cubicar

Catalan

Etymology

From cúbic +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central, Northwestern) [ku.βiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ku.biˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ku.biˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

cubicar (first-person singular present cubico, first-person singular preterite cubiquí, past participle cubicat)

1. (transitive, arithmetic) to cube (to raise to the third power)
2. (transitive) to measure the volume of

Conjugation

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

infinitive			cubicar
gerund			cubicant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cubicat		cubicada
		plural		cubicats		cubicades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cubico	cubiques	cubica	cubiquem	cubiqueu	cubiquen
	imperfect	cubicava	cubicaves	cubicava	cubicàvem	cubicàveu	cubicaven
	future	cubicaré	cubicaràs	cubicarà	cubicarem	cubicareu	cubicaran
	preterite	cubiquí	cubicares	cubicà	cubicàrem	cubicàreu	cubicaren
	conditional	cubicaria	cubicaries	cubicaria	cubicaríem	cubicaríeu	cubicarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cubiqui	cubiquis	cubiqui	cubiquem	cubiqueu	cubiquin
	imperfect	cubiqués	cubiquessis	cubiqués	cubiquéssim	cubiquéssiu	cubiquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	cubica	cubiqui	cubiquem	cubiqueu	cubiquin
	negative (no)	—	no cubiquis	no cubiqui	no cubiquem	no cubiqueu	no cubiquin

Further reading

• “cubicar”, 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
• “cubicar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “cubicar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “cubicar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ku.biˈka(ʁ)/ [ku.biˈka(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.biˈkaɾ/ [ku.βiˈkaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.biˈkaɾ/ [ku.βiˈkaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.biˈka.ɾi/

Verb

cubicar (first-person singular present cubico, first-person singular preterite cubiquei, past participle cubicado)

1. (transitive) to measure the volume of

   Synonym: cubar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cubicar (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	cubicar
Personal	cubicar	cubicares	cubicar	cubicarmos	cubicardes	cubicarem
Gerund
	cubicando
Past participle
Masculine	cubicado			cubicados
Feminine	cubicada			cubicadas
Indicative
Present	cubico	cubicas	cubica	cubicamos	cubicais	cubicam
Imperfect	cubicava	cubicavas	cubicava	cubicávamos	cubicáveis	cubicavam
Preterite	cubiquei	cubicaste	cubicou	cubicamos1, cubicámos2	cubicastes	cubicaram
Pluperfect	cubicara	cubicaras	cubicara	cubicáramos	cubicáreis	cubicaram
Future	cubicarei	cubicarás	cubicará	cubicaremos	cubicareis	cubicarão
Conditional	cubicaria	cubicarias	cubicaria	cubicaríamos	cubicaríeis	cubicariam
Subjunctive
Present	cubique	cubiques	cubique	cubiquemos	cubiqueis	cubiquem
Imperfect	cubicasse	cubicasses	cubicasse	cubicássemos	cubicásseis	cubicassem
Future	cubicar	cubicares	cubicar	cubicarmos	cubicardes	cubicarem
Imperative
Affirmative		cubica	cubique	cubiquemos	cubicai	cubiquem
Negative (não)		não cubiques	não cubique	não cubiquemos	não cubiqueis	não cubiquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From cúbico + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kubiˈkaɾ/ [ku.β̞iˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cu‧bi‧car

Verb

cubicar (first-person singular present cubico, first-person singular preterite cubiqué, past participle cubicado)

1. (transitive, arithmetic) to cube (to raise to the third power)
2. (transitive) to measure the volume of

Conjugation

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

infinitive			cubicar
gerund			cubicando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cubicado		cubicada
		plural		cubicados		cubicadas
		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	cubico	cubicastú cubicásvos	cubica	cubicamos	cubicáis	cubican
	imperfect	cubicaba	cubicabas	cubicaba	cubicábamos	cubicabais	cubicaban
	preterite	cubiqué	cubicaste	cubicó	cubicamos	cubicasteis	cubicaron
	future	cubicaré	cubicarás	cubicará	cubicaremos	cubicaréis	cubicarán
	conditional	cubicaría	cubicarías	cubicaría	cubicaríamos	cubicaríais	cubicarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cubique	cubiquestú cubiquésvos2	cubique	cubiquemos	cubiquéis	cubiquen
	imperfect (ra)	cubicara	cubicaras	cubicara	cubicáramos	cubicarais	cubicaran
	imperfect (se)	cubicase	cubicases	cubicase	cubicásemos	cubicaseis	cubicasen
	future1	cubicare	cubicares	cubicare	cubicáremos	cubicareis	cubicaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cubicatú cubicávos	cubique	cubiquemos	cubicad	cubiquen
	negative		no cubiques	no cubique	no cubiquemos	no cubiquéis	no cubiquen

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

Related terms

• cubo

Further reading

• “cubicar”, 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