mulcer

Latin

Verb

mulcer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of mulcō

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mulcēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /mulˈθeɾ/ [mul̟ˈθeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /mulˈseɾ/ [mulˈseɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: mul‧cer

Verb

mulcer (first-person singular present mulzo, first-person singular preterite mulcí, past participle mulcido)

1. (transitive) to soothe, to soften, to comfort, to appease
2. (transitive) to caress, to charm, to flatter, to delight
3. (transitive) to alleviate, to relieve, to assuage, to mitigate
4. (transitive) to graze, to touch, to stroke or move lightly or gently
5. (transitive) to make sweet or pleasant

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mulcer (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			mulcer
gerund			mulciendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mulcido		mulcida
		plural		mulcidos		mulcidas
		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	mulzo	mulcestú mulcésvos	mulce	mulcemos	mulcéis	mulcen
	imperfect	mulcía	mulcías	mulcía	mulcíamos	mulcíais	mulcían
	preterite	mulcí	mulciste	mulció	mulcimos	mulcisteis	mulcieron
	future	mulceré	mulcerás	mulcerá	mulceremos	mulceréis	mulcerán
	conditional	mulcería	mulcerías	mulcería	mulceríamos	mulceríais	mulcerían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mulza	mulzastú mulzásvos2	mulza	mulzamos	mulzáis	mulzan
	imperfect (ra)	mulciera	mulcieras	mulciera	mulciéramos	mulcierais	mulcieran
	imperfect (se)	mulciese	mulcieses	mulciese	mulciésemos	mulcieseis	mulciesen
	future1	mulciere	mulcieres	mulciere	mulciéremos	mulciereis	mulcieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mulcetú mulcévos	mulza	mulzamos	mulced	mulzan
	negative		no mulzas	no mulza	no mulzamos	no mulzáis	no mulzan

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

Derived terms

• conmulcer
• demulcer
• mulcédine
• mulcedinoso
• permulcer
• remulcer

 

Related terms

• mulcente
• mulcido
• mulctor
• mulctorio
• mulctriz