clicar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kliˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kliˈkaɾ]

Verb

clicar (first-person singular present clico, first-person singular preterite cliquí, past participle clicat)

1. (intransitive, transitive, computing) to click

   Synonym: fer clic

Conjugation

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

infinitive			clicar
gerund			clicant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		clicat		clicada
		plural		clicats		clicades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	clico	cliques	clica	cliquem	cliqueu	cliquen
	imperfect	clicava	clicaves	clicava	clicàvem	clicàveu	clicaven
	future	clicaré	clicaràs	clicarà	clicarem	clicareu	clicaran
	preterite	cliquí	clicares	clicà	clicàrem	clicàreu	clicaren
	conditional	clicaria	clicaries	clicaria	clicaríem	clicaríeu	clicarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cliqui	cliquis	cliqui	cliquem	cliqueu	cliquin
	imperfect	cliqués	cliquessis	cliqués	cliquéssim	cliquéssiu	cliquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	clica	cliqui	cliquem	cliqueu	cliquin
	negative (no)	—	no cliquis	no cliqui	no cliquem	no cliqueu	no cliquin

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English click.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kliˈka(ʁ)/ [kliˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kliˈka(ʁ)/ [kliˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kliˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kliˈka(ʁ)/ [kliˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kliˈka(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kliˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kliˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kliˈka.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: cli‧car

Verb

clicar (first-person singular present clico, first-person singular preterite cliquei, past participle clicado)

1. (transitive, computing) to click with a mouse
2. to click (to cause to make a click)
3. to press (to activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it)
4. to have a sudden realization, to have a light-bulb moment

   Demorei muito a resolver o problema porque o meu cérebro não estava a clicar.

   I took to much time solving the problem because my brain wasn't having any light-bulb moments.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of clicar (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	clicar
Personal	clicar	clicares	clicar	clicarmos	clicardes	clicarem
Gerund
	clicando
Past participle
Masculine	clicado			clicados
Feminine	clicada			clicadas
Indicative
Present	clico	clicas	clica	clicamos	clicais	clicam
Imperfect	clicava	clicavas	clicava	clicávamos	clicáveis	clicavam
Preterite	cliquei	clicaste	clicou	clicamos1, clicámos2	clicastes	clicaram
Pluperfect	clicara	clicaras	clicara	clicáramos	clicáreis	clicaram
Future	clicarei	clicarás	clicará	clicaremos	clicareis	clicarão
Conditional	clicaria	clicarias	clicaria	clicaríamos	clicaríeis	clicariam
Subjunctive
Present	clique	cliques	clique	cliquemos	cliqueis	cliquem
Imperfect	clicasse	clicasses	clicasse	clicássemos	clicásseis	clicassem
Future	clicar	clicares	clicar	clicarmos	clicardes	clicarem
Imperative
Affirmative		clica	clique	cliquemos	clicai	cliquem
Negative (não)		não cliques	não clique	não cliquemos	não cliqueis	não cliquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From clic +‎ -ar.

Verb

clicar (first-person singular present clico, first-person singular preterite cliqué, past participle clicado)

1. to click a computer mouse

   Synonyms: hacer clic, cliquear

Conjugation

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

infinitive			clicar
gerund			clicando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		clicado		clicada
		plural		clicados		clicadas
		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	clico	clicastú clicásvos	clica	clicamos	clicáis	clican
	imperfect	clicaba	clicabas	clicaba	clicábamos	clicabais	clicaban
	preterite	cliqué	clicaste	clicó	clicamos	clicasteis	clicaron
	future	clicaré	clicarás	clicará	clicaremos	clicaréis	clicarán
	conditional	clicaría	clicarías	clicaría	clicaríamos	clicaríais	clicarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	clique	cliquestú cliquésvos2	clique	cliquemos	cliquéis	cliquen
	imperfect (ra)	clicara	clicaras	clicara	clicáramos	clicarais	clicaran
	imperfect (se)	clicase	clicases	clicase	clicásemos	clicaseis	clicasen
	future1	clicare	clicares	clicare	clicáremos	clicareis	clicaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		clicatú clicávos	clique	cliquemos	clicad	cliquen
	negative		no cliques	no clique	no cliquemos	no cliquéis	no cliquen

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

Related terms

• clic

 

Further reading

• “clicar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28