pellizcar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vellicicāre, from Latin vellicāre, most likely ultimately from vellus (“the wool shorn from a sheep, fleece, or pelt”). Cognate with English vellicate.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /peʝiθˈkaɾ/ [pe.ʝiθˈkaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /peʝiθˈkaɾ/ [pe.ʝiθˈkaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /peʎiθˈkaɾ/ [pe.ʎiθˈkaɾ]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /peʝisˈkaɾ/ [pe.ʝisˈkaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /peʝisˈkaɾ/ [pe.ʝisˈkaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Philippines) /peʎisˈkaɾ/ [pe.ʎisˈkaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /peʃisˈkaɾ/ [pe.ʃisˈkaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /peʒisˈkaɾ/ [pe.ʒisˈkaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pe‧lliz‧car

Verb

pellizcar (first-person singular present pellizco, first-person singular preterite pellizqué, past participle pellizcado)

1. to pinch, nip

Conjugation

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

infinitive			pellizcar
gerund			pellizcando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pellizcado		pellizcada
		plural		pellizcados		pellizcadas
		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	pellizco	pellizcastú pellizcásvos	pellizca	pellizcamos	pellizcáis	pellizcan
	imperfect	pellizcaba	pellizcabas	pellizcaba	pellizcábamos	pellizcabais	pellizcaban
	preterite	pellizqué	pellizcaste	pellizcó	pellizcamos	pellizcasteis	pellizcaron
	future	pellizcaré	pellizcarás	pellizcará	pellizcaremos	pellizcaréis	pellizcarán
	conditional	pellizcaría	pellizcarías	pellizcaría	pellizcaríamos	pellizcaríais	pellizcarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pellizque	pellizquestú pellizquésvos2	pellizque	pellizquemos	pellizquéis	pellizquen
	imperfect (ra)	pellizcara	pellizcaras	pellizcara	pellizcáramos	pellizcarais	pellizcaran
	imperfect (se)	pellizcase	pellizcases	pellizcase	pellizcásemos	pellizcaseis	pellizcasen
	future1	pellizcare	pellizcares	pellizcare	pellizcáremos	pellizcareis	pellizcaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pellizcatú pellizcávos	pellizque	pellizquemos	pellizcad	pellizquen
	negative		no pellizques	no pellizque	no pellizquemos	no pellizquéis	no pellizquen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of pellizcar (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 pellizcar
	dative	pellizcarme	pellizcarte	pellizcarle, pellizcarse	pellizcarnos	pellizcaros	pellizcarles, pellizcarse
	accusative	pellizcarme	pellizcarte	pellizcarlo, pellizcarla, pellizcarse	pellizcarnos	pellizcaros	pellizcarlos, pellizcarlas, pellizcarse
with gerund pellizcando
	dative	pellizcándome	pellizcándote	pellizcándole, pellizcándose	pellizcándonos	pellizcándoos	pellizcándoles, pellizcándose
	accusative	pellizcándome	pellizcándote	pellizcándolo, pellizcándola, pellizcándose	pellizcándonos	pellizcándoos	pellizcándolos, pellizcándolas, pellizcándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative pellizca
	dative	pellízcame	pellízcate	pellízcale	pellízcanos	not used	pellízcales
	accusative	pellízcame	pellízcate	pellízcalo, pellízcala	pellízcanos	not used	pellízcalos, pellízcalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative pellizcá
	dative	pellizcame	pellizcate	pellizcale	pellizcanos	not used	pellizcales
	accusative	pellizcame	pellizcate	pellizcalo, pellizcala	pellizcanos	not used	pellizcalos, pellizcalas
with formal second-person singular imperative pellizque
	dative	pellízqueme	not used	pellízquele, pellízquese	pellízquenos	not used	pellízqueles
	accusative	pellízqueme	not used	pellízquelo, pellízquela, pellízquese	pellízquenos	not used	pellízquelos, pellízquelas
with first-person plural imperative pellizquemos
	dative	not used	pellizquémoste	pellizquémosle	pellizquémonos	pellizquémoos	pellizquémosles
	accusative	not used	pellizquémoste	pellizquémoslo, pellizquémosla	pellizquémonos	pellizquémoos	pellizquémoslos, pellizquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative pellizcad
	dative	pellizcadme	not used	pellizcadle	pellizcadnos	pellizcaos	pellizcadles
	accusative	pellizcadme	not used	pellizcadlo, pellizcadla	pellizcadnos	pellizcaos	pellizcadlos, pellizcadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative pellizquen
	dative	pellízquenme	not used	pellízquenle	pellízquennos	not used	pellízquenles, pellízquense
	accusative	pellízquenme	not used	pellízquenlo, pellízquenla	pellízquennos	not used	pellízquenlos, pellízquenlas, pellízquense

See also

• repizcar

Further reading

• “pellizcar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014