blocar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French bloquer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [bluˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [bloˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [bloˈkaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

blocar (first-person singular present bloco, first-person singular preterite bloquí, past participle blocat); root stress: (Northern) /o̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to block, to blockade
2. (sports, transitive) to block
3. (pronominal, intransitive) to freeze up

Usage notes

• Blocar and bloquejar are largely synonymous, although in sports, blocar is more often used in reference to blocking a ball and bloquejar with players.

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of blocar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			blocar
gerund			blocant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		blocat		blocada
		plural		blocats		blocades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	bloco	bloques	bloca	bloquem	bloqueu	bloquen
	imperfect	blocava	blocaves	blocava	blocàvem	blocàveu	blocaven
	future	blocaré	blocaràs	blocarà	blocarem	blocareu	blocaran
	preterite	bloquí	blocares	blocà	blocàrem	blocàreu	blocaren
	conditional	blocaria	blocaries	blocaria	blocaríem	blocaríeu	blocarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	bloqui	bloquis	bloqui	bloquem	bloqueu	bloquin
	imperfect	bloqués	bloquessis	bloqués	bloquéssim	bloquéssiu	bloquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	bloca	bloqui	bloquem	bloqueu	bloquin
	negative (no)	—	no bloquis	no bloqui	no bloquem	no bloqueu	no bloquin

Synonyms

• bloquejar

Derived terms

• blocador
• blocatge
• desblocar

Related terms

• bloc

Further reading

• “blocar”, 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

Spanish

Etymology

From French bloquer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bloˈkaɾ/ [bloˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: blo‧car

Verb

blocar (first-person singular present bloco, first-person singular preterite bloqué, past participle blocado)

1. (sports) to block, tackle

Conjugation

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

infinitive			blocar
gerund			blocando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		blocado		blocada
		plural		blocados		blocadas
		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	bloco	blocastú blocásvos	bloca	blocamos	blocáis	blocan
	imperfect	blocaba	blocabas	blocaba	blocábamos	blocabais	blocaban
	preterite	bloqué	blocaste	blocó	blocamos	blocasteis	blocaron
	future	blocaré	blocarás	blocará	blocaremos	blocaréis	blocarán
	conditional	blocaría	blocarías	blocaría	blocaríamos	blocaríais	blocarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	bloque	bloquestú bloquésvos2	bloque	bloquemos	bloquéis	bloquen
	imperfect (ra)	blocara	blocaras	blocara	blocáramos	blocarais	blocaran
	imperfect (se)	blocase	blocases	blocase	blocásemos	blocaseis	blocasen
	future1	blocare	blocares	blocare	blocáremos	blocareis	blocaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		blocatú blocávos	bloque	bloquemos	blocad	bloquen
	negative		no bloques	no bloque	no bloquemos	no bloquéis	no bloquen

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

Related terms

• bloquear

Further reading

• “blocar”, 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