amoscar

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ mosca +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /amosˈkaɾ/ [a.mosˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧mos‧car

Verb

amoscar (first-person singular present amosco, first-person singular preterite amosqué, past participle amoscado)

  1. to nip; bite
  2. (reflexive) to be wary of

Conjugation
    Conjugation of amoscar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive amoscar
gerund amoscando
past participle masculine feminine
singular amoscado amoscada
plural amoscados amoscadas
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 amosco amoscastú
amoscásvos		 amosca amoscamos amoscáis amoscan
imperfect amoscaba amoscabas amoscaba amoscábamos amoscabais amoscaban
preterite amosqué amoscaste amoscó amoscamos amoscasteis amoscaron
future amoscaré amoscarás amoscará amoscaremos amoscaréis amoscarán
conditional amoscaría amoscarías amoscaría amoscaríamos amoscaríais amoscarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present amosque amosquestú
amosquésvos2		 amosque amosquemos amosquéis amosquen
imperfect
(ra)		 amoscara amoscaras amoscara amoscáramos amoscarais amoscaran
imperfect
(se)		 amoscase amoscases amoscase amoscásemos amoscaseis amoscasen
future1 amoscare amoscares amoscare amoscáremos amoscareis amoscaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative amoscatú
amoscávos		 amosque amosquemos amoscad amosquen
negative no amosques no amosque no amosquemos no amosquéis no amosquen

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

    Selected combined forms of amoscar (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 amoscar
dative amoscarme amoscarte amoscarle, amoscarse amoscarnos amoscaros amoscarles, amoscarse
accusative amoscarme amoscarte amoscarlo, amoscarla, amoscarse amoscarnos amoscaros amoscarlos, amoscarlas, amoscarse
with gerund amoscando
dative amoscándome amoscándote amoscándole, amoscándose amoscándonos amoscándoos amoscándoles, amoscándose
accusative amoscándome amoscándote amoscándolo, amoscándola, amoscándose amoscándonos amoscándoos amoscándolos, amoscándolas, amoscándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative amosca
dative amóscame amóscate amóscale amóscanos not used amóscales
accusative amóscame amóscate amóscalo, amóscala amóscanos not used amóscalos, amóscalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative amoscá
dative amoscame amoscate amoscale amoscanos not used amoscales
accusative amoscame amoscate amoscalo, amoscala amoscanos not used amoscalos, amoscalas
with formal second-person singular imperative amosque
dative amósqueme not used amósquele, amósquese amósquenos not used amósqueles
accusative amósqueme not used amósquelo, amósquela, amósquese amósquenos not used amósquelos, amósquelas
with first-person plural imperative amosquemos
dative not used amosquémoste amosquémosle amosquémonos amosquémoos amosquémosles
accusative not used amosquémoste amosquémoslo, amosquémosla amosquémonos amosquémoos amosquémoslos, amosquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative amoscad
dative amoscadme not used amoscadle amoscadnos amoscaos amoscadles
accusative amoscadme not used amoscadlo, amoscadla amoscadnos amoscaos amoscadlos, amoscadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative amosquen
dative amósquenme not used amósquenle amósquennos not used amósquenles, amósquense
accusative amósquenme not used amósquenlo, amósquenla amósquennos not used amósquenlos, amósquenlas, amósquense

Derived terms
  • amoscador
  • amoscamiento

Further reading
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