aplicar
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin applicāre. Doublet of aplegar, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]aplicar (first-person singular present aplico, first-person singular preterite apliquí, past participle aplicat)
- (transitive) to apply
- (reflexive) to apply oneself
- Jo era l'únic que m'aplicava una mica.
- I was the only one who applied myself a little.
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of aplicar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)
| infinitive | aplicar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | aplicant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | aplicat | aplicada | |||||
| plural | aplicats | aplicades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | aplico | apliques | aplica | apliquem | apliqueu | apliquen | |
| imperfect | aplicava | aplicaves | aplicava | aplicàvem | aplicàveu | aplicaven | |
| future | aplicaré | aplicaràs | aplicarà | aplicarem | aplicareu | aplicaran | |
| preterite | apliquí | aplicares | aplicà | aplicàrem | aplicàreu | aplicaren | |
| conditional | aplicaria | aplicaries | aplicaria | aplicaríem | aplicaríeu | aplicarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | apliqui | apliquis | apliqui | apliquem | apliqueu | apliquin | |
| imperfect | apliqués | apliquessis | apliqués | apliquéssim | apliquéssiu | apliquessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | aplica | apliqui | apliquem | apliqueu | apliquin | |
| negative (no) | — | no apliquis | no apliqui | no apliquem | no apliqueu | no apliquin | |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “aplicar”, 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
- “aplicar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “aplicar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “aplicar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]14th century. Learned borrowing from Latin applicāre. Compare the inherited doublet achegar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]aplicar (first-person singular present aplico, first-person singular preterite apliquei, past participle aplicado)
- to apply
- (pronominal) to commit (to); to dedicate oneself to (to pursue a course of action with great effort)
- to save (to store for future use)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of aplicar (c-qu alternation)
Reintegrated conjugation of aplicar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “aplicar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aplicar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “aplicar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “aplicar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aplicar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- applicar (pre-reform spelling)
Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin applicāre. Compare the inherited doublet achegar.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /a.pli.ˈka(h)/
- Hyphenation: a‧pli‧car
Verb
[edit]aplicar (first-person singular present aplico, first-person singular preterite apliquei, past participle aplicado)
- (transitive) to apply (to put on) [with direct object ‘something’, along with em or other positional preposition ‘onto someone/something’]
- Aplique xampu no seu cabelo até que ele fique macio.
- Apply shampoo onto your hair until it gets soft.
- 1940 January 7, “Conselhos para cuidar da pelle das creanças [Advice for taking care of children’s skin]”, in Correio da Manhã[1], volume 115, number 5, Recife, page 12:
- Se bem que as crianças não possam fazer uso dos mesmos preparados que os adultos contra as rachaduras da pelle, não quer dizer que não se deva applicar outros apropriados.
- Although children cannot make use of the same preparations as adults against cracked skin, this does not mean one should not apply other appropriate ones.
- (transitive) to apply (to put to use for a purpose) [with direct object ‘something’ and a ‘to someone/something’]
- O juiz aplicou a pena de morte ao psicopata.
- The judge applied the death sentence to the psychopath.
- (pronominal) to apply (to be relevant to) [with a ‘to someone/something’]
- Lógica matemática nem sempre se aplica à vida real.
- Mathematical logic doesn’t always apply to real life.
- (reflexive) to commit; to dedicate oneself (to pursue a course of action with great effort) [with a ‘to something’]
- Estes pirralhos não se querem aplicar aos estudos.
- These brats don’t want to commit to their studies.
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of aplicar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “aplicar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “aplicar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin applicāre. Doublet of aplegar and allegar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]aplicar (first-person singular present aplico, first-person singular preterite apliqué, past participle aplicado)
- to use, to apply
- El presidente aplicó medidas especiales.
- The president used special measures.
- to smear, to put something above another thing or in contact with another thing
- Synonym: untar
- Aplicó la mermelada a la tostada.
- He spread the marmalade on the toast.
- Aplicó la pomada a la rodilla.
- He smeared the cream on his knee.
- (Latin America, intransitive) to apply (to submit oneself as a candidate) [with a ‘to, for’]
- (reflexive) to apply oneself
- (reflexive) to apply, to hold true
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of aplicar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of aplicar (c-qu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “aplicar”, 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
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