elucidar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēlūcidāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.lu.siˈda(ʁ)/ [e.lu.siˈda(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.lu.siˈdaɾ/ [i.lu.siˈðaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.lu.siˈdaɾ/ [i.lu.siˈðaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.lu.siˈda.ɾi/ [i.lu.siˈða.ɾi]

Verb

elucidar (first-person singular present elucido, first-person singular preterite elucidei, past participle elucidado)

1. to elucidate (make clear)

   Synonym: esclarecer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of elucidar (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	elucidar
Personal	elucidar	elucidares	elucidar	elucidarmos	elucidardes	elucidarem
Gerund
	elucidando
Past participle
Masculine	elucidado			elucidados
Feminine	elucidada			elucidadas
Indicative
Present	elucido	elucidas	elucida	elucidamos	elucidais	elucidam
Imperfect	elucidava	elucidavas	elucidava	elucidávamos	elucidáveis	elucidavam
Preterite	elucidei	elucidaste	elucidou	elucidamos1, elucidámos2	elucidastes	elucidaram
Pluperfect	elucidara	elucidaras	elucidara	elucidáramos	elucidáreis	elucidaram
Future	elucidarei	elucidarás	elucidará	elucidaremos	elucidareis	elucidarão
Conditional	elucidaria	elucidarias	elucidaria	elucidaríamos	elucidaríeis	elucidariam
Subjunctive
Present	elucide	elucides	elucide	elucidemos	elucideis	elucidem
Imperfect	elucidasse	elucidasses	elucidasse	elucidássemos	elucidásseis	elucidassem
Future	elucidar	elucidares	elucidar	elucidarmos	elucidardes	elucidarem
Imperative
Affirmative		elucida	elucide	elucidemos	elucidai	elucidem
Negative (não)		não elucides	não elucide	não elucidemos	não elucideis	não elucidem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:elucidar.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ēlūcidāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /eluθiˈdaɾ/ [e.lu.θiˈð̞aɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /elusiˈdaɾ/ [e.lu.siˈð̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: e‧lu‧ci‧dar

Verb

elucidar (first-person singular present elucido, first-person singular preterite elucidé, past participle elucidado)

1. (transitive) to elucidate

   Synonym: dilucidar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of elucidar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			elucidar
gerund			elucidando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		elucidado		elucidada
		plural		elucidados		elucidadas
		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	elucido	elucidastú elucidásvos	elucida	elucidamos	elucidáis	elucidan
	imperfect	elucidaba	elucidabas	elucidaba	elucidábamos	elucidabais	elucidaban
	preterite	elucidé	elucidaste	elucidó	elucidamos	elucidasteis	elucidaron
	future	elucidaré	elucidarás	elucidará	elucidaremos	elucidaréis	elucidarán
	conditional	elucidaría	elucidarías	elucidaría	elucidaríamos	elucidaríais	elucidarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	elucide	elucidestú elucidésvos2	elucide	elucidemos	elucidéis	eluciden
	imperfect (ra)	elucidara	elucidaras	elucidara	elucidáramos	elucidarais	elucidaran
	imperfect (se)	elucidase	elucidases	elucidase	elucidásemos	elucidaseis	elucidasen
	future1	elucidare	elucidares	elucidare	elucidáremos	elucidareis	elucidaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		elucidatú elucidávos	elucide	elucidemos	elucidad	eluciden
	negative		no elucides	no elucide	no elucidemos	no elucidéis	no eluciden

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

    Selected combined forms of elucidar

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 elucidar	dative	elucidarme	elucidarte	elucidarle, elucidarse	elucidarnos	elucidaros	elucidarles, elucidarse
	accusative	elucidarme	elucidarte	elucidarlo, elucidarla, elucidarse	elucidarnos	elucidaros	elucidarlos, elucidarlas, elucidarse
with gerund elucidando	dative	elucidándome	elucidándote	elucidándole, elucidándose	elucidándonos	elucidándoos	elucidándoles, elucidándose
	accusative	elucidándome	elucidándote	elucidándolo, elucidándola, elucidándose	elucidándonos	elucidándoos	elucidándolos, elucidándolas, elucidándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative elucida	dative	elucídame	elucídate	elucídale	elucídanos	not used	elucídales
	accusative	elucídame	elucídate	elucídalo, elucídala	elucídanos	not used	elucídalos, elucídalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative elucidá	dative	elucidame	elucidate	elucidale	elucidanos	not used	elucidales
	accusative	elucidame	elucidate	elucidalo, elucidala	elucidanos	not used	elucidalos, elucidalas
with formal second-person singular imperative elucide	dative	elucídeme	not used	elucídele, elucídese	elucídenos	not used	elucídeles
	accusative	elucídeme	not used	elucídelo, elucídela, elucídese	elucídenos	not used	elucídelos, elucídelas
with first-person plural imperative elucidemos	dative	not used	elucidémoste	elucidémosle	elucidémonos	elucidémoos	elucidémosles
	accusative	not used	elucidémoste	elucidémoslo, elucidémosla	elucidémonos	elucidémoos	elucidémoslos, elucidémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative elucidad	dative	elucidadme	not used	elucidadle	elucidadnos	elucidaos	elucidadles
	accusative	elucidadme	not used	elucidadlo, elucidadla	elucidadnos	elucidaos	elucidadlos, elucidadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative eluciden	dative	elucídenme	not used	elucídenle	elucídennos	not used	elucídenles, elucídense
	accusative	elucídenme	not used	elucídenlo, elucídenla	elucídennos	not used	elucídenlos, elucídenlas, elucídense

Further reading

• “elucidar”, 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