alambicar

Galician

Etymology

From the noun alambique (“still”), from Arabic إِنْبِيق‏ (ʾinbīq, “still”), from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ (ámbix).

Verb

alambicar (first-person singular present alambico, first-person singular preterite alambiquei, past participle alambicado)

1. to distill
2. to complicate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alambicar

infinitive			alambicar
gerund			alambicando
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		alambicado		alambicados
		feminine		alambicada		alambicadas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	alambico	alambicas	alambica	alambicamos	alambicades	alambican
	imperfect	alambicaba	alambicabas	alambicaba	alambicabamos	alambicabades	alambicaban
	preterite	alambiquei	alambicaches	alambicou	alambicamos	alambicastes	alambicaron
	pluperfect	alambicara	alambicaras	alambicara	alambicaramos	alambicarades	alambicaran
	future	alambicarei	alambicarás	alambicará	alambicaremos	alambicaredes	alambicarán
	conditional	alambicaría	alambicarías	alambicaría	alambicariamos	alambicariades	alambicarían
subjunctive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	alambique	alambiques	alambique	alambiquemos	alambiquedes	alambiquen
	preterite	alambicase	alambicases	alambicase	alambicásemos	alambicásedes	alambicasen
	future	alambicar	alambicares	alambicar	alambicarmos	alambicardes	alambicaren
imperative		—	ti	Vde.	nós	vós	Vdes.
	affirmative	—	alambica	alambique	alambiquemos	alambicade	alambiquen
	negative	—	alambiques	alambique	alambiquemos	alambiquedes	alambiquen
personal infinitive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
		alambicar	alambicares	alambicar	alambicarmos	alambicardes	alambicaren

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Portuguese

Etymology

From the noun alambique (“still”), from Arabic إِنْبِيق‏ (ʾinbīq, “still”), from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ (ámbix).

Verb

alambicar (first-person singular present indicative alambico, past participle alambicado)

1. to distill
2. (by extension) to refine
3. (by extension) to complicate excessively
4. to scrutinize, to examine closely
5. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to become pretentious

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb alambicar

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	alambicar
Personal	alambicar	alambicares	alambicar	alambicarmos	alambicardes	alambicarem
Gerund
	alambicando
Past participle
Masculine	alambicado			alambicados
Feminine	alambicada			alambicadas
Indicative
Present	alambico	alambicas	alambica	alambicamos	alambicais	alambicam
Imperfect	alambicava	alambicavas	alambicava	alambicávamos	alambicáveis	alambicavam
Preterite	alambiquei	alambicaste	alambicou	alambicamos alambicámos	alambicastes	alambicaram
Pluperfect	alambicara	alambicaras	alambicara	alambicáramos	alambicáreis	alambicaram
Future	alambicarei	alambicarás	alambicará	alambicaremos	alambicareis	alambicarão
Conditional
	alambicaria	alambicarias	alambicaria	alambicaríamos	alambicaríeis	alambicariam
Subjunctive
Present	alambique	alambiques	alambique	alambiquemos	alambiqueis	alambiquem
Imperfect	alambicasse	alambicasses	alambicasse	alambicássemos	alambicásseis	alambicassem
Future	alambicar	alambicares	alambicar	alambicarmos	alambicardes	alambicarem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	alambica	alambique	alambiquemos	alambicai	alambiquem
Negative (não)	-	alambiques	alambique	alambiquemos	alambiqueis	alambiquem

Synonyms

• (distill): destilar
• (refine): requintar
• (examine): examinar

Derived terms

• alambicado

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Spanish

Etymology

From the noun alambique (“still”), from Arabic إِنْبِيق‏ (ʾinbīq, “still”), from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ (ámbix).

Verb

alambicar (first-person singular present alambico, first-person singular preterite alambiqué, past participle alambicado)

1. to distill
2. to scrutinize, to examine closely
3. to complicate excessively

Conjugation

• c becomes qu before e.

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

infinitive			alambicar
gerund			alambicando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		alambicado		alambicada
		plural		alambicados		alambicadas
		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	alambico	alambicastú alambicásvos	alambica	alambicamos	alambicáis	alambican
	imperfect	alambicaba	alambicabas	alambicaba	alambicábamos	alambicabais	alambicaban
	preterite	alambiqué	alambicaste	alambicó	alambicamos	alambicasteis	alambicaron
	future	alambicaré	alambicarás	alambicará	alambicaremos	alambicaréis	alambicarán
	conditional	alambicaría	alambicarías	alambicaría	alambicaríamos	alambicaríais	alambicarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	alambique	alambiquestú alambiquésvos1	alambique	alambiquemos	alambiquéis	alambiquen
	imperfect (ra)	alambicara	alambicaras	alambicara	alambicáramos	alambicarais	alambicaran
	imperfect (se)	alambicase	alambicases	alambicase	alambicásemos	alambicaseis	alambicasen
	future	alambicare	alambicares	alambicare	alambicáremos	alambicareis	alambicaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		alambicatú alambicávos	alambique	alambiquemos	alambicad	alambiquen
	negative		no alambiques	no alambique	no alambiquemos	no alambiquéis	no alambiquen

¹ Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

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