mocar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [muˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [moˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [moˈkaɾ]
• Homophone: mocà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Etymology 1

Derived from moc +‎ -ar, based on Latin mūcāre.

Verb

mocar (first-person singular present moco, first-person singular preterite moquí, past participle mocat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to blow someone's nose
2. (pronominal) to blow one's nose
3. (transitive, figurative) to shut someone up

   Synonym: deixar mocat

4. (transitive) to snuff, to extinguish

   Synonym: esmocar

Conjugation

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

infinitive			mocar
gerund			mocant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mocat		mocada
		plural		mocats		mocades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	moco	moques	moca	moquem	moqueu	moquen
	imperfect	mocava	mocaves	mocava	mocàvem	mocàveu	mocaven
	future	mocaré	mocaràs	mocarà	mocarem	mocareu	mocaran
	preterite	moquí	mocares	mocà	mocàrem	mocàreu	mocaren
	conditional	mocaria	mocaries	mocaria	mocaríem	mocaríeu	mocarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	moqui	moquis	moqui	moquem	moqueu	moquin
	imperfect	moqués	moquessis	moqués	moquéssim	moquéssiu	moquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	moca	moqui	moquem	moqueu	moquin
	negative (no)	—	no moquis	no moqui	no moquem	no moqueu	no moquin

Derived terms

• mocador
• mocar-se

 

Etymology 2

Derived from moca +‎ -ar.

Verb

mocar (first-person singular present moco, first-person singular preterite moquí, past participle mocat); root stress: (Central, Balearic) /ɔ/; (Valencia) /o/

1. (transitive) to gut (a fish)

   Synonym: esmocar

Further reading

• “mocar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “mocar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “mocar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mocar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Anagrams

• comar, marco

Spanish

Etymology

From moco +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈkaɾ/ [moˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mo‧car

Verb

mocar (first-person singular present moco, first-person singular preterite moqué, past participle mocado)

1. to blow someone's nose

Conjugation

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

infinitive			mocar
gerund			mocando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mocado		mocada
		plural		mocados		mocadas
		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	moco	mocastú mocásvos	moca	mocamos	mocáis	mocan
	imperfect	mocaba	mocabas	mocaba	mocábamos	mocabais	mocaban
	preterite	moqué	mocaste	mocó	mocamos	mocasteis	mocaron
	future	mocaré	mocarás	mocará	mocaremos	mocaréis	mocarán
	conditional	mocaría	mocarías	mocaría	mocaríamos	mocaríais	mocarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	moque	moquestú moquésvos2	moque	moquemos	moquéis	moquen
	imperfect (ra)	mocara	mocaras	mocara	mocáramos	mocarais	mocaran
	imperfect (se)	mocase	mocases	mocase	mocásemos	mocaseis	mocasen
	future1	mocare	mocares	mocare	mocáremos	mocareis	mocaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mocatú mocávos	moque	moquemos	mocad	moquen
	negative		no moques	no moque	no moquemos	no moquéis	no moquen

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

    Selected combined forms of mocar (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 mocar	dative	mocarme	mocarte	mocarle, mocarse	mocarnos	mocaros	mocarles, mocarse
	accusative	mocarme	mocarte	mocarlo, mocarla, mocarse	mocarnos	mocaros	mocarlos, mocarlas, mocarse
with gerund mocando	dative	mocándome	mocándote	mocándole, mocándose	mocándonos	mocándoos	mocándoles, mocándose
	accusative	mocándome	mocándote	mocándolo, mocándola, mocándose	mocándonos	mocándoos	mocándolos, mocándolas, mocándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative moca	dative	mócame	mócate	mócale	mócanos	not used	mócales
	accusative	mócame	mócate	mócalo, mócala	mócanos	not used	mócalos, mócalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative mocá	dative	mocame	mocate	mocale	mocanos	not used	mocales
	accusative	mocame	mocate	mocalo, mocala	mocanos	not used	mocalos, mocalas
with formal second-person singular imperative moque	dative	móqueme	not used	móquele, móquese	móquenos	not used	móqueles
	accusative	móqueme	not used	móquelo, móquela, móquese	móquenos	not used	móquelos, móquelas
with first-person plural imperative moquemos	dative	not used	moquémoste	moquémosle	moquémonos	moquémoos	moquémosles
	accusative	not used	moquémoste	moquémoslo, moquémosla	moquémonos	moquémoos	moquémoslos, moquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative mocad	dative	mocadme	not used	mocadle	mocadnos	mocaos	mocadles
	accusative	mocadme	not used	mocadlo, mocadla	mocadnos	mocaos	mocadlos, mocadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative moquen	dative	móquenme	not used	móquenle	móquennos	not used	móquenles, móquense
	accusative	móquenme	not used	móquenlo, móquenla	móquennos	not used	móquenlos, móquenlas, móquense

Further reading

• “mocar”, 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