aclucar

Catalan

Etymology

Probably from Latin clūdĭcāre (“to close”). Compare with Aragonese clucar and Occitan clucar~cluchar with the same meaning

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.kluˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.kluˈkaɾ]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Verb

aclucar (first-person singular present acluco, first-person singular preterite acluquí, past participle aclucat)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to close (one's eyes)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aclucar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			aclucar
gerund			aclucant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aclucat		aclucada
		plural		aclucats		aclucades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	acluco	acluques	acluca	acluquem	acluqueu	acluquen
	imperfect	aclucava	aclucaves	aclucava	aclucàvem	aclucàveu	aclucaven
	future	aclucaré	aclucaràs	aclucarà	aclucarem	aclucareu	aclucaran
	preterite	acluquí	aclucares	aclucà	aclucàrem	aclucàreu	aclucaren
	conditional	aclucaria	aclucaries	aclucaria	aclucaríem	aclucaríeu	aclucarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	acluqui	acluquis	acluqui	acluquem	acluqueu	acluquin
	imperfect	acluqués	acluquessis	acluqués	acluquéssim	acluquéssiu	acluquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	acluca	acluqui	acluquem	acluqueu	acluquin
	negative (no)	—	no acluquis	no acluqui	no acluquem	no acluqueu	no acluquin

Derived terms

• aclucalls

Further reading

• “aclucar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.