cucar

Galician

Etymology

From cuco (“cuckoo”) +‎ -ar. First attested in the 18th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈkaɾ/ [kuˈkɑɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: cucar

Verb

cucar (first-person singular present cuco, first-person singular preterite cuquei, past participle cucado)

1. (intransitive) to cuckoo
2. (transitive) to mock, fool
3. (transitive) to captivate
4. (transitive, eggs) to empty (an egg) by carving two opposite holes on the shell
5. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get fooled

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cucar (c-qu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cucar
Personal	cucar	cucares	cucar	cucarmos	cucardes	cucaren
Gerund
	cucando
Past participle
Masculine	cucado			cucados
Feminine	cucada			cucadas
Indicative
Present	cuco	cucas	cuca	cucamos	cucades	cucan
Imperfect	cucaba	cucabas	cucaba	cucabamos	cucabades	cucaban
Preterite	cuquei	cucaches	cucou	cucamos	cucastes	cucaron
Pluperfect	cucara	cucaras	cucara	cucaramos	cucarades	cucaran
Future	cucarei	cucarás	cucará	cucaremos	cucaredes	cucarán
Conditional	cucaría	cucarías	cucaría	cucariamos	cucariades	cucarían
Subjunctive
Present	cuque	cuques	cuque	cuquemos	cuquedes	cuquen
Imperfect	cucase	cucases	cucase	cucásemos	cucásedes	cucasen
Future	cucar	cucares	cucar	cucarmos	cucardes	cucaren
Imperative
Affirmative		cuca	cuque	cuquemos	cucade	cuquen
Negative (non)		non cuques	non cuque	non cuquemos	non cuquedes	non cuquen

    Reintegrated conjugation of cucar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cucar
Personal	cucar	cucares	cucar	cucarmos	cucardes	cucarem
Gerund
	cucando
Past participle
Masculine	cucado			cucados
Feminine	cucada			cucadas
Indicative
Present	cuco	cucas	cuca	cucamos	cucades, cucais	cucam
Imperfect	cucava	cucavas	cucava	cucávamos	cucávades, cucáveis, cucávais1	cucavam
Preterite	cuquei	cucaste, cucache1	cucou	cucamos	cucastes	cucárom, cucaram
Pluperfect	cucara	cucaras	cucara	cucáramos	cucárades, cucáreis, cucárais1	cucaram
Future	cucarei	cucarás	cucará	cucaremos	cucaredes, cucareis	cucarám, cucarão
Conditional	cucaria	cucarias	cucaria	cucaríamos	cucaríades, cucaríeis, cucaríais1	cucariam
Subjunctive
Present	cuque	cuques	cuque	cuquemos	cuquedes, cuqueis	cuquem
Imperfect	cucasse	cucasses	cucasse	cucássemos	cucássedes, cucásseis	cucassem
Future	cucar	cucares	cucar	cucarmos	cucardes	cucarem
Imperative
Affirmative		cuca	cuque	cuquemos	cucade, cucai	cuquem
Negative (nom)		nom cuques	nom cuque	nom cuquemos	nom cuquedes, nom cuqueis	nom cuquem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• cuco

References

• “cucar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cucar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cucar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.