incoar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin incohātus (“begun, unfinished”), perfect passive participle of incohō (“begin”). Cognate with English inchoate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inkoˈaɾ/ [ĩŋ.koˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: in‧co‧ar

Verb

incoar (first-person singular present incoo, first-person singular preterite incoé, past participle incoado)

1. (law) to start, commence (a trial)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of incoar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			incoar
gerund			incoando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		incoado		incoada
		plural		incoados		incoadas
		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	incoo	incoastú incoásvos	incoa	incoamos	incoáis	incoan
	imperfect	incoaba	incoabas	incoaba	incoábamos	incoabais	incoaban
	preterite	incoé	incoaste	incoó	incoamos	incoasteis	incoaron
	future	incoaré	incoarás	incoará	incoaremos	incoaréis	incoarán
	conditional	incoaría	incoarías	incoaría	incoaríamos	incoaríais	incoarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	incoe	incoestú incoésvos2	incoe	incoemos	incoéis	incoen
	imperfect (ra)	incoara	incoaras	incoara	incoáramos	incoarais	incoaran
	imperfect (se)	incoase	incoases	incoase	incoásemos	incoaseis	incoasen
	future1	incoare	incoares	incoare	incoáremos	incoareis	incoaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		incoatú incoávos	incoe	incoemos	incoad	incoen
	negative		no incoes	no incoe	no incoemos	no incoéis	no incoen

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

    Selected combined forms of incoar

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 incoar
	dative	incoarme	incoarte	incoarle, incoarse	incoarnos	incoaros	incoarles, incoarse
	accusative	incoarme	incoarte	incoarlo, incoarla, incoarse	incoarnos	incoaros	incoarlos, incoarlas, incoarse
with gerund incoando
	dative	incoándome	incoándote	incoándole, incoándose	incoándonos	incoándoos	incoándoles, incoándose
	accusative	incoándome	incoándote	incoándolo, incoándola, incoándose	incoándonos	incoándoos	incoándolos, incoándolas, incoándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative incoa
	dative	incóame	incóate	incóale	incóanos	not used	incóales
	accusative	incóame	incóate	incóalo, incóala	incóanos	not used	incóalos, incóalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative incoá
	dative	incoame	incoate	incoale	incoanos	not used	incoales
	accusative	incoame	incoate	incoalo, incoala	incoanos	not used	incoalos, incoalas
with formal second-person singular imperative incoe
	dative	incóeme	not used	incóele, incóese	incóenos	not used	incóeles
	accusative	incóeme	not used	incóelo, incóela, incóese	incóenos	not used	incóelos, incóelas
with first-person plural imperative incoemos
	dative	not used	incoémoste	incoémosle	incoémonos	incoémoos	incoémosles
	accusative	not used	incoémoste	incoémoslo, incoémosla	incoémonos	incoémoos	incoémoslos, incoémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative incoad
	dative	incoadme	not used	incoadle	incoadnos	incoaos	incoadles
	accusative	incoadme	not used	incoadlo, incoadla	incoadnos	incoaos	incoadlos, incoadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative incoen
	dative	incóenme	not used	incóenle	incóennos	not used	incóenles, incóense
	accusative	incóenme	not used	incóenlo, incóenla	incóennos	not used	incóenlos, incóenlas, incóense

Further reading

• “incoar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

Anagrams

• ración, rancio