discar

Latin

Verb

discar

1. first-person singular future passive indicative of discō

Portuguese

Etymology

From disco (“disc”) +‎ -ar, originally refering to the rotary dial in telephones.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /diʃˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /diʃˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /diʃˈka.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: dis‧car

Verb

discar (first-person singular present disco, first-person singular preterite disquei, past participle discado)

1. (transitive) to dial (to call someone, on a telephone)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of discar (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	discar
Personal	discar	discares	discar	discarmos	discardes	discarem
Gerund
	discando
Past participle
Masculine	discado			discados
Feminine	discada			discadas
Indicative
Present	disco	discas	disca	discamos	discais	discam
Imperfect	discava	discavas	discava	discávamos	discáveis	discavam
Preterite	disquei	discaste	discou	discamos1, discámos2	discastes	discaram
Pluperfect	discara	discaras	discara	discáramos	discáreis	discaram
Future	discarei	discarás	discará	discaremos	discareis	discarão
Conditional	discaria	discarias	discaria	discaríamos	discaríeis	discariam
Subjunctive
Present	disque	disques	disque	disquemos	disqueis	disquem
Imperfect	discasse	discasses	discasse	discássemos	discásseis	discassem
Future	discar	discares	discar	discarmos	discardes	discarem
Imperative
Affirmative		disca	disque	disquemos	discai	disquem
Negative (não)		não disques	não disque	não disquemos	não disqueis	não disquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From disco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /disˈkaɾ/ [d̪isˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: dis‧car

Verb

discar (first-person singular present disco, first-person singular preterite disqué, past participle discado)

1. (Latin America) to dial

   Synonym: marcar

Conjugation

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

infinitive			discar
gerund			discando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		discado		discada
		plural		discados		discadas
		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	disco	discastú discásvos	disca	discamos	discáis	discan
	imperfect	discaba	discabas	discaba	discábamos	discabais	discaban
	preterite	disqué	discaste	discó	discamos	discasteis	discaron
	future	discaré	discarás	discará	discaremos	discaréis	discarán
	conditional	discaría	discarías	discaría	discaríamos	discaríais	discarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	disque	disquestú disquésvos2	disque	disquemos	disquéis	disquen
	imperfect (ra)	discara	discaras	discara	discáramos	discarais	discaran
	imperfect (se)	discase	discases	discase	discásemos	discaseis	discasen
	future1	discare	discares	discare	discáremos	discareis	discaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		discatú discávos	disque	disquemos	discad	disquen
	negative		no disques	no disque	no disquemos	no disquéis	no disquen

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

    Selected combined forms of discar (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 discar	dative	discarme	discarte	discarle, discarse	discarnos	discaros	discarles, discarse
	accusative	discarme	discarte	discarlo, discarla, discarse	discarnos	discaros	discarlos, discarlas, discarse
with gerund discando	dative	discándome	discándote	discándole, discándose	discándonos	discándoos	discándoles, discándose
	accusative	discándome	discándote	discándolo, discándola, discándose	discándonos	discándoos	discándolos, discándolas, discándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative disca	dative	díscame	díscate	díscale	díscanos	not used	díscales
	accusative	díscame	díscate	díscalo, díscala	díscanos	not used	díscalos, díscalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative discá	dative	discame	discate	discale	discanos	not used	discales
	accusative	discame	discate	discalo, discala	discanos	not used	discalos, discalas
with formal second-person singular imperative disque	dative	dísqueme	not used	dísquele, dísquese	dísquenos	not used	dísqueles
	accusative	dísqueme	not used	dísquelo, dísquela, dísquese	dísquenos	not used	dísquelos, dísquelas
with first-person plural imperative disquemos	dative	not used	disquémoste	disquémosle	disquémonos	disquémoos	disquémosles
	accusative	not used	disquémoste	disquémoslo, disquémosla	disquémonos	disquémoos	disquémoslos, disquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative discad	dative	discadme	not used	discadle	discadnos	discaos	discadles
	accusative	discadme	not used	discadlo, discadla	discadnos	discaos	discadlos, discadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative disquen	dative	dísquenme	not used	dísquenle	dísquennos	not used	dísquenles, dísquense
	accusative	dísquenme	not used	dísquenlo, dísquenla	dísquennos	not used	dísquenlos, dísquenlas, dísquense

Related terms

• disco

 

Further reading

• “discar”, 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