manducar

Spanish

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin mandūcāre, present active infinitive of mandūcō. Doublet of manjar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /manduˈkaɾ/ [mãn̪.d̪uˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: man‧du‧car

Verb

manducar (first-person singular present manduco, first-person singular preterite manduqué, past participle manducado)

  1. (colloquial) to eat, munch, scoff

Conjugation
    Conjugation of manducar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive manducar
gerund manducando
past participle masculine feminine
singular manducado manducada
plural manducados manducadas
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 manduco manducastú
manducásvos		 manduca manducamos manducáis manducan
imperfect manducaba manducabas manducaba manducábamos manducabais manducaban
preterite manduqué manducaste manducó manducamos manducasteis manducaron
future manducaré manducarás manducará manducaremos manducaréis manducarán
conditional manducaría manducarías manducaría manducaríamos manducaríais manducarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present manduque manduquestú
manduquésvos2		 manduque manduquemos manduquéis manduquen
imperfect
(ra)		 manducara manducaras manducara manducáramos manducarais manducaran
imperfect
(se)		 manducase manducases manducase manducásemos manducaseis manducasen
future1 manducare manducares manducare manducáremos manducareis manducaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative manducatú
manducávos		 manduque manduquemos manducad manduquen
negative no manduques no manduque no manduquemos no manduquéis no manduquen

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

    Selected combined forms of manducar (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 manducar
dative manducarme manducarte manducarle, manducarse manducarnos manducaros manducarles, manducarse
accusative manducarme manducarte manducarlo, manducarla, manducarse manducarnos manducaros manducarlos, manducarlas, manducarse
with gerund manducando
dative manducándome manducándote manducándole, manducándose manducándonos manducándoos manducándoles, manducándose
accusative manducándome manducándote manducándolo, manducándola, manducándose manducándonos manducándoos manducándolos, manducándolas, manducándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative manduca
dative mandúcame mandúcate mandúcale mandúcanos not used mandúcales
accusative mandúcame mandúcate mandúcalo, mandúcala mandúcanos not used mandúcalos, mandúcalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative manducá
dative manducame manducate manducale manducanos not used manducales
accusative manducame manducate manducalo, manducala manducanos not used manducalos, manducalas
with formal second-person singular imperative manduque
dative mandúqueme not used mandúquele, mandúquese mandúquenos not used mandúqueles
accusative mandúqueme not used mandúquelo, mandúquela, mandúquese mandúquenos not used mandúquelos, mandúquelas
with first-person plural imperative manduquemos
dative not used manduquémoste manduquémosle manduquémonos manduquémoos manduquémosles
accusative not used manduquémoste manduquémoslo, manduquémosla manduquémonos manduquémoos manduquémoslos, manduquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative manducad
dative manducadme not used manducadle manducadnos manducaos manducadles
accusative manducadme not used manducadlo, manducadla manducadnos manducaos manducadlos, manducadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative manduquen
dative mandúquenme not used mandúquenle mandúquennos not used mandúquenles, mandúquense
accusative mandúquenme not used mandúquenlo, mandúquenla mandúquennos not used mandúquenlos, mandúquenlas, mandúquense

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