embarcar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽbɐɾˈkaɾ/

Verb

embarcar (first-person singular present indicative embarco, past participle embarcado)

1. to embark
2. to ship
3. (idiomatic) To die

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb embarcar

Notes:

• 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.

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	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	embarcar
Personal	embarcar	embarcares	embarcar	embarcarmos	embarcardes	embarcarem
Gerund
	embarcando
Past participle
Masculine	embarcado			embarcados
Feminine	embarcada			embarcadas
Indicative
Present	embarco	embarcas	embarca	embarcamos	embarcais	embarcam
Imperfect	embarcava	embarcavas	embarcava	embarcávamos	embarcáveis	embarcavam
Preterite	embarquei	embarcaste	embarcou	embarcamos embarcámos	embarcastes	embarcaram
Pluperfect	embarcara	embarcaras	embarcara	embarcáramos	embarcáreis	embarcaram
Future	embarcarei	embarcarás	embarcará	embarcaremos	embarcareis	embarcarão
Conditional	embarcaria	embarcarias	embarcaria	embarcaríamos	embarcaríeis	embarcariam
Subjunctive
Present	embarque	embarques	embarque	embarquemos	embarqueis	embarquem
Imperfect	embarcasse	embarcasses	embarcasse	embarcássemos	embarcásseis	embarcassem
Future	embarcar	embarcares	embarcar	embarcarmos	embarcardes	embarcarem
Imperative
Affirmative	embarque	embarca	embarque	embarquemos	embarcai	embarquem
Negative (não)	embarque	embarques	embarque	embarquemos	embarqueis	embarquem

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Spanish

Etymology

From en- +‎ barco +‎ -ar.

Verb

embarcar (first-person singular present embarco, first-person singular preterite embarqué, past participle embarcado)

1. to embark

Conjugation

    Conjugation of embarcar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

Rule: c becomes a qu before every e.

infinitive			embarcar
gerund			embarcando
past participle			embarcado
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	embarco	embarcastú embarcásvos	embarca	embarcamos	embarcáis	embarcan
	imperfect	embarcaba	embarcabas	embarcaba	embarcábamos	embarcabais	embarcaban
	preterite	embarqué	embarcaste	embarcó	embarcamos	embarcasteis	embarcaron
	future	embarcaré	embarcarás	embarcará	embarcaremos	embarcaréis	embarcarán
	conditional	embarcaría	embarcarías	embarcaría	embarcaríamos	embarcaríais	embarcarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	embarque	embarquestú embarquésvos1	embarque	embarquemos	embarquéis	embarquen
	imperfect (ra)	embarcara	embarcaras	embarcara	embarcáramos	embarcarais	embarcaran
	imperfect (se)	embarcase	embarcases	embarcase	embarcásemos	embarcaseis	embarcasen
	future	embarcare	embarcares	embarcare	embarcáremos	embarcareis	embarcaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		embarcatú embarcávos	embarque	embarquemos	embarcad	embarquen
	negative		no embarques	no embarque	no embarquemos	no embarquéis	no embarquen

¹ Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

► Spanish verbs ending in -ar (conjugation -car)

Derived terms

• embarcadero

Related terms

• barco
• embarcación