revolcar

Spanish

Etymology

From re- +‎ volcar, or from a Vulgar Latin *revolvicāre, from Latin revolvō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rebolˈkaɾ/ [re.β̞olˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧vol‧car

Verb

revolcar (first-person singular present revuelco, first-person singular preterite revolqué, past participle revolcado)

1. to revolt

   Synonym: rebelarse

2. to knock down, floor
3. (reflexive) to wallow; to roll around, roll over

   revolcarse en la autocompasión ― to wallow in self-pity

Conjugation

    Conjugation of revolcar (o-ue alternation; c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			revolcar
gerund			revolcando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		revolcado		revolcada
		plural		revolcados		revolcadas
		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	revuelco	revuelcastú revolcásvos	revuelca	revolcamos	revolcáis	revuelcan
	imperfect	revolcaba	revolcabas	revolcaba	revolcábamos	revolcabais	revolcaban
	preterite	revolqué	revolcaste	revolcó	revolcamos	revolcasteis	revolcaron
	future	revolcaré	revolcarás	revolcará	revolcaremos	revolcaréis	revolcarán
	conditional	revolcaría	revolcarías	revolcaría	revolcaríamos	revolcaríais	revolcarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	revuelque	revuelquestú revolquésvos2	revuelque	revolquemos	revolquéis	revuelquen
	imperfect (ra)	revolcara	revolcaras	revolcara	revolcáramos	revolcarais	revolcaran
	imperfect (se)	revolcase	revolcases	revolcase	revolcásemos	revolcaseis	revolcasen
	future1	revolcare	revolcares	revolcare	revolcáremos	revolcareis	revolcaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		revuelcatú revolcávos	revuelque	revolquemos	revolcad	revuelquen
	negative		no revuelques	no revuelque	no revolquemos	no revolquéis	no revuelquen

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

    Selected combined forms of revolcar (o-ue alternation; 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 revolcar
	dative	revolcarme	revolcarte	revolcarle, revolcarse	revolcarnos	revolcaros	revolcarles, revolcarse
	accusative	revolcarme	revolcarte	revolcarlo, revolcarla, revolcarse	revolcarnos	revolcaros	revolcarlos, revolcarlas, revolcarse
with gerund revolcando
	dative	revolcándome	revolcándote	revolcándole, revolcándose	revolcándonos	revolcándoos	revolcándoles, revolcándose
	accusative	revolcándome	revolcándote	revolcándolo, revolcándola, revolcándose	revolcándonos	revolcándoos	revolcándolos, revolcándolas, revolcándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative revuelca
	dative	revuélcame	revuélcate	revuélcale	revuélcanos	not used	revuélcales
	accusative	revuélcame	revuélcate	revuélcalo, revuélcala	revuélcanos	not used	revuélcalos, revuélcalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative revolcá
	dative	revolcame	revolcate	revolcale	revolcanos	not used	revolcales
	accusative	revolcame	revolcate	revolcalo, revolcala	revolcanos	not used	revolcalos, revolcalas
with formal second-person singular imperative revuelque
	dative	revuélqueme	not used	revuélquele, revuélquese	revuélquenos	not used	revuélqueles
	accusative	revuélqueme	not used	revuélquelo, revuélquela, revuélquese	revuélquenos	not used	revuélquelos, revuélquelas
with first-person plural imperative revolquemos
	dative	not used	revolquémoste	revolquémosle	revolquémonos	revolquémoos	revolquémosles
	accusative	not used	revolquémoste	revolquémoslo, revolquémosla	revolquémonos	revolquémoos	revolquémoslos, revolquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative revolcad
	dative	revolcadme	not used	revolcadle	revolcadnos	revolcaos	revolcadles
	accusative	revolcadme	not used	revolcadlo, revolcadla	revolcadnos	revolcaos	revolcadlos, revolcadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative revuelquen
	dative	revuélquenme	not used	revuélquenle	revuélquennos	not used	revuélquenles, revuélquense
	accusative	revuélquenme	not used	revuélquenlo, revuélquenla	revuélquennos	not used	revuélquenlos, revuélquenlas, revuélquense

Related terms

• revolcón
• revolución
• revolver
• volcar
• volver

 

Further reading

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