tacar

Catalan

Etymology

From taca +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [təˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [taˈkaɾ]
• Homophone: tacà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

tacar (first-person singular present taco, first-person singular preterite taquí, past participle tacat)

1. (transitive) to stain

Conjugation

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

infinitive			tacar
gerund			tacant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tacat		tacada
		plural		tacats		tacades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	taco	taques	taca	taquem	taqueu	taquen
	imperfect	tacava	tacaves	tacava	tacàvem	tacàveu	tacaven
	future	tacaré	tacaràs	tacarà	tacarem	tacareu	tacaran
	preterite	taquí	tacares	tacà	tacàrem	tacàreu	tacaren
	conditional	tacaria	tacaries	tacaria	tacaríem	tacaríeu	tacarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	taqui	taquis	taqui	taquem	taqueu	taquin
	imperfect	taqués	taquessis	taqués	taquéssim	taquéssiu	taquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	taca	taqui	taquem	taqueu	taquin
	negative (no)	—	no taquis	no taqui	no taquem	no taqueu	no taquin

Derived terms

• tacat

Further reading

• “tacar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin tacēre.

Verb

tacar

1. to be silent, keep quiet

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɑkəɾˠ/, /ˈt̪ˠakəɾˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish tacar, from to- + ad- + cor.

Noun

tacar m (genitive singular tacair, nominative plural tacair)

1. verbal noun of tacair
2. gleaning, collection
3. (mathematics) set

Declension

Declension of tacar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative tacar tacair vocative a thacair a thacara genitive tacair tacar dative tacar tacair forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tacar na tacair genitive an tacair na dtacar dative leis an tacar don tacar leis na tacair

Derived terms

• fo-thacar (“subset”)
• tacar carachtar (“character set”)
• iamh an tacair (“closure of set”)

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish tacair (attested only in the genitive singular).

Noun

tacar m (genitive singular tacair)

1. (literary) art, contrivance

Usage notes

The predominant use of this word is the genitive singular tacair used attributively as an adjective meaning “artificial, imitation”, e.g. leathar tacair (“artificial leather”), marmar tacair (“imitation marble”).

Declension

Declension of tacar (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative tacar vocative a thacair genitive tacair dative tacar forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tacar genitive an tacair dative leis an tacar don tacar

Mutation

Mutated forms of tacar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tacar	thacar	dtacar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 tacair ‘artificial, contrived’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tacar ‘gathering, collection’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tacar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tacar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “tacar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “tacar”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN

Portuguese

Etymology

From taco (“stick, bat”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈka(ʁ)/ [taˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈka(ʁ)/ [taˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /taˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /taˈka(ʁ)/ [taˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈka(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐˈka.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ta‧car

Verb

tacar (first-person singular present taco, first-person singular preterite taquei, past participle tacado)

1. to bat (hit with a bat)
2. (Brazil) to launch; to cast; to toss (throw forcefully)

   Synonyms: lançar, arremessar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tacar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	tacar
Personal	tacar	tacares	tacar	tacarmos	tacardes	tacarem
Gerund
	tacando
Past participle
Masculine	tacado			tacados
Feminine	tacada			tacadas
Indicative
Present	taco	tacas	taca	tacamos	tacais	tacam
Imperfect	tacava	tacavas	tacava	tacávamos	tacáveis	tacavam
Preterite	taquei	tacaste	tacou	tacamos1, tacámos2	tacastes	tacaram
Pluperfect	tacara	tacaras	tacara	tacáramos	tacáreis	tacaram
Future	tacarei	tacarás	tacará	tacaremos	tacareis	tacarão
Conditional	tacaria	tacarias	tacaria	tacaríamos	tacaríeis	tacariam
Subjunctive
Present	taque	taques	taque	taquemos	taqueis	taquem
Imperfect	tacasse	tacasses	tacasse	tacássemos	tacásseis	tacassem
Future	tacar	tacares	tacar	tacarmos	tacardes	tacarem
Imperative
Affirmative		taca	taque	taquemos	tacai	taquem
Negative (não)		não taques	não taque	não taquemos	não taqueis	não taquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈkaɾ/ [t̪aˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ta‧car

Verb

tacar (first-person singular present taco, first-person singular preterite taqué, past participle tacado)

1. (transitive) To hit the balls, in a game of billiards, with a cue
2. (transitive) To put a bunch of people or things in one place.
3. (transitive, archaic) To point out something, in doing so, causing a stain, a hole, some damage.

Conjugation

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

infinitive			tacar
gerund			tacando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tacado		tacada
		plural		tacados		tacadas
		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	taco	tacastú tacásvos	taca	tacamos	tacáis	tacan
	imperfect	tacaba	tacabas	tacaba	tacábamos	tacabais	tacaban
	preterite	taqué	tacaste	tacó	tacamos	tacasteis	tacaron
	future	tacaré	tacarás	tacará	tacaremos	tacaréis	tacarán
	conditional	tacaría	tacarías	tacaría	tacaríamos	tacaríais	tacarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	taque	taquestú taquésvos2	taque	taquemos	taquéis	taquen
	imperfect (ra)	tacara	tacaras	tacara	tacáramos	tacarais	tacaran
	imperfect (se)	tacase	tacases	tacase	tacásemos	tacaseis	tacasen
	future1	tacare	tacares	tacare	tacáremos	tacareis	tacaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tacatú tacávos	taque	taquemos	tacad	taquen
	negative		no taques	no taque	no taquemos	no taquéis	no taquen

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

Further reading

• “tacar”, 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

Venetan

Etymology

Compare Italian attaccare

Verb

tacar

1. to start, commence
2. to attach, stick (to)
3. to connect, link
4. to attack, infect
5. to light; to activate

Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of tacar (first conjugation)

infinitive	tacar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		tacando
past participle		tacà
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	taco	(te) tachi	(el/ła) taca	tachémo, tacòn	taché	(i/łe) taca
imperfect	tacava	(te) tacavi	(el/ła) tacava	tacàvimo	tacavi	(i/łe) tacava
future	tacarò	(te) tacarè	(el/ła) tacarà	tacarémo	tacarè	(i/łe) tacarà
conditional	tacarìa	(te) tacarisi	(el/ła) tacarìa	tacarìsimo	tacarisi	(i/łe) tacarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	tache, taca	(te) tachi	(el/ła) tache, (el/ła) taca	tachémo, tacone	taché	(i/łe) tache, (i/łe) taca
imperfect	tacase	(te) tacasi	(el/ła) tacase	tacàsimo	tacasi	(i/łe) tacase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) taca	(el/ła) taca, (el/ła) tache	tachémo	taché	(i/łe) taca, (i/łe) tache