macular

English

Etymology

From macula or macule +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmækjəlɚ/

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Adjective

macular (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, medicine) Relating to the macula, the area of the retina responsible for detailed central vision
2. Having macules; spotted

Derived terms

• epimacular
• extramacular
• foveomacular
• hemimacular
• juxtamacular
• macular degeneration
• macular sparing
• nonmacular
• panmacular
• papillomacular
• paramacular
• perimacular
• premacular
• submacular
• unimacular
• vitreomacular

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin maculāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mə.kuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ma.kuˈlaɾ]

Verb

macular (first-person singular present maculo, first-person singular preterite maculí, past participle maculat)

1. (transitive) to stain

   Synonym: tacar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of macular (first conjugation)

infinitive			macular
gerund			maculant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		maculat		maculada
		plural		maculats		maculades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	maculo	macules	macula	maculem	maculeu	maculen
	imperfect	maculava	maculaves	maculava	maculàvem	maculàveu	maculaven
	future	macularé	macularàs	macularà	macularem	maculareu	macularan
	preterite	maculí	maculares	maculà	maculàrem	maculàreu	macularen
	conditional	macularia	macularies	macularia	macularíem	macularíeu	macularien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	maculi	maculis	maculi	maculem	maculeu	maculin
	imperfect	maculés	maculessis	maculés	maculéssim	maculéssiu	maculessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	macula	maculi	maculem	maculeu	maculin
	negative (no)	—	no maculis	no maculi	no maculem	no maculeu	no maculin

Related terms

• màcula

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin maculāre. Doublet of manchar and magoar.

Verb

macular (first-person singular present maculo, first-person singular preterite maculei, past participle maculado)

1. (transitive) to taint (to contaminate or corrupt something with an external agent, either physically or morally)

   Synonyms: contaminar, corromper, infectar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of macular (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	macular
Personal	macular	maculares	macular	macularmos	maculardes	macularem
Gerund
	maculando
Past participle
Masculine	maculado			maculados
Feminine	maculada			maculadas
Indicative
Present	maculo	maculas	macula	maculamos	maculais	maculam
Imperfect	maculava	maculavas	maculava	maculávamos	maculáveis	maculavam
Preterite	maculei	maculaste	maculou	maculamos1, maculámos2	maculastes	macularam
Pluperfect	maculara	macularas	maculara	maculáramos	maculáreis	macularam
Future	macularei	macularás	maculará	macularemos	maculareis	macularão
Conditional	macularia	macularias	macularia	macularíamos	macularíeis	maculariam
Subjunctive
Present	macule	macules	macule	maculemos	maculeis	maculem
Imperfect	maculasse	maculasses	maculasse	maculássemos	maculásseis	maculassem
Future	macular	maculares	macular	macularmos	maculardes	macularem
Imperative
Affirmative		macula	macule	maculemos	maculai	maculem
Negative (não)		não macules	não macule	não maculemos	não maculeis	não maculem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• mácula

Etymology 2

From mácula +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.kuˈlaʁ/ [ma.kuˈlah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.kuˈlaʁ/ [ma.kuˈlah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ma.kuˈlaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ma.kuˈlaʁ/ [ma.kuˈlaχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ma.kuˈlaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.kuˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.kuˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.kuˈla.ɾi/

Adjective

macular m or f (plural maculares)

1. (anatomy, medicine) macular (pertaining to the macula)

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /makuˈlaɾ/ [ma.kuˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ma‧cu‧lar

Etymology 1

From Latin maculāre.

Adjective

macular m or f (masculine and feminine plural maculares)

1. stained, tainted

Verb

macular (first-person singular present maculo, first-person singular preterite maculé, past participle maculado)

1. (transitive) to stain

Conjugation

    Conjugation of macular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			macular
gerund			maculando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		maculado		maculada
		plural		maculados		maculadas
		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	maculo	maculastú maculásvos	macula	maculamos	maculáis	maculan
	imperfect	maculaba	maculabas	maculaba	maculábamos	maculabais	maculaban
	preterite	maculé	maculaste	maculó	maculamos	maculasteis	macularon
	future	macularé	macularás	maculará	macularemos	macularéis	macularán
	conditional	macularía	macularías	macularía	macularíamos	macularíais	macularían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	macule	maculestú maculésvos2	macule	maculemos	maculéis	maculen
	imperfect (ra)	maculara	macularas	maculara	maculáramos	macularais	macularan
	imperfect (se)	maculase	maculases	maculase	maculásemos	maculaseis	maculasen
	future1	maculare	maculares	maculare	maculáremos	maculareis	macularen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		maculatú maculávos	macule	maculemos	maculad	maculen
	negative		no macules	no macule	no maculemos	no maculéis	no maculen

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

    Selected combined forms of macular

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 macular	dative	macularme	macularte	macularle, macularse	macularnos	macularos	macularles, macularse
	accusative	macularme	macularte	macularlo, macularla, macularse	macularnos	macularos	macularlos, macularlas, macularse
with gerund maculando	dative	maculándome	maculándote	maculándole, maculándose	maculándonos	maculándoos	maculándoles, maculándose
	accusative	maculándome	maculándote	maculándolo, maculándola, maculándose	maculándonos	maculándoos	maculándolos, maculándolas, maculándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative macula	dative	macúlame	macúlate	macúlale	macúlanos	not used	macúlales
	accusative	macúlame	macúlate	macúlalo, macúlala	macúlanos	not used	macúlalos, macúlalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative maculá	dative	maculame	maculate	maculale	maculanos	not used	maculales
	accusative	maculame	maculate	maculalo, maculala	maculanos	not used	maculalos, maculalas
with formal second-person singular imperative macule	dative	macúleme	not used	macúlele, macúlese	macúlenos	not used	macúleles
	accusative	macúleme	not used	macúlelo, macúlela, macúlese	macúlenos	not used	macúlelos, macúlelas
with first-person plural imperative maculemos	dative	not used	maculémoste	maculémosle	maculémonos	maculémoos	maculémosles
	accusative	not used	maculémoste	maculémoslo, maculémosla	maculémonos	maculémoos	maculémoslos, maculémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative maculad	dative	maculadme	not used	maculadle	maculadnos	maculaos	maculadles
	accusative	maculadme	not used	maculadlo, maculadla	maculadnos	maculaos	maculadlos, maculadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative maculen	dative	macúlenme	not used	macúlenle	macúlennos	not used	macúlenles, macúlense
	accusative	macúlenme	not used	macúlenlo, macúlenla	macúlennos	not used	macúlenlos, macúlenlas, macúlense

Etymology 2

From mácula +‎ -ar.

Adjective

macular m or f (masculine and feminine plural maculares)

1. (anatomy, medicine) macular (relating to the macula)

Related terms

• mácula

Further reading

• “macular”, 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