ubicar

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Etymology

Probably borrowed from Spanish ubicar.

Pronunciation

Verb

ubicar (first-person singular present ubico, first-person singular preterite ubiquí, past participle ubicat)

  1. (formal) to locate a building, a land
    Synonym: localitzar

Conjugation
    Conjugation of ubicar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)
infinitive ubicar
gerund ubicant
past participle masculine feminine
singular ubicat ubicada
plural ubicats ubicades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present ubico ubiques ubica ubiquem ubiqueu ubiquen
imperfect ubicava ubicaves ubicava ubicàvem ubicàveu ubicaven
future ubicaré ubicaràs ubicarà ubicarem ubicareu ubicaran
preterite ubiquí ubicares ubicà ubicàrem ubicàreu ubicaren
conditional ubicaria ubicaries ubicaria ubicaríem ubicaríeu ubicarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present ubiqui ubiquis ubiqui ubiquem ubiqueu ubiquin
imperfect ubiqués ubiquessis ubiqués ubiquéssim ubiquéssiu ubiquessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós		 vostès
affirmative — ubica ubiqui ubiquem ubiqueu ubiquin
negative (no) — no ubiquis no ubiqui no ubiquem no ubiqueu no ubiquin

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Back-formation from ubicación. First attested in the 19th century.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ubiˈkaɾ/ [u.β̞iˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: u‧bi‧car

Verb

ubicar (first-person singular present ubico, first-person singular preterite ubiqué, past participle ubicado)

  1. (transitive) to position; to place
    Synonyms: situar, colocar
  2. (transitive) to find
    Synonym: localizar
  3. (reflexive) to be located
    Synonym: localizarse
  4. (reflexive) to position oneself
    Synonyms: situarse, orientarse
  5. (reflexive) to behave well, seemly

Conjugation
    Conjugation of ubicar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive ubicar
gerund ubicando
past participle masculine feminine
singular ubicado ubicada
plural ubicados ubicadas
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 ubico ubicastú
ubicásvos		 ubica ubicamos ubicáis ubican
imperfect ubicaba ubicabas ubicaba ubicábamos ubicabais ubicaban
preterite ubiqué ubicaste ubicó ubicamos ubicasteis ubicaron
future ubicaré ubicarás ubicará ubicaremos ubicaréis ubicarán
conditional ubicaría ubicarías ubicaría ubicaríamos ubicaríais ubicarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present ubique ubiquestú
ubiquésvos2		 ubique ubiquemos ubiquéis ubiquen
imperfect
(ra)		 ubicara ubicaras ubicara ubicáramos ubicarais ubicaran
imperfect
(se)		 ubicase ubicases ubicase ubicásemos ubicaseis ubicasen
future1 ubicare ubicares ubicare ubicáremos ubicareis ubicaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative ubicatú
ubicávos		 ubique ubiquemos ubicad ubiquen
negative no ubiques no ubique no ubiquemos no ubiquéis no ubiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of ubicar (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 ubicar
dative ubicarme ubicarte ubicarle, ubicarse ubicarnos ubicaros ubicarles, ubicarse
accusative ubicarme ubicarte ubicarlo, ubicarla, ubicarse ubicarnos ubicaros ubicarlos, ubicarlas, ubicarse
with gerund ubicando
dative ubicándome ubicándote ubicándole, ubicándose ubicándonos ubicándoos ubicándoles, ubicándose
accusative ubicándome ubicándote ubicándolo, ubicándola, ubicándose ubicándonos ubicándoos ubicándolos, ubicándolas, ubicándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative ubica
dative ubícame ubícate ubícale ubícanos not used ubícales
accusative ubícame ubícate ubícalo, ubícala ubícanos not used ubícalos, ubícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative ubicá
dative ubicame ubicate ubicale ubicanos not used ubicales
accusative ubicame ubicate ubicalo, ubicala ubicanos not used ubicalos, ubicalas
with formal second-person singular imperative ubique
dative ubíqueme not used ubíquele, ubíquese ubíquenos not used ubíqueles
accusative ubíqueme not used ubíquelo, ubíquela, ubíquese ubíquenos not used ubíquelos, ubíquelas
with first-person plural imperative ubiquemos
dative not used ubiquémoste ubiquémosle ubiquémonos ubiquémoos ubiquémosles
accusative not used ubiquémoste ubiquémoslo, ubiquémosla ubiquémonos ubiquémoos ubiquémoslos, ubiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative ubicad
dative ubicadme not used ubicadle ubicadnos ubicaos ubicadles
accusative ubicadme not used ubicadlo, ubicadla ubicadnos ubicaos ubicadlos, ubicadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative ubiquen
dative ubíquenme not used ubíquenle ubíquennos not used ubíquenles, ubíquense
accusative ubíquenme not used ubíquenlo, ubíquenla ubíquennos not used ubíquenlos, ubíquenlas, ubíquense

References
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “donde”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 517

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