acubar

Catalan

Etymology

From a- +‎ cup +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ə.kuˈβa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.kuˈba]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.kuˈbaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [a.kuˈβa]

Verb

acubar (first-person singular present acubo, first-person singular preterite acubí, past participle acubat)

1. (transitive) to suffocate

   Synonym: sufocar

2. (pronominal) to suffocate, to smother
3. (pronominal) to faint

   Synonym: desmaiar-se

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of acubar (first conjugation)

infinitive			acubar
gerund			acubant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		acubat		acubada
		plural		acubats		acubades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	acubo	acubes	acuba	acubem	acubeu	acuben
	imperfect	acubava	acubaves	acubava	acubàvem	acubàveu	acubaven
	future	acubaré	acubaràs	acubarà	acubarem	acubareu	acubaran
	preterite	acubí	acubares	acubà	acubàrem	acubàreu	acubaren
	conditional	acubaria	acubaries	acubaria	acubaríem	acubaríeu	acubarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	acubi	acubis	acubi	acubem	acubeu	acubin
	imperfect	acubés	acubessis	acubés	acubéssim	acubéssiu	acubessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	acuba	acubi	acubem	acubeu	acubin
	negative (no)	—	no acubis	no acubi	no acubem	no acubeu	no acubin

Derived terms

• acubador
• acubament

Further reading

• “acubar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007