cucar

Galician

Etymology

From cuco (“cuckoo”) +‎ -ar. First attested in the 18th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈkaɾ/ [kuˈkɑɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: cucar

Verb

cucar (first-person singular present cuco, first-person singular preterite cuquei, past participle cucado)

1. (intransitive) to cuckoo
2. (transitive) to mock, fool
3. (transitive) to captivate
4. (transitive, eggs) to empty (an egg) by carving two opposite holes on the shell
5. (pronominal) to get fooled

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cucar (c-qu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cucar
Personal	cucar	cucares	cucar	cucarmos	cucardes	cucaren
Gerund
	cucando
Past participle
Masculine	cucado			cucados
Feminine	cucada			cucadas
Indicative
Present	cuco	cucas	cuca	cucamos	cucades	cucan
Imperfect	cucaba	cucabas	cucaba	cucabamos	cucabades	cucaban
Preterite	cuquei	cucaches	cucou	cucamos	cucastes	cucaron
Pluperfect	cucara	cucaras	cucara	cucaramos	cucarades	cucaran
Future	cucarei	cucarás	cucará	cucaremos	cucaredes	cucarán
Conditional	cucaría	cucarías	cucaría	cucariamos	cucariades	cucarían
Subjunctive
Present	cuque	cuques	cuque	cuquemos	cuquedes	cuquen
Imperfect	cucase	cucases	cucase	cucásemos	cucásedes	cucasen
Future	cucar	cucares	cucar	cucarmos	cucardes	cucaren
Imperative
Affirmative		cuca	cuque	cuquemos	cucade	cuquen
Negative (non)		non cuques	non cuque	non cuquemos	non cuquedes	non cuquen

    Reintegrated conjugation of cucar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cucar
Personal	cucar	cucares	cucar	cucarmos	cucardes	cucarem
Gerund
	cucando
Past participle
Masculine	cucado			cucados
Feminine	cucada			cucadas
Indicative
Present	cuco	cucas	cuca	cucamos	cucades, cucais	cucam
Imperfect	cucava	cucavas	cucava	cucávamos	cucávades, cucáveis, cucávais1	cucavam
Preterite	cuquei	cucaste, cucache1	cucou	cucamos	cucastes	cucárom, cucaram
Pluperfect	cucara	cucaras	cucara	cucáramos	cucárades, cucáreis, cucárais1	cucaram
Future	cucarei	cucarás	cucará	cucaremos	cucaredes, cucareis	cucarám, cucarão
Conditional	cucaria	cucarias	cucaria	cucaríamos	cucaríades, cucaríeis, cucaríais1	cucariam
Subjunctive
Present	cuque	cuques	cuque	cuquemos	cuquedes, cuqueis	cuquem
Imperfect	cucasse	cucasses	cucasse	cucássemos	cucássedes, cucásseis	cucassem
Future	cucar	cucares	cucar	cucarmos	cucardes	cucarem
Imperative
Affirmative		cuca	cuque	cuquemos	cucade, cucai	cuquem
Negative (nom)		nom cuques	nom cuque	nom cuquemos	nom cuquedes, nom cuqueis	nom cuquem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• cuco

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cucar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cucar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cucar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

From cuco +‎ -ar,

Pronunciation

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

Verb

cucar (first-person singular present cuco, first-person singular preterite cuqué, past participle cucado)

1. (transitive, colloquial, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Puerto Rico) to provoke (someone)

   Synonym: provoke

Conjugation

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

infinitive			cucar
gerund			cucando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cucado		cucada
		plural		cucados		cucadas
		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	cuco	cucastú cucásvos	cuca	cucamos	cucáis	cucan
	imperfect	cucaba	cucabas	cucaba	cucábamos	cucabais	cucaban
	preterite	cuqué	cucaste	cucó	cucamos	cucasteis	cucaron
	future	cucaré	cucarás	cucará	cucaremos	cucaréis	cucarán
	conditional	cucaría	cucarías	cucaría	cucaríamos	cucaríais	cucarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cuque	cuquestú cuquésvos2	cuque	cuquemos	cuquéis	cuquen
	imperfect (ra)	cucara	cucaras	cucara	cucáramos	cucarais	cucaran
	imperfect (se)	cucase	cucases	cucase	cucásemos	cucaseis	cucasen
	future1	cucare	cucares	cucare	cucáremos	cucareis	cucaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cucatú cucávos	cuque	cuquemos	cucad	cuquen
	negative		no cuques	no cuque	no cuquemos	no cuquéis	no cuquen

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

    Selected combined forms of cucar (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 cucar	dative	cucarme	cucarte	cucarle, cucarse	cucarnos	cucaros	cucarles, cucarse
	accusative	cucarme	cucarte	cucarlo, cucarla, cucarse	cucarnos	cucaros	cucarlos, cucarlas, cucarse
with gerund cucando	dative	cucándome	cucándote	cucándole, cucándose	cucándonos	cucándoos	cucándoles, cucándose
	accusative	cucándome	cucándote	cucándolo, cucándola, cucándose	cucándonos	cucándoos	cucándolos, cucándolas, cucándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cuca	dative	cúcame	cúcate	cúcale	cúcanos	not used	cúcales
	accusative	cúcame	cúcate	cúcalo, cúcala	cúcanos	not used	cúcalos, cúcalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cucá	dative	cucame	cucate	cucale	cucanos	not used	cucales
	accusative	cucame	cucate	cucalo, cucala	cucanos	not used	cucalos, cucalas
with formal second-person singular imperative cuque	dative	cúqueme	not used	cúquele, cúquese	cúquenos	not used	cúqueles
	accusative	cúqueme	not used	cúquelo, cúquela, cúquese	cúquenos	not used	cúquelos, cúquelas
with first-person plural imperative cuquemos	dative	not used	cuquémoste	cuquémosle	cuquémonos	cuquémoos	cuquémosles
	accusative	not used	cuquémoste	cuquémoslo, cuquémosla	cuquémonos	cuquémoos	cuquémoslos, cuquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cucad	dative	cucadme	not used	cucadle	cucadnos	cucaos	cucadles
	accusative	cucadme	not used	cucadlo, cucadla	cucadnos	cucaos	cucadlos, cucadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cuquen	dative	cúquenme	not used	cúquenle	cúquennos	not used	cúquenles, cúquense
	accusative	cúquenme	not used	cúquenlo, cúquenla	cúquennos	not used	cúquenlos, cúquenlas, cúquense

Further reading

• “cucar”, 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
• “cucar” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010