vindicar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vindicāre (“avenge, claim”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bin.diˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vin.diˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [vin.diˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

vindicar (first-person singular present vindico, first-person singular preterite vindiquí, past participle vindicat)

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Conjugation

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

infinitive			vindicar
gerund			vindicant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		vindicat		vindicada
		plural		vindicats		vindicades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	vindico	vindiques	vindica	vindiquem	vindiqueu	vindiquen
	imperfect	vindicava	vindicaves	vindicava	vindicàvem	vindicàveu	vindicaven
	future	vindicaré	vindicaràs	vindicarà	vindicarem	vindicareu	vindicaran
	preterite	vindiquí	vindicares	vindicà	vindicàrem	vindicàreu	vindicaren
	conditional	vindicaria	vindicaries	vindicaria	vindicaríem	vindicaríeu	vindicarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	vindiqui	vindiquis	vindiqui	vindiquem	vindiqueu	vindiquin
	imperfect	vindiqués	vindiquessis	vindiqués	vindiquéssim	vindiquéssiu	vindiquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	vindica	vindiqui	vindiquem	vindiqueu	vindiquin
	negative (no)	—	no vindiquis	no vindiqui	no vindiquem	no vindiqueu	no vindiquin

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vindicāre (“avenge, claim”). Compare the inherited vengar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bindiˈkaɾ/ [bĩn̪.d̪iˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: vin‧di‧car

Verb

vindicar (first-person singular present vindico, first-person singular preterite vindiqué, past participle vindicado)

1. (transitive) to vindicate

Conjugation

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

infinitive			vindicar
gerund			vindicando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		vindicado		vindicada
		plural		vindicados		vindicadas
		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	vindico	vindicastú vindicásvos	vindica	vindicamos	vindicáis	vindican
	imperfect	vindicaba	vindicabas	vindicaba	vindicábamos	vindicabais	vindicaban
	preterite	vindiqué	vindicaste	vindicó	vindicamos	vindicasteis	vindicaron
	future	vindicaré	vindicarás	vindicará	vindicaremos	vindicaréis	vindicarán
	conditional	vindicaría	vindicarías	vindicaría	vindicaríamos	vindicaríais	vindicarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	vindique	vindiquestú vindiquésvos2	vindique	vindiquemos	vindiquéis	vindiquen
	imperfect (ra)	vindicara	vindicaras	vindicara	vindicáramos	vindicarais	vindicaran
	imperfect (se)	vindicase	vindicases	vindicase	vindicásemos	vindicaseis	vindicasen
	future1	vindicare	vindicares	vindicare	vindicáremos	vindicareis	vindicaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		vindicatú vindicávos	vindique	vindiquemos	vindicad	vindiquen
	negative		no vindiques	no vindique	no vindiquemos	no vindiquéis	no vindiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of vindicar (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 vindicar	dative	vindicarme	vindicarte	vindicarle, vindicarse	vindicarnos	vindicaros	vindicarles, vindicarse
	accusative	vindicarme	vindicarte	vindicarlo, vindicarla, vindicarse	vindicarnos	vindicaros	vindicarlos, vindicarlas, vindicarse
with gerund vindicando	dative	vindicándome	vindicándote	vindicándole, vindicándose	vindicándonos	vindicándoos	vindicándoles, vindicándose
	accusative	vindicándome	vindicándote	vindicándolo, vindicándola, vindicándose	vindicándonos	vindicándoos	vindicándolos, vindicándolas, vindicándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative vindica	dative	vindícame	vindícate	vindícale	vindícanos	not used	vindícales
	accusative	vindícame	vindícate	vindícalo, vindícala	vindícanos	not used	vindícalos, vindícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative vindicá	dative	vindicame	vindicate	vindicale	vindicanos	not used	vindicales
	accusative	vindicame	vindicate	vindicalo, vindicala	vindicanos	not used	vindicalos, vindicalas
with formal second-person singular imperative vindique	dative	vindíqueme	not used	vindíquele, vindíquese	vindíquenos	not used	vindíqueles
	accusative	vindíqueme	not used	vindíquelo, vindíquela, vindíquese	vindíquenos	not used	vindíquelos, vindíquelas
with first-person plural imperative vindiquemos	dative	not used	vindiquémoste	vindiquémosle	vindiquémonos	vindiquémoos	vindiquémosles
	accusative	not used	vindiquémoste	vindiquémoslo, vindiquémosla	vindiquémonos	vindiquémoos	vindiquémoslos, vindiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative vindicad	dative	vindicadme	not used	vindicadle	vindicadnos	vindicaos	vindicadles
	accusative	vindicadme	not used	vindicadlo, vindicadla	vindicadnos	vindicaos	vindicadlos, vindicadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative vindiquen	dative	vindíquenme	not used	vindíquenle	vindíquennos	not used	vindíquenles, vindíquense
	accusative	vindíquenme	not used	vindíquenlo, vindíquenla	vindíquennos	not used	vindíquenlos, vindíquenlas, vindíquense

Related terms

• reivindicar
• vindicación
• vindicador
• vindicativo
• vindicatorio

 

Further reading

• “vindicar”, 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