focar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈka.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: fo‧car

Verb

focar (first-person singular present foco, first-person singular preterite foquei, past participle focado)

1. (optics) (transitive) to focus (to cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point)
2. to focus; to concentrate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of focar (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	focar
Personal	focar	focares	focar	focarmos	focardes	focarem
Gerund
	focando
Past participle
Masculine	focado			focados
Feminine	focada			focadas
Indicative
Present	foco	focas	foca	focamos	focais	focam
Imperfect	focava	focavas	focava	focávamos	focáveis	focavam
Preterite	foquei	focaste	focou	focamos1, focámos2	focastes	focaram
Pluperfect	focara	focaras	focara	focáramos	focáreis	focaram
Future	focarei	focarás	focará	focaremos	focareis	focarão
Conditional	focaria	focarias	focaria	focaríamos	focaríeis	focariam
Subjunctive
Present	foque	foques	foque	foquemos	foqueis	foquem
Imperfect	focasse	focasses	focasse	focássemos	focásseis	focassem
Future	focar	focares	focar	focarmos	focardes	focarem
Imperative
Affirmative		foca	foque	foquemos	focai	foquem
Negative (não)		não foques	não foque	não foquemos	não foqueis	não foquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Synonyms

• concentrar

Related terms

• foco

Romanian

Etymology

From foc +‎ -ar or possibly Vulgar Latin *focārium, nominalization of the Late Latin adjective focārius, from Latin focus. Compare French foyer, from which the modern senses of the word were derived.

Noun

focar n (plural focare)

1. (optics) focus
2. (geometry) focus
3. (archaic) pyre

   Synonym: rug

4. (archaic, figuratively) calamity, disaster, misfortune

   Synonyms: calamitate, nenorocire

5. (figuratively) hotbed
6. (figuratively) focus, center
7. furnace, hearth heating chamber
8. firebox

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	focar	focarul		focare	focarele
genitive-dative	focar	focarului		focare	focarelor
vocative	focarule			focarelor

Noun

focar m (plural focari)

1. (archaic, popular) stoker, fireman

   Synonym: fochist

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	focar	focarul		focari	focarii
genitive-dative	focar	focarului		focari	focarilor
vocative	focarule			focarilor