opacar

Spanish

Etymology

From opaco (“opaque”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /opaˈkaɾ/ [o.paˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: o‧pa‧car

Verb

opacar (first-person singular present opaco, first-person singular preterite opaqué, past participle opacado)

1. (transitive) to make opaque
2. (transitive) to overshadow
   • 2015 July 18, “El legado brit pop y la raverbena”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Porque han emborronado tanto (y no solo por el grano con el que opacaron las proyecciones de su directo desde las pantallas) su ensalada de breakbeats inmisericordes que cuesta creer que una vez fueran vanguardia, el excitante lavado de cara del punk desde presupuestos rave.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

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

infinitive			opacar
gerund			opacando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		opacado		opacada
		plural		opacados		opacadas
		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	opaco	opacastú opacásvos	opaca	opacamos	opacáis	opacan
	imperfect	opacaba	opacabas	opacaba	opacábamos	opacabais	opacaban
	preterite	opaqué	opacaste	opacó	opacamos	opacasteis	opacaron
	future	opacaré	opacarás	opacará	opacaremos	opacaréis	opacarán
	conditional	opacaría	opacarías	opacaría	opacaríamos	opacaríais	opacarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	opaque	opaquestú opaquésvos2	opaque	opaquemos	opaquéis	opaquen
	imperfect (ra)	opacara	opacaras	opacara	opacáramos	opacarais	opacaran
	imperfect (se)	opacase	opacases	opacase	opacásemos	opacaseis	opacasen
	future1	opacare	opacares	opacare	opacáremos	opacareis	opacaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		opacatú opacávos	opaque	opaquemos	opacad	opaquen
	negative		no opaques	no opaque	no opaquemos	no opaquéis	no opaquen

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

    Selected combined forms of opacar (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 opacar
	dative	opacarme	opacarte	opacarle, opacarse	opacarnos	opacaros	opacarles, opacarse
	accusative	opacarme	opacarte	opacarlo, opacarla, opacarse	opacarnos	opacaros	opacarlos, opacarlas, opacarse
with gerund opacando
	dative	opacándome	opacándote	opacándole, opacándose	opacándonos	opacándoos	opacándoles, opacándose
	accusative	opacándome	opacándote	opacándolo, opacándola, opacándose	opacándonos	opacándoos	opacándolos, opacándolas, opacándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative opaca
	dative	opácame	opácate	opácale	opácanos	not used	opácales
	accusative	opácame	opácate	opácalo, opácala	opácanos	not used	opácalos, opácalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative opacá
	dative	opacame	opacate	opacale	opacanos	not used	opacales
	accusative	opacame	opacate	opacalo, opacala	opacanos	not used	opacalos, opacalas
with formal second-person singular imperative opaque
	dative	opáqueme	not used	opáquele, opáquese	opáquenos	not used	opáqueles
	accusative	opáqueme	not used	opáquelo, opáquela, opáquese	opáquenos	not used	opáquelos, opáquelas
with first-person plural imperative opaquemos
	dative	not used	opaquémoste	opaquémosle	opaquémonos	opaquémoos	opaquémosles
	accusative	not used	opaquémoste	opaquémoslo, opaquémosla	opaquémonos	opaquémoos	opaquémoslos, opaquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative opacad
	dative	opacadme	not used	opacadle	opacadnos	opacaos	opacadles
	accusative	opacadme	not used	opacadlo, opacadla	opacadnos	opacaos	opacadlos, opacadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative opaquen
	dative	opáquenme	not used	opáquenle	opáquennos	not used	opáquenles, opáquense
	accusative	opáquenme	not used	opáquenlo, opáquenla	opáquennos	not used	opáquenlos, opáquenlas, opáquense

Further reading

• “opacar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28