moucar

Galician

Etymology

From mouco (“blunt; lopped”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mowˈkaɾ/

Verb

moucar (first-person singular present mouco, first-person singular preterite mouquei, past participle moucado)

1. to lop, prune a tree, removing whole branches

   Synonyms: cepar, decotar, demoucar, fradar, podar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of moucar (c-qu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	moucar
Personal	moucar	moucares	moucar	moucarmos	moucardes	moucaren
Gerund
	moucando
Past participle
Masculine	moucado			moucados
Feminine	moucada			moucadas
Indicative
Present	mouco	moucas	mouca	moucamos	moucades	moucan
Imperfect	moucaba	moucabas	moucaba	moucabamos	moucabades	moucaban
Preterite	mouquei	moucaches	moucou	moucamos	moucastes	moucaron
Pluperfect	moucara	moucaras	moucara	moucaramos	moucarades	moucaran
Future	moucarei	moucarás	moucará	moucaremos	moucaredes	moucarán
Conditional	moucaría	moucarías	moucaría	moucariamos	moucariades	moucarían
Subjunctive
Present	mouque	mouques	mouque	mouquemos	mouquedes	mouquen
Imperfect	moucase	moucases	moucase	moucásemos	moucásedes	moucasen
Future	moucar	moucares	moucar	moucarmos	moucardes	moucaren
Imperative
Affirmative		mouca	mouque	mouquemos	moucade	mouquen
Negative (non)		non mouques	non mouque	non mouquemos	non mouquedes	non mouquen

    Reintegrated conjugation of moucar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	moucar
Personal	moucar	moucares	moucar	moucarmos	moucardes	moucarem
Gerund
	moucando
Past participle
Masculine	moucado			moucados
Feminine	moucada			moucadas
Indicative
Present	mouco	moucas	mouca	moucamos	moucades, moucais	moucam
Imperfect	moucava	moucavas	moucava	moucávamos	moucávades, moucáveis, moucávais1	moucavam
Preterite	mouquei	moucaste, moucache1	moucou	moucamos	moucastes	moucárom, moucaram
Pluperfect	moucara	moucaras	moucara	moucáramos	moucárades, moucáreis, moucárais1	moucaram
Future	moucarei	moucarás	moucará	moucaremos	moucaredes, moucareis	moucarám, moucarão
Conditional	moucaria	moucarias	moucaria	moucaríamos	moucaríades, moucaríeis, moucaríais1	moucariam
Subjunctive
Present	mouque	mouques	mouque	mouquemos	mouquedes, mouqueis	mouquem
Imperfect	moucasse	moucasses	moucasse	moucássemos	moucássedes, moucásseis	moucassem
Future	moucar	moucares	moucar	moucarmos	moucardes	moucarem
Imperative
Affirmative		mouca	mouque	mouquemos	moucade, moucai	mouquem
Negative (nom)		nom mouques	nom mouque	nom mouquemos	nom mouquedes, nom mouqueis	nom mouquem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• amoucar
• demoucar
• esmoucar
• remoucar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “moucar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “moucar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “moucar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “moucar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “moucar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN