hocicar

Spanish

Etymology

Frequentative of hozar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /oθiˈkaɾ/ [o.θiˈkaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /osiˈkaɾ/ [o.siˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ho‧ci‧car

Verb

hocicar (first-person singular present hocico, first-person singular preterite hociqué, past participle hocicado)

1. to root (with the nose)
2. to pet; smooch
3. to fall flat on one's face
4. to stick one's nose in

Conjugation

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

infinitive			hocicar
gerund			hocicando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		hocicado		hocicada
		plural		hocicados		hocicadas
		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	hocico	hocicastú hocicásvos	hocica	hocicamos	hocicáis	hocican
	imperfect	hocicaba	hocicabas	hocicaba	hocicábamos	hocicabais	hocicaban
	preterite	hociqué	hocicaste	hocicó	hocicamos	hocicasteis	hocicaron
	future	hocicaré	hocicarás	hocicará	hocicaremos	hocicaréis	hocicarán
	conditional	hocicaría	hocicarías	hocicaría	hocicaríamos	hocicaríais	hocicarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	hocique	hociquestú hociquésvos2	hocique	hociquemos	hociquéis	hociquen
	imperfect (ra)	hocicara	hocicaras	hocicara	hocicáramos	hocicarais	hocicaran
	imperfect (se)	hocicase	hocicases	hocicase	hocicásemos	hocicaseis	hocicasen
	future1	hocicare	hocicares	hocicare	hocicáremos	hocicareis	hocicaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		hocicatú hocicávos	hocique	hociquemos	hocicad	hociquen
	negative		no hociques	no hocique	no hociquemos	no hociquéis	no hociquen

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

    Selected combined forms of hocicar (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 hocicar	dative	hocicarme	hocicarte	hocicarle, hocicarse	hocicarnos	hocicaros	hocicarles, hocicarse
	accusative	hocicarme	hocicarte	hocicarlo, hocicarla, hocicarse	hocicarnos	hocicaros	hocicarlos, hocicarlas, hocicarse
with gerund hocicando	dative	hocicándome	hocicándote	hocicándole, hocicándose	hocicándonos	hocicándoos	hocicándoles, hocicándose
	accusative	hocicándome	hocicándote	hocicándolo, hocicándola, hocicándose	hocicándonos	hocicándoos	hocicándolos, hocicándolas, hocicándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative hocica	dative	hocícame	hocícate	hocícale	hocícanos	not used	hocícales
	accusative	hocícame	hocícate	hocícalo, hocícala	hocícanos	not used	hocícalos, hocícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative hocicá	dative	hocicame	hocicate	hocicale	hocicanos	not used	hocicales
	accusative	hocicame	hocicate	hocicalo, hocicala	hocicanos	not used	hocicalos, hocicalas
with formal second-person singular imperative hocique	dative	hocíqueme	not used	hocíquele, hocíquese	hocíquenos	not used	hocíqueles
	accusative	hocíqueme	not used	hocíquelo, hocíquela, hocíquese	hocíquenos	not used	hocíquelos, hocíquelas
with first-person plural imperative hociquemos	dative	not used	hociquémoste	hociquémosle	hociquémonos	hociquémoos	hociquémosles
	accusative	not used	hociquémoste	hociquémoslo, hociquémosla	hociquémonos	hociquémoos	hociquémoslos, hociquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative hocicad	dative	hocicadme	not used	hocicadle	hocicadnos	hocicaos	hocicadles
	accusative	hocicadme	not used	hocicadlo, hocicadla	hocicadnos	hocicaos	hocicadlos, hocicadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative hociquen	dative	hocíquenme	not used	hocíquenle	hocíquennos	not used	hocíquenles, hocíquense
	accusative	hocíquenme	not used	hocíquenlo, hocíquenla	hocíquennos	not used	hocíquenlos, hocíquenlas, hocíquense

Further reading

• “hocicar”, 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