buscar

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Asturian[edit]

Verb[edit]

buscar (first-person singular indicative present busco, past participle buscáu)

  1. to search, look for

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of buscar
infinitive buscar
gerund buscando
past participle m buscáu, f buscada, n buscao, m pl buscaos, f pl buscaes
person first singular
yo 		second singular
tu 		third singular
él/elli 		first plural
nosotros/nós 		second plural
vosotros/vós 		third plural
ellos
indicative present o busques a buscamos buscáis busquen
imperfect buscaba buscabes buscaba buscábemos, buscábamos buscabeis, buscabais buscaben
preterite busqué buscasti, busquesti buscó busquemos buscastis, busquestis buscaron
pluperfect buscare, buscara buscares, buscaras buscare, buscara buscáremos, buscáramos buscareis, buscarais buscaren, buscaran
future buscaré buscarás buscará buscaremos buscaréis buscarán
conditional buscaría buscaríes buscaría buscaríemos, buscaríamos buscaríeis, buscaríais buscaríen
subjunctive present busque busques, as busque busquemos busquéis busquen, an
imperfect buscare, buscara buscares, buscaras buscare, buscara buscáremos, buscáramos buscareis, buscarais buscaren, buscaran
imperative — a — — buscái —

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish buscar, which is of unknown origin in that language.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

buscar (first-person singular present busco, past participle buscat)

  1. to seek, to search for, to look for

Conjugation[edit]

as cantar, except that the c of the radical becomes qu before e or i in the ending

Conjugation of buscar (first conjugation)
infinitive buscar
present participle buscant
past participle masculine feminine
singular buscat buscada
plural buscats buscades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present busco busques busca busquem busqueu busquen
imperfect buscava buscaves buscava buscàvem buscàveu buscaven
future buscaré buscaràs buscarà buscarem buscareu buscaran
preterite busquí buscares buscà buscàrem buscàreu buscaren
conditional buscaria buscaries buscaria buscaríem buscaríeu buscarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present busqui busquis busqui busquem busqueu busquin
imperfect busqués busquessis busqués busquéssim busquéssiu busquessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
— busca busqui busquem busqueu busquin

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References[edit]

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese buscar of unknown origin; perhaps from the same origin of bosque (“forest”). Alternatively, possibly from Proto-Celtic *bud-skō (“win, conquer”), related to Proto-Celtic *boudi- (“victory”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

buscar (first-person singular present busco, first-person singular preterite busquei, past participle buscado)

  1. to search for; to look for
    • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 86:
      Et moytos de caualo et de pee buscarono por los mõtes quatro dias et nũca o poderõ achar.
      And many riders and peons looked for him in the mountains for four days, but they cound't find him
    Synonym: procurar
  2. to procure
    Synonym: procurar
  3. to fetch, to pick up
    • c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto Sarmiento, page 30:
      Et çercou et escodrinou as terras et as rribeyras et os mõtes que disemos, buscando et colendo as eruas que avia menester.
      He researched and scrutinized the lands and the shores and the mountains that we mentioned, fetching and collecting the plants he needed
    • 1371, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Fueros municipales de Santiago y de su tierra. Madrid: Ediciones Castilla, page 434:
      Et demays foron buscar todos los outros coengos et personas que eran enna villa a suas casas, et por forza trouxeron a o cardeal dom Alfonso Perez, et a o cardeal dom Alfonso Gonzalez, o qual Alfonso Gonzalez sacaron da capela de San Johan apostollo onde estaba, et o boo coengo Rodrigo Rodriguez por que foron a sua casa; et trouxeronnos por força et contra suas voontades et enssarraronnos con os outros enno dito thesouro.
      they went to fetch every other canon and person that were in town at their houses; forcibly they brought cardinal Don Afonso Pérez, and cardinal Don Afonso González, who was removed from the chapel of Saint John the Apostle, where he was, and the good canon Rodrigo Rodríguez, for whom they went to his house; and they brought them forcibly and against each one's will and they locked them inside the treasury room
    Synonym: recoller

Conjugation[edit]

    Conjugation of buscar
infinitive buscar
gerund buscando
past participle singular plural
masculine buscado buscados
feminine buscada buscadas
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative eu ti el / ela / Vde. nós vós eles / elas / Vdes.
present busco buscas busca buscamos buscades buscan
imperfect buscaba buscabas buscaba buscabamos buscabades buscaban
preterite busquei buscaches buscou buscamos buscastes buscaron
pluperfect buscara buscaras buscara buscaramos buscarades buscaran
future buscarei buscarás buscará buscaremos buscaredes buscarán
conditional buscaría buscarías buscaría buscariamos buscariades buscarían
subjunctive eu ti el / ela / Vde. nós vós eles / elas / Vdes.
present busque busques busque busquemos busquedes busquen
preterite buscase buscases buscase buscásemos buscásedes buscasen
future buscar buscares buscar buscarmos buscardes buscaren
imperative — ti Vde. nós vós Vdes.
affirmative — busca busque busquemos buscade busquen
negative — busques busque busquemos busquedes busquen
personal infinitive eu ti el / ela / Vde. nós vós eles / elas / Vdes.
buscar buscares buscar buscarmos buscardes buscaren

References[edit]

  • “buscar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “buscar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “buscar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “buscar” in Santamarina, Antón (dir.), Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja: Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (v 4.0). Santiago: ILG.
  • “buscar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. buscar.

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Portuguese buscar of unknown origin, possibly cognate with bosque, cognate with Italian buscare and Spanish buscar. Or possibly from Celtic; compare Gaulish *boudi- ("victory, gain"), Old Irish búaid (“victory”) and Welsh budd (“gain”), all from Proto-Indo-European *bhudh-skō (“win, gain”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

buscar (first-person singular present indicative busco, past participle buscado)

  1. to search for
  2. to fetch, to pick up
    • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 127:
      Está vindo alguém buscar você. Olhe.
      Someone is going to pick you up. Look.

Conjugation[edit]

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb buscar
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 buscar
Personal buscar buscares buscar buscarmos buscardes buscarem
Gerund
buscando
Past participle
Masculine buscado buscados
Feminine buscada buscadas
Indicative
Present busco buscas busca buscamos buscais buscam
Imperfect buscava buscavas buscava buscávamos buscáveis buscavam
Preterite busquei buscaste buscou buscamos
buscámos 		buscastes buscaram
Pluperfect buscara buscaras buscara buscáramos buscáreis buscaram
Future buscarei buscarás buscará buscaremos buscareis buscarão
Conditional
buscaria buscarias buscaria buscaríamos buscaríeis buscariam
Subjunctive
Present busque busques busque busquemos busqueis busquem
Imperfect buscasse buscasses buscasse buscássemos buscásseis buscassem
Future buscar buscares buscar buscarmos buscardes buscarem
Imperative
Affirmative - busca busque busquemos buscai busquem
Negative (não) - busques busque busquemos busqueis busquem

Quotations[edit]

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:buscar.

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown, possibly cognate with bosque, cognate with Italian Italian buscare and Portuguese Portuguese buscar. Or possibly from a Celtic language; compare Gaulish *boudi- ("victory, gain"), Old Irish búaid (“victory”) and Welsh budd (“gain”), all from Proto-Indo-European *bhudh-skō (“win, gain”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /busˈkaɾ/
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Verb[edit]

buscar (first-person singular present busco, first-person singular preterite busqué, past participle buscado)

  1. to seek, search for, look for, try to find
  2. to fetch, get, pick up
    Synonym: recoger

Conjugation[edit]

  • c becomes qu before e.
    Conjugation of buscar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
infinitive buscar
gerund buscando
past participle masculine feminine
singular buscado buscada
plural buscados buscadas
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 busco buscastú
buscásvos 		busca buscamos buscáis buscan
imperfect buscaba buscabas buscaba buscábamos buscabais buscaban
preterite busqué buscaste buscó buscamos buscasteis buscaron
future buscaré buscarás buscará buscaremos buscaréis buscarán
conditional buscaría buscarías buscaría buscaríamos buscaríais buscarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present busque busquestú
busquésvos2 		busque busquemos busquéis busquen
imperfect
(ra) 		buscara buscaras buscara buscáramos buscarais buscaran
imperfect
(se) 		buscase buscases buscase buscásemos buscaseis buscasen
future1 buscare buscares buscare buscáremos buscareis buscaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative buscatú
buscávos 		busque busquemos buscad busquen
negative no busques no busque no busquemos no busquéis no busquen
  • 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)
    Selected combined forms of buscaredit data

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 buscar
dative buscarme buscarte buscarle, buscarse buscarnos buscaros buscarles, buscarse
accusative buscarme buscarte buscarlo, buscarla, buscarse buscarnos buscaros buscarlos, buscarlas, buscarse
with gerund buscando
dative buscándome buscándote buscándole, buscándose buscándonos buscándoos buscándoles, buscándose
accusative buscándome buscándote buscándolo, buscándola, buscándose buscándonos buscándoos buscándolos, buscándolas, buscándose
with informal second-person singular imperative busca
dative búscame búscate búscale búscanos not used búscales
accusative búscame búscate búscalo, búscala búscanos not used búscalos, búscalas
with formal second-person singular imperative busque
dative búsqueme not used búsquele, búsquese búsquenos not used búsqueles
accusative búsqueme not used búsquelo, búsquela, búsquese búsquenos not used búsquelos, búsquelas
with first-person plural imperative busquemos
dative not used busquémoste busquémosle busquémonos busquémoos busquémosles
accusative not used busquémoste busquémoslo, busquémosla busquémonos busquémoos busquémoslos, busquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative buscad
dative buscadme not used buscadle buscadnos buscaos buscadles
accusative buscadme not used buscadlo, buscadla buscadnos buscaos buscadlos, buscadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative busquen
dative búsquenme not used búsquenle búsquennos not used búsquenles, búsquense
accusative búsquenme not used búsquenlo, búsquenla búsquennos not used búsquenlos, búsquenlas, búsquense

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Terms related to buscar

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