indicar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin indicāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Northwestern) [in.diˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.diˈkaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

indicar (first-person singular present indico, first-person singular preterite indiquí, past participle indicat)

1. (transitive) to indicate

Conjugation

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

infinitive			indicar
gerund			indicant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		indicat		indicada
		plural		indicats		indicades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	indico	indiques	indica	indiquem	indiqueu	indiquen
	imperfect	indicava	indicaves	indicava	indicàvem	indicàveu	indicaven
	future	indicaré	indicaràs	indicarà	indicarem	indicareu	indicaran
	preterite	indiquí	indicares	indicà	indicàrem	indicàreu	indicaren
	conditional	indicaria	indicaries	indicaria	indicaríem	indicaríeu	indicarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	indiqui	indiquis	indiqui	indiquem	indiqueu	indiquin
	imperfect	indiqués	indiquessis	indiqués	indiquéssim	indiquéssiu	indiquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	indica	indiqui	indiquem	indiqueu	indiquin
	negative (no)	—	no indiquis	no indiqui	no indiquem	no indiqueu	no indiquin

Derived terms

• contraindicar

Related terms

• índex
• indicació
• indicador
• indicatiu

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin indicō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /indiˈkaɾ/ [in̪.d̪iˈkɑɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: in‧di‧car

Verb

indicar (first-person singular present indico, first-person singular preterite indiquei, past participle indicado)

1. to indicate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of indicar (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	indicar
Personal	indicar	indicares	indicar	indicarmos	indicardes	indicaren
Gerund
	indicando
Past participle
Masculine	indicado			indicados
Feminine	indicada			indicadas
Indicative
Present	indico	indicas	indica	indicamos	indicades	indican
Imperfect	indicaba	indicabas	indicaba	indicabamos	indicabades	indicaban
Preterite	indiquei	indicaches	indicou	indicamos	indicastes	indicaron
Pluperfect	indicara	indicaras	indicara	indicaramos	indicarades	indicaran
Future	indicarei	indicarás	indicará	indicaremos	indicaredes	indicarán
Conditional	indicaría	indicarías	indicaría	indicariamos	indicariades	indicarían
Subjunctive
Present	indique	indiques	indique	indiquemos	indiquedes	indiquen
Imperfect	indicase	indicases	indicase	indicásemos	indicásedes	indicasen
Future	indicar	indicares	indicar	indicarmos	indicardes	indicaren
Imperative
Affirmative		indica	indique	indiquemos	indicade	indiquen
Negative (non)		non indiques	non indique	non indiquemos	non indiquedes	non indiquen

    Reintegrated conjugation of indicar (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	indicar
Personal	indicar	indicares	indicar	indicarmos	indicardes	indicarem
Gerund
	indicando
Past participle
Masculine	indicado			indicados
Feminine	indicada			indicadas
Indicative
Present	indico	indicas	indica	indicamos	indicades, indicais	indicam
Imperfect	indicava	indicavas	indicava	indicávamos	indicávades, indicáveis, indicávais1	indicavam
Preterite	indiquei	indicaste, indicache1	indicou	indicamos	indicastes	indicárom, indicaram
Pluperfect	indicara	indicaras	indicara	indicáramos	indicárades, indicáreis, indicárais1	indicaram
Future	indicarei	indicarás	indicará	indicaremos	indicaredes, indicareis	indicarám, indicarão
Conditional	indicaria	indicarias	indicaria	indicaríamos	indicaríades, indicaríeis, indicaríais1	indicariam
Subjunctive
Present	indique	indiques	indique	indiquemos	indiquedes, indiqueis	indiquem
Imperfect	indicasse	indicasses	indicasse	indicássemos	indicássedes, indicásseis	indicassem
Future	indicar	indicares	indicar	indicarmos	indicardes	indicarem
Imperative
Affirmative		indica	indique	indiquemos	indicade, indicai	indiquem
Negative (nom)		nom indiques	nom indique	nom indiquemos	nom indiquedes, nom indiqueis	nom indiquem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• contraindicar

Related terms

• indicación
• indicador
• indicativo
• índice

Further reading

• “indicar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “indicar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪnˈdiː.kar]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [inˈdiː.kar]

Verb

indīcar

1. inflection of indīcō:
   1. first-person singular future passive indicative
   2. first-person singular present passive subjunctive

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin indicāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.d͡ʒiˈka(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.diˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.diˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.diˈka.ɾi/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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Verb

indicar (first-person singular present indico, first-person singular preterite indiquei, past participle indicado)

1. to indicate, designate
2. to display
3. to advise
4. to appoint (to name someone to a post or role)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of indicar (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	indicar
Personal	indicar	indicares	indicar	indicarmos	indicardes	indicarem
Gerund
	indicando
Past participle
Masculine	indicado			indicados
Feminine	indicada			indicadas
Indicative
Present	indico	indicas	indica	indicamos	indicais	indicam
Imperfect	indicava	indicavas	indicava	indicávamos	indicáveis	indicavam
Preterite	indiquei	indicaste	indicou	indicamos1, indicámos2	indicastes	indicaram
Pluperfect	indicara	indicaras	indicara	indicáramos	indicáreis	indicaram
Future	indicarei	indicarás	indicará	indicaremos	indicareis	indicarão
Conditional	indicaria	indicarias	indicaria	indicaríamos	indicaríeis	indicariam
Subjunctive
Present	indique	indiques	indique	indiquemos	indiqueis	indiquem
Imperfect	indicasse	indicasses	indicasse	indicássemos	indicásseis	indicassem
Future	indicar	indicares	indicar	indicarmos	indicardes	indicarem
Imperative
Affirmative		indica	indique	indiquemos	indicai	indiquem
Negative (não)		não indiques	não indique	não indiquemos	não indiqueis	não indiquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• contraindicar

Related terms

• indicação
• indicador
• indicativo
• índice

Further reading

• “indicar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin indicāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /indiˈkaɾ/ [ĩn̪.d̪iˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: in‧di‧car

Verb

indicar (first-person singular present indico, first-person singular preterite indiqué, past participle indicado)

1. to indicate, signal, designate
2. (medicine) to prescribe

   Synonyms: recetar, prescribir

   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 313:

     Para curar de sustos o de locura, se indican varios remedios, entre ellos el siguiente: después del primer acceso, se dirige uno de los deudos del paciente con un cántaro al mar, y […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

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

infinitive			indicar
gerund			indicando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		indicado		indicada
		plural		indicados		indicadas
		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	indico	indicastú indicásvos	indica	indicamos	indicáis	indican
	imperfect	indicaba	indicabas	indicaba	indicábamos	indicabais	indicaban
	preterite	indiqué	indicaste	indicó	indicamos	indicasteis	indicaron
	future	indicaré	indicarás	indicará	indicaremos	indicaréis	indicarán
	conditional	indicaría	indicarías	indicaría	indicaríamos	indicaríais	indicarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	indique	indiquestú indiquésvos2	indique	indiquemos	indiquéis	indiquen
	imperfect (ra)	indicara	indicaras	indicara	indicáramos	indicarais	indicaran
	imperfect (se)	indicase	indicases	indicase	indicásemos	indicaseis	indicasen
	future1	indicare	indicares	indicare	indicáremos	indicareis	indicaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		indicatú indicávos	indique	indiquemos	indicad	indiquen
	negative		no indiques	no indique	no indiquemos	no indiquéis	no indiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of indicar (c-qu alternation)

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 indicar	dative	indicarme	indicarte	indicarle, indicarse	indicarnos	indicaros	indicarles, indicarse
	accusative	indicarme	indicarte	indicarlo, indicarla, indicarse	indicarnos	indicaros	indicarlos, indicarlas, indicarse
with gerund indicando	dative	indicándome	indicándote	indicándole, indicándose	indicándonos	indicándoos	indicándoles, indicándose
	accusative	indicándome	indicándote	indicándolo, indicándola, indicándose	indicándonos	indicándoos	indicándolos, indicándolas, indicándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative indica	dative	indícame	indícate	indícale	indícanos	not used	indícales
	accusative	indícame	indícate	indícalo, indícala	indícanos	not used	indícalos, indícalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative indicá	dative	indicame	indicate	indicale	indicanos	not used	indicales
	accusative	indicame	indicate	indicalo, indicala	indicanos	not used	indicalos, indicalas
with formal second-person singular imperative indique	dative	indíqueme	not used	indíquele, indíquese	indíquenos	not used	indíqueles
	accusative	indíqueme	not used	indíquelo, indíquela, indíquese	indíquenos	not used	indíquelos, indíquelas
with first-person plural imperative indiquemos	dative	not used	indiquémoste	indiquémosle	indiquémonos	indiquémoos	indiquémosles
	accusative	not used	indiquémoste	indiquémoslo, indiquémosla	indiquémonos	indiquémoos	indiquémoslos, indiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative indicad	dative	indicadme	not used	indicadle	indicadnos	indicaos	indicadles
	accusative	indicadme	not used	indicadlo, indicadla	indicadnos	indicaos	indicadlos, indicadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative indiquen	dative	indíquenme	not used	indíquenle	indíquennos	not used	indíquenles, indíquense
	accusative	indíquenme	not used	indíquenlo, indíquenla	indíquennos	not used	indíquenlos, indíquenlas, indíquense

Derived terms

• contraindicar

Related terms

• indicación
• indicador
• indicativo
• índice

Further reading

• “indicar”, 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