clocar

Spanish

Etymology

From onomatopoeic base cloc. Compare Swedish klucka, Danish klukke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kloˈkaɾ/ [kloˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: clo‧car

Verb

clocar (first-person singular present clueco, first-person singular preterite cloqué, past participle clocado)

1. to cluck

   Synonym: cloquear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of clocar (o-ue alternation; c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			clocar
gerund			clocando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		clocado		clocada
		plural		clocados		clocadas
		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	clueco	cluecastú clocásvos	clueca	clocamos	clocáis	cluecan
	imperfect	clocaba	clocabas	clocaba	clocábamos	clocabais	clocaban
	preterite	cloqué	clocaste	clocó	clocamos	clocasteis	clocaron
	future	clocaré	clocarás	clocará	clocaremos	clocaréis	clocarán
	conditional	clocaría	clocarías	clocaría	clocaríamos	clocaríais	clocarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	clueque	cluequestú cloquésvos2	clueque	cloquemos	cloquéis	cluequen
	imperfect (ra)	clocara	clocaras	clocara	clocáramos	clocarais	clocaran
	imperfect (se)	clocase	clocases	clocase	clocásemos	clocaseis	clocasen
	future1	clocare	clocares	clocare	clocáremos	clocareis	clocaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cluecatú clocávos	clueque	cloquemos	clocad	cluequen
	negative		no clueques	no clueque	no cloquemos	no cloquéis	no cluequen

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

    Selected combined forms of clocar (o-ue alternation; 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 clocar	dative	clocarme	clocarte	clocarle, clocarse	clocarnos	clocaros	clocarles, clocarse
	accusative	clocarme	clocarte	clocarlo, clocarla, clocarse	clocarnos	clocaros	clocarlos, clocarlas, clocarse
with gerund clocando	dative	clocándome	clocándote	clocándole, clocándose	clocándonos	clocándoos	clocándoles, clocándose
	accusative	clocándome	clocándote	clocándolo, clocándola, clocándose	clocándonos	clocándoos	clocándolos, clocándolas, clocándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative clueca	dative	cluécame	cluécate	cluécale	cluécanos	not used	cluécales
	accusative	cluécame	cluécate	cluécalo, cluécala	cluécanos	not used	cluécalos, cluécalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative clocá	dative	clocame	clocate	clocale	clocanos	not used	clocales
	accusative	clocame	clocate	clocalo, clocala	clocanos	not used	clocalos, clocalas
with formal second-person singular imperative clueque	dative	cluéqueme	not used	cluéquele, cluéquese	cluéquenos	not used	cluéqueles
	accusative	cluéqueme	not used	cluéquelo, cluéquela, cluéquese	cluéquenos	not used	cluéquelos, cluéquelas
with first-person plural imperative cloquemos	dative	not used	cloquémoste	cloquémosle	cloquémonos	cloquémoos	cloquémosles
	accusative	not used	cloquémoste	cloquémoslo, cloquémosla	cloquémonos	cloquémoos	cloquémoslos, cloquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative clocad	dative	clocadme	not used	clocadle	clocadnos	clocaos	clocadles
	accusative	clocadme	not used	clocadlo, clocadla	clocadnos	clocaos	clocadlos, clocadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cluequen	dative	cluéquenme	not used	cluéquenle	cluéquennos	not used	cluéquenles, cluéquense
	accusative	cluéquenme	not used	cluéquenlo, cluéquenla	cluéquennos	not used	cluéquenlos, cluéquenlas, cluéquense

Further reading

• “clocar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10