opacar

Spanish

Etymology

From opaco (“opaque”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /opaˈkaɾ/ [o.paˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: o‧pa‧car

Verb

opacar (first-person singular present opaco, first-person singular preterite opaqué, past participle opacado)

  1. (transitive) to make opaque
  2. (transitive) to overshadow
    • 2015 July 18, “El legado brit pop y la raverbena”, in El País‎:
      Porque han emborronado tanto (y no solo por el grano con el que opacaron las proyecciones de su directo desde las pantallas) su ensalada de breakbeats inmisericordes que cuesta creer que una vez fueran vanguardia, el excitante lavado de cara del punk desde presupuestos rave.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation
    Conjugation of opacar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive opacar
gerund opacando
past participle masculine feminine
singular opacado opacada
plural opacados opacadas
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 opaco opacastú
opacásvos		 opaca opacamos opacáis opacan
imperfect opacaba opacabas opacaba opacábamos opacabais opacaban
preterite opaqué opacaste opacó opacamos opacasteis opacaron
future opacaré opacarás opacará opacaremos opacaréis opacarán
conditional opacaría opacarías opacaría opacaríamos opacaríais opacarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present opaque opaquestú
opaquésvos2		 opaque opaquemos opaquéis opaquen
imperfect
(ra)		 opacara opacaras opacara opacáramos opacarais opacaran
imperfect
(se)		 opacase opacases opacase opacásemos opacaseis opacasen
future1 opacare opacares opacare opacáremos opacareis opacaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative opacatú
opacávos		 opaque opaquemos opacad opaquen
negative no opaques no opaque no opaquemos no opaquéis no opaquen

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

    Selected combined forms of opacar (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 opacar
dative opacarme opacarte opacarle, opacarse opacarnos opacaros opacarles, opacarse
accusative opacarme opacarte opacarlo, opacarla, opacarse opacarnos opacaros opacarlos, opacarlas, opacarse
with gerund opacando
dative opacándome opacándote opacándole, opacándose opacándonos opacándoos opacándoles, opacándose
accusative opacándome opacándote opacándolo, opacándola, opacándose opacándonos opacándoos opacándolos, opacándolas, opacándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative opaca
dative opácame opácate opácale opácanos not used opácales
accusative opácame opácate opácalo, opácala opácanos not used opácalos, opácalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative opacá
dative opacame opacate opacale opacanos not used opacales
accusative opacame opacate opacalo, opacala opacanos not used opacalos, opacalas
with formal second-person singular imperative opaque
dative opáqueme not used opáquele, opáquese opáquenos not used opáqueles
accusative opáqueme not used opáquelo, opáquela, opáquese opáquenos not used opáquelos, opáquelas
with first-person plural imperative opaquemos
dative not used opaquémoste opaquémosle opaquémonos opaquémoos opaquémosles
accusative not used opaquémoste opaquémoslo, opaquémosla opaquémonos opaquémoos opaquémoslos, opaquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative opacad
dative opacadme not used opacadle opacadnos opacaos opacadles
accusative opacadme not used opacadlo, opacadla opacadnos opacaos opacadlos, opacadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative opaquen
dative opáquenme not used opáquenle opáquennos not used opáquenles, opáquense
accusative opáquenme not used opáquenlo, opáquenla opáquennos not used opáquenlos, opáquenlas, opáquense

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