alocar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin allocāre. Doublet of alugar, an inheritance.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.loˈka(ʁ)/ [a.loˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.loˈka(ʁ)/ [a.loˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.loˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.loˈka(ʁ)/ [a.loˈka(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /a.loˈka(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.luˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.luˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.luˈka.ɾi/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˌaloˈkaː]

Verb

alocar (first-person singular present aloco, first-person singular preterite aloquei, past participle alocado)

1. allocate (to set aside for a purpose)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alocar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	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	alocar
Personal	alocar	alocares	alocar	alocarmos	alocardes	alocarem
Gerund
	alocando
Past participle
Masculine	alocado			alocados
Feminine	alocada			alocadas
Indicative
Present	aloco	alocas	aloca	alocamos	alocais	alocam
Imperfect	alocava	alocavas	alocava	alocávamos	alocáveis	alocavam
Preterite	aloquei	alocaste	alocou	alocamos1, alocámos2	alocastes	alocaram
Pluperfect	alocara	alocaras	alocara	alocáramos	alocáreis	alocaram
Future	alocarei	alocarás	alocará	alocaremos	alocareis	alocarão
Conditional	alocaria	alocarias	alocaria	alocaríamos	alocaríeis	alocariam
Subjunctive
Present	aloque	aloques	aloque	aloquemos	aloqueis	aloquem
Imperfect	alocasse	alocasses	alocasse	alocássemos	alocásseis	alocassem
Future	alocar	alocares	alocar	alocarmos	alocardes	alocarem
Imperative
Affirmative		aloca	aloque	aloquemos	alocai	aloquem
Negative (não)		não aloques	não aloque	não aloquemos	não aloqueis	não aloquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• alocação

Further reading

• “alocar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “alocar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From a- + loco (“crazy”) + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aloˈkaɾ/ [a.loˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧lo‧car

Verb

alocar (first-person singular present aloco, first-person singular preterite aloqué, past participle alocado)

1. (transitive) to drive crazy, madden

   Synonym: enloquecer

2. (reflexive) to go mad

Conjugation

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

infinitive			alocar
gerund			alocando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		alocado		alocada
		plural		alocados		alocadas
		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	aloco	alocastú alocásvos	aloca	alocamos	alocáis	alocan
	imperfect	alocaba	alocabas	alocaba	alocábamos	alocabais	alocaban
	preterite	aloqué	alocaste	alocó	alocamos	alocasteis	alocaron
	future	alocaré	alocarás	alocará	alocaremos	alocaréis	alocarán
	conditional	alocaría	alocarías	alocaría	alocaríamos	alocaríais	alocarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	aloque	aloquestú aloquésvos2	aloque	aloquemos	aloquéis	aloquen
	imperfect (ra)	alocara	alocaras	alocara	alocáramos	alocarais	alocaran
	imperfect (se)	alocase	alocases	alocase	alocásemos	alocaseis	alocasen
	future1	alocare	alocares	alocare	alocáremos	alocareis	alocaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		alocatú alocávos	aloque	aloquemos	alocad	aloquen
	negative		no aloques	no aloque	no aloquemos	no aloquéis	no aloquen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of alocar (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 alocar	dative	alocarme	alocarte	alocarle, alocarse	alocarnos	alocaros	alocarles, alocarse
	accusative	alocarme	alocarte	alocarlo, alocarla, alocarse	alocarnos	alocaros	alocarlos, alocarlas, alocarse
with gerund alocando	dative	alocándome	alocándote	alocándole, alocándose	alocándonos	alocándoos	alocándoles, alocándose
	accusative	alocándome	alocándote	alocándolo, alocándola, alocándose	alocándonos	alocándoos	alocándolos, alocándolas, alocándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative aloca	dative	alócame	alócate	alócale	alócanos	not used	alócales
	accusative	alócame	alócate	alócalo, alócala	alócanos	not used	alócalos, alócalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative alocá	dative	alocame	alocate	alocale	alocanos	not used	alocales
	accusative	alocame	alocate	alocalo, alocala	alocanos	not used	alocalos, alocalas
with formal second-person singular imperative aloque	dative	alóqueme	not used	alóquele, alóquese	alóquenos	not used	alóqueles
	accusative	alóqueme	not used	alóquelo, alóquela, alóquese	alóquenos	not used	alóquelos, alóquelas
with first-person plural imperative aloquemos	dative	not used	aloquémoste	aloquémosle	aloquémonos	aloquémoos	aloquémosles
	accusative	not used	aloquémoste	aloquémoslo, aloquémosla	aloquémonos	aloquémoos	aloquémoslos, aloquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative alocad	dative	alocadme	not used	alocadle	alocadnos	alocaos	alocadles
	accusative	alocadme	not used	alocadlo, alocadla	alocadnos	alocaos	alocadlos, alocadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative aloquen	dative	alóquenme	not used	alóquenle	alóquennos	not used	alóquenles, alóquense
	accusative	alóquenme	not used	alóquenlo, alóquenla	alóquennos	not used	alóquenlos, alóquenlas, alóquense

Derived terms

• alocado

Further reading

• “alocar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025