcarão
Conditional
	abarcaria	abarcarias	abarcaria	abarcaríamos	abarcaríeis	abarcariam
Subjunctive
Present	abarque	abarques	abarque	abarquemos	abarqueis	abarquem
Imperfect	abarcasse	abarcasses	abarcasse	abarcássemos	abarcásseis	abarcassem
Future	abarcar	abarcares	abarcar	abarcarmos	abarcardes	abarcarem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	abarca	abarque	abarquemos	abarcai	abarquem
Negative (não)	-	abarques	abarque	abarquemos	abarqueis	abarquem

Synonyms

• englobar
• compreender

Related terms

• braço

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Spanish

Etymology

From a variant of abracar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abarˈkaɾ/, [aβarˈkaɾ]

Verb

abarcar (first-person singular present abarco, first-person singular preterite abarqué, past participle abarcado)

1. to embrace, to encompass
2. to comprise, to make up, to contain, to include
3. to take in
4. to clasp
5. to undertake, to embark upon
6. to monopolize, to corner

Conjugation

• c becomes qu before e.

    Conjugation of abarcar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

infinitive			abarcar
gerund			abarcando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		abarcado		abarcada
		plural		abarcados		abarcadas
		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	abarco	abarcastú abarcásvos	abarca	abarcamos	abarcáis	abarcan
	imperfect	abarcaba	abarcabas	abarcaba	abarcábamos	abarcabais	abarcaban
	preterite	abarqué	abarcaste	abarcó	abarcamos	abarcasteis	abarcaron
	future	abarcaré	abarcarás	abarcará	abarcaremos	abarcaréis	abarcarán
	conditional	abarcaría	abarcarías	abarcaría	abarcaríamos	abarcaríais	abarcarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	abarque	abarquestú abarquésvos2	abarque	abarquemos	abarquéis	abarquen
	imperfect (ra)	abarcara	abarcaras	abarcara	abarcáramos	abarcarais	abarcaran
	imperfect (se)	abarcase	abarcases	abarcase	abarcásemos	abarcaseis	abarcasen
	future1	abarcare	abarcares	abarcare	abarcáremos	abarcareis	abarcaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		abarcatú abarcávos	abarque	abarquemos	abarcad	abarquen
	negative		no abarques	no abarque	no abarquemos	no abarquéis	no abarquen

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

Other verbs with this conjugation:

► Spanish verbs ending in -ar (conjugation -car)

    Selected combined forms of abarcar^{edit data}

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 abarcar
	dative	abarcarme	abarcarte	abarcarle, abarcarse	abarcarnos	abarcaros	abarcarles, abarcarse
	accusative	abarcarme	abarcarte	abarcarlo, abarcarla, abarcarse	abarcarnos	abarcaros	abarcarlos, abarcarlas, abarcarse
with gerund abarcando
	dative	abarcándome	abarcándote	abarcándole, abarcándose	abarcándonos	abarcándoos	abarcándoles, abarcándose
	accusative	abarcándome	abarcándote	abarcándolo, abarcándola, abarcándose	abarcándonos	abarcándoos	abarcándolos, abarcándolas, abarcándose
with informal second-person singular imperative abarca
	dative	abárcame	abárcate	abárcale	abárcanos	not used	abárcales
	accusative	abárcame	abárcate	abárcalo, abárcala	abárcanos	not used	abárcalos, abárcalas
with formal second-person singular imperative abarque
	dative	abárqueme	not used	abárquele, abárquese	abárquenos	not used	abárqueles
	accusative	abárqueme	not used	abárquelo, abárquela, abárquese	abárquenos	not used	abárquelos, abárquelas
with first-person plural imperative abarquemos
	dative	not used	abarquémoste	abarquémosle	abarquémonos	abarquémoos	abarquémosles
	accusative	not used	abarquémoste	abarquémoslo, abarquémosla	abarquémonos	abarquémoos	abarquémoslos, abarquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative abarcad
	dative	abarcadme	not used	abarcadle	abarcadnos	abarcaos	abarcadles
	accusative	abarcadme	not used	abarcadlo, abarcadla	abarcadnos	abarcaos	abarcadlos, abarcadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative abarquen
	dative	abárquenme	not used	abárquenle	abárquennos	not used	abárquenles, abárquense
	accusative	abárquenme	not used	abárquenlo, abárquenla	abárquennos	not used	abárquenlos, abárquenlas, abárquense

Synonyms

• (to embrace, encompass): englobar
• (to monopolize): acaparar

Derived terms

• abarcador
• abarcamiento

Related terms

• abrazar
• brazo
• sobarcar

External links

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