imbricar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin imbricāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [im.bɾiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [im.bɾiˈkaɾ]

Verb

imbricar (first-person singular present imbrico, first-person singular preterite imbriquí, past participle imbricat)

1. to interlace, interweave, imbricate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of imbricar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			imbricar
gerund			imbricant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		imbricat		imbricada
		plural		imbricats		imbricades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	imbrico	imbriques	imbrica	imbriquem	imbriqueu	imbriquen
	imperfect	imbricava	imbricaves	imbricava	imbricàvem	imbricàveu	imbricaven
	future	imbricaré	imbricaràs	imbricarà	imbricarem	imbricareu	imbricaran
	preterite	imbriquí	imbricares	imbricà	imbricàrem	imbricàreu	imbricaren
	conditional	imbricaria	imbricaries	imbricaria	imbricaríem	imbricaríeu	imbricarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	imbriqui	imbriquis	imbriqui	imbriquem	imbriqueu	imbriquin
	imperfect	imbriqués	imbriquessis	imbriqués	imbriquéssim	imbriquéssiu	imbriquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	imbrica	imbriqui	imbriquem	imbriqueu	imbriquin
	negative (no)	—	no imbriquis	no imbriqui	no imbriquem	no imbriqueu	no imbriquin

Further reading

• “imbricar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “imbricar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “imbricar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin imbricāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imbɾiˈkaɾ/ [ĩm.bɾiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: im‧bri‧car

Verb

imbricar (first-person singular present imbrico, first-person singular preterite imbriqué, past participle imbricado)

1. (transitive) to interlace, interweave, imbricate

Conjugation

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

infinitive			imbricar
gerund			imbricando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		imbricado		imbricada
		plural		imbricados		imbricadas
		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	imbrico	imbricastú imbricásvos	imbrica	imbricamos	imbricáis	imbrican
	imperfect	imbricaba	imbricabas	imbricaba	imbricábamos	imbricabais	imbricaban
	preterite	imbriqué	imbricaste	imbricó	imbricamos	imbricasteis	imbricaron
	future	imbricaré	imbricarás	imbricará	imbricaremos	imbricaréis	imbricarán
	conditional	imbricaría	imbricarías	imbricaría	imbricaríamos	imbricaríais	imbricarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	imbrique	imbriquestú imbriquésvos2	imbrique	imbriquemos	imbriquéis	imbriquen
	imperfect (ra)	imbricara	imbricaras	imbricara	imbricáramos	imbricarais	imbricaran
	imperfect (se)	imbricase	imbricases	imbricase	imbricásemos	imbricaseis	imbricasen
	future1	imbricare	imbricares	imbricare	imbricáremos	imbricareis	imbricaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		imbricatú imbricávos	imbrique	imbriquemos	imbricad	imbriquen
	negative		no imbriques	no imbrique	no imbriquemos	no imbriquéis	no imbriquen

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

    Selected combined forms of imbricar (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 imbricar	dative	imbricarme	imbricarte	imbricarle, imbricarse	imbricarnos	imbricaros	imbricarles, imbricarse
	accusative	imbricarme	imbricarte	imbricarlo, imbricarla, imbricarse	imbricarnos	imbricaros	imbricarlos, imbricarlas, imbricarse
with gerund imbricando	dative	imbricándome	imbricándote	imbricándole, imbricándose	imbricándonos	imbricándoos	imbricándoles, imbricándose
	accusative	imbricándome	imbricándote	imbricándolo, imbricándola, imbricándose	imbricándonos	imbricándoos	imbricándolos, imbricándolas, imbricándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative imbrica	dative	imbrícame	imbrícate	imbrícale	imbrícanos	not used	imbrícales
	accusative	imbrícame	imbrícate	imbrícalo, imbrícala	imbrícanos	not used	imbrícalos, imbrícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative imbricá	dative	imbricame	imbricate	imbricale	imbricanos	not used	imbricales
	accusative	imbricame	imbricate	imbricalo, imbricala	imbricanos	not used	imbricalos, imbricalas
with formal second-person singular imperative imbrique	dative	imbríqueme	not used	imbríquele, imbríquese	imbríquenos	not used	imbríqueles
	accusative	imbríqueme	not used	imbríquelo, imbríquela, imbríquese	imbríquenos	not used	imbríquelos, imbríquelas
with first-person plural imperative imbriquemos	dative	not used	imbriquémoste	imbriquémosle	imbriquémonos	imbriquémoos	imbriquémosles
	accusative	not used	imbriquémoste	imbriquémoslo, imbriquémosla	imbriquémonos	imbriquémoos	imbriquémoslos, imbriquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative imbricad	dative	imbricadme	not used	imbricadle	imbricadnos	imbricaos	imbricadles
	accusative	imbricadme	not used	imbricadlo, imbricadla	imbricadnos	imbricaos	imbricadlos, imbricadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative imbriquen	dative	imbríquenme	not used	imbríquenle	imbríquennos	not used	imbríquenles, imbríquense
	accusative	imbríquenme	not used	imbríquenlo, imbríquenla	imbríquennos	not used	imbríquenlos, imbríquenlas, imbríquense

Derived terms

• imbricación

Further reading

• “imbricar”, 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