altercar

Portuguese

Verb

altercar (first-person singular present indicative alterco, past participle altercado)

1. to dispute, argue, quarrel

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb altercar

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	altercar
Personal	altercar	altercares	altercar	altercarmos	altercardes	altercarem
Gerund
	altercando
Past participle
Masculine	altercado			altercados
Feminine	altercada			altercadas
Indicative
Present	alterco	altercas	alterca	altercamos	altercais	altercam
Imperfect	altercava	altercavas	altercava	altercávamos	altercáveis	altercavam
Preterite	alterquei	altercaste	altercou	altercamos altercámos	altercastes	altercaram
Pluperfect	altercara	altercaras	altercara	altercáramos	altercáreis	altercaram
Future	altercarei	altercarás	altercará	altercaremos	altercareis	altercarão
Conditional
	altercaria	altercarias	altercaria	altercaríamos	altercaríeis	altercariam
Subjunctive
Present	alterque	alterques	alterque	alterquemos	alterqueis	alterquem
Imperfect	altercasse	altercasses	altercasse	altercássemos	altercásseis	altercassem
Future	altercar	altercares	altercar	altercarmos	altercardes	altercarem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	alterca	alterque	alterquemos	altercai	alterquem
Negative (não)	-	alterques	alterque	alterquemos	alterqueis	alterquem

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alterˈkaɾ/, [al̪t̪erˈkaɾ]

Verb

altercar (first-person singular present alterco, first-person singular preterite alterqué, past participle altercado)

1. to dispute, argue, quarrel

   Synonyms: batallar, discutir, disputar, porfiar

Conjugation

• c becomes qu before e.

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

infinitive			altercar
gerund			altercando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		altercado		altercada
		plural		altercados		altercadas
		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	alterco	altercastú altercásvos	alterca	altercamos	altercáis	altercan
	imperfect	altercaba	altercabas	altercaba	altercábamos	altercabais	altercaban
	preterite	alterqué	altercaste	altercó	altercamos	altercasteis	altercaron
	future	altercaré	altercarás	altercará	altercaremos	altercaréis	altercarán
	conditional	altercaría	altercarías	altercaría	altercaríamos	altercaríais	altercarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	alterque	alterquestú alterquésvos2	alterque	alterquemos	alterquéis	alterquen
	imperfect (ra)	altercara	altercaras	altercara	altercáramos	altercarais	altercaran
	imperfect (se)	altercase	altercases	altercase	altercásemos	altercaseis	altercasen
	future1	altercare	altercares	altercare	altercáremos	altercareis	altercaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		altercatú altercávos	alterque	alterquemos	altercad	alterquen
	negative		no alterques	no alterque	no alterquemos	no alterquéis	no alterquen

• 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)