defecar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.feˈka(ʁ)/ [de.feˈka(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.fɨˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.fɨˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.fɨˈka.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: de‧fe‧car

Verb

defecar (first-person singular present defeco, first-person singular preterite defequei, past participle defecado)

1. to defecate

   Synonym: (vulgar) cagar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of defecar (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	defecar
Personal	defecar	defecares	defecar	defecarmos	defecardes	defecarem
Gerund
	defecando
Past participle
Masculine	defecado			defecados
Feminine	defecada			defecadas
Indicative
Present	defeco	defecas	defeca	defecamos	defecais	defecam
Imperfect	defecava	defecavas	defecava	defecávamos	defecáveis	defecavam
Preterite	defequei	defecaste	defecou	defecamos1, defecámos2	defecastes	defecaram
Pluperfect	defecara	defecaras	defecara	defecáramos	defecáreis	defecaram
Future	defecarei	defecarás	defecará	defecaremos	defecareis	defecarão
Conditional	defecaria	defecarias	defecaria	defecaríamos	defecaríeis	defecariam
Subjunctive
Present	defeque	defeques	defeque	defequemos	defequeis	defequem
Imperfect	defecasse	defecasses	defecasse	defecássemos	defecásseis	defecassem
Future	defecar	defecares	defecar	defecarmos	defecardes	defecarem
Imperative
Affirmative		defeca	defeque	defequemos	defecai	defequem
Negative (não)		não defeques	não defeque	não defequemos	não defequeis	não defequem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dēfecāre, infinitive of defecō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /defeˈkaɾ/ [d̪e.feˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧fe‧car

Verb

defecar (first-person singular present defeco, first-person singular preterite defequé, past participle defecado)

1. (transitive, mostly used intransitively) to defecate

   Synonyms: descomer, mover el vientre, exonerar el vientre, hacer el vientre, hacer del vientre, cagar, cagarse

Conjugation

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

infinitive			defecar
gerund			defecando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		defecado		defecada
		plural		defecados		defecadas
		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	defeco	defecastú defecásvos	defeca	defecamos	defecáis	defecan
	imperfect	defecaba	defecabas	defecaba	defecábamos	defecabais	defecaban
	preterite	defequé	defecaste	defecó	defecamos	defecasteis	defecaron
	future	defecaré	defecarás	defecará	defecaremos	defecaréis	defecarán
	conditional	defecaría	defecarías	defecaría	defecaríamos	defecaríais	defecarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	defeque	defequestú defequésvos2	defeque	defequemos	defequéis	defequen
	imperfect (ra)	defecara	defecaras	defecara	defecáramos	defecarais	defecaran
	imperfect (se)	defecase	defecases	defecase	defecásemos	defecaseis	defecasen
	future1	defecare	defecares	defecare	defecáremos	defecareis	defecaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		defecatú defecávos	defeque	defequemos	defecad	defequen
	negative		no defeques	no defeque	no defequemos	no defequéis	no defequen

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

    Selected combined forms of defecar (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 defecar
	dative	defecarme	defecarte	defecarle, defecarse	defecarnos	defecaros	defecarles, defecarse
	accusative	defecarme	defecarte	defecarlo, defecarla, defecarse	defecarnos	defecaros	defecarlos, defecarlas, defecarse
with gerund defecando
	dative	defecándome	defecándote	defecándole, defecándose	defecándonos	defecándoos	defecándoles, defecándose
	accusative	defecándome	defecándote	defecándolo, defecándola, defecándose	defecándonos	defecándoos	defecándolos, defecándolas, defecándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative defeca
	dative	defécame	defécate	defécale	defécanos	not used	defécales
	accusative	defécame	defécate	defécalo, defécala	defécanos	not used	defécalos, defécalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative defecá
	dative	defecame	defecate	defecale	defecanos	not used	defecales
	accusative	defecame	defecate	defecalo, defecala	defecanos	not used	defecalos, defecalas
with formal second-person singular imperative defeque
	dative	deféqueme	not used	deféquele, deféquese	deféquenos	not used	deféqueles
	accusative	deféqueme	not used	deféquelo, deféquela, deféquese	deféquenos	not used	deféquelos, deféquelas
with first-person plural imperative defequemos
	dative	not used	defequémoste	defequémosle	defequémonos	defequémoos	defequémosles
	accusative	not used	defequémoste	defequémoslo, defequémosla	defequémonos	defequémoos	defequémoslos, defequémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative defecad
	dative	defecadme	not used	defecadle	defecadnos	defecaos	defecadles
	accusative	defecadme	not used	defecadlo, defecadla	defecadnos	defecaos	defecadlos, defecadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative defequen
	dative	deféquenme	not used	deféquenle	deféquennos	not used	deféquenles, deféquense
	accusative	deféquenme	not used	deféquenlo, deféquenla	deféquennos	not used	deféquenlos, deféquenlas, deféquense

Further reading

• “defecar”, 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