elucubrar

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Latin lūcubrō

Latin ēlūcubrārebor.

Portuguese elucubrar

Borrowed from Latin ēlūcubrāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.lu.kuˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [e.lu.kuˈbɾa(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.lu.kuˈbɾaɾ/ [i.lu.kuˈβɾaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.lu.kuˈbɾaɾ/ [i.lu.kuˈβɾaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.lu.kuˈbɾa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: e‧lu‧cu‧brar

Verb

elucubrar (first-person singular present elucubro, first-person singular preterite elucubrei, past participle elucubrado)

1. to reflect (on something)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of elucubrar (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	elucubrar
Personal	elucubrar	elucubrares	elucubrar	elucubrarmos	elucubrardes	elucubrarem
Gerund
	elucubrando
Past participle
Masculine	elucubrado			elucubrados
Feminine	elucubrada			elucubradas
Indicative
Present	elucubro	elucubras	elucubra	elucubramos	elucubrais	elucubram
Imperfect	elucubrava	elucubravas	elucubrava	elucubrávamos	elucubráveis	elucubravam
Preterite	elucubrei	elucubraste	elucubrou	elucubramos1, elucubrámos2	elucubrastes	elucubraram
Pluperfect	elucubrara	elucubraras	elucubrara	elucubráramos	elucubráreis	elucubraram
Future	elucubrarei	elucubrarás	elucubrará	elucubraremos	elucubrareis	elucubrarão
Conditional	elucubraria	elucubrarias	elucubraria	elucubraríamos	elucubraríeis	elucubrariam
Subjunctive
Present	elucubre	elucubres	elucubre	elucubremos	elucubreis	elucubrem
Imperfect	elucubrasse	elucubrasses	elucubrasse	elucubrássemos	elucubrásseis	elucubrassem
Future	elucubrar	elucubrares	elucubrar	elucubrarmos	elucubrardes	elucubrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		elucubra	elucubre	elucubremos	elucubrai	elucubrem
Negative (não)		não elucubres	não elucubre	não elucubremos	não elucubreis	não elucubrem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• elucubração

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Latin lūcubrō

Latin ēlūcubrārebor.

Spanish elucubrar

Borrowed from Latin ēlūcubrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /elukuˈbɾaɾ/ [e.lu.kuˈβ̞ɾaɾ]

• Audio (Argentina):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: e‧lu‧cu‧brar

Verb

elucubrar (first-person singular present elucubro, first-person singular preterite elucubré, past participle elucubrado)

1. to reflect (on something)
2. (archaic) to toil
3. to bullshit

Conjugation

    Conjugation of elucubrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			elucubrar
gerund			elucubrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		elucubrado		elucubrada
		plural		elucubrados		elucubradas
		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	elucubro	elucubrastú elucubrásvos	elucubra	elucubramos	elucubráis	elucubran
	imperfect	elucubraba	elucubrabas	elucubraba	elucubrábamos	elucubrabais	elucubraban
	preterite	elucubré	elucubraste	elucubró	elucubramos	elucubrasteis	elucubraron
	future	elucubraré	elucubrarás	elucubrará	elucubraremos	elucubraréis	elucubrarán
	conditional	elucubraría	elucubrarías	elucubraría	elucubraríamos	elucubraríais	elucubrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	elucubre	elucubrestú elucubrésvos2	elucubre	elucubremos	elucubréis	elucubren
	imperfect (ra)	elucubrara	elucubraras	elucubrara	elucubráramos	elucubrarais	elucubraran
	imperfect (se)	elucubrase	elucubrases	elucubrase	elucubrásemos	elucubraseis	elucubrasen
	future1	elucubrare	elucubrares	elucubrare	elucubráremos	elucubrareis	elucubraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		elucubratú elucubrávos	elucubre	elucubremos	elucubrad	elucubren
	negative		no elucubres	no elucubre	no elucubremos	no elucubréis	no elucubren

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

    Selected combined forms of elucubrar

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 elucubrar	dative	elucubrarme	elucubrarte	elucubrarle, elucubrarse	elucubrarnos	elucubraros	elucubrarles, elucubrarse
	accusative	elucubrarme	elucubrarte	elucubrarlo, elucubrarla, elucubrarse	elucubrarnos	elucubraros	elucubrarlos, elucubrarlas, elucubrarse
with gerund elucubrando	dative	elucubrándome	elucubrándote	elucubrándole, elucubrándose	elucubrándonos	elucubrándoos	elucubrándoles, elucubrándose
	accusative	elucubrándome	elucubrándote	elucubrándolo, elucubrándola, elucubrándose	elucubrándonos	elucubrándoos	elucubrándolos, elucubrándolas, elucubrándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative elucubra	dative	elucúbrame	elucúbrate	elucúbrale	elucúbranos	not used	elucúbrales
	accusative	elucúbrame	elucúbrate	elucúbralo, elucúbrala	elucúbranos	not used	elucúbralos, elucúbralas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative elucubrá	dative	elucubrame	elucubrate	elucubrale	elucubranos	not used	elucubrales
	accusative	elucubrame	elucubrate	elucubralo, elucubrala	elucubranos	not used	elucubralos, elucubralas
with formal second-person singular imperative elucubre	dative	elucúbreme	not used	elucúbrele, elucúbrese	elucúbrenos	not used	elucúbreles
	accusative	elucúbreme	not used	elucúbrelo, elucúbrela, elucúbrese	elucúbrenos	not used	elucúbrelos, elucúbrelas
with first-person plural imperative elucubremos	dative	not used	elucubrémoste	elucubrémosle	elucubrémonos	elucubrémoos	elucubrémosles
	accusative	not used	elucubrémoste	elucubrémoslo, elucubrémosla	elucubrémonos	elucubrémoos	elucubrémoslos, elucubrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative elucubrad	dative	elucubradme	not used	elucubradle	elucubradnos	elucubraos	elucubradles
	accusative	elucubradme	not used	elucubradlo, elucubradla	elucubradnos	elucubraos	elucubradlos, elucubradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative elucubren	dative	elucúbrenme	not used	elucúbrenle	elucúbrennos	not used	elucúbrenles, elucúbrense
	accusative	elucúbrenme	not used	elucúbrenlo, elucúbrenla	elucúbrennos	not used	elucúbrenlos, elucúbrenlas, elucúbrense

Further reading

• “elucubrar”, 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