apocar

Catalan

Etymology

From a- +‎ poc +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.puˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.poˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.poˈkaɾ]

Verb

apocar (first-person singular present apoco, first-person singular preterite apoquí, past participle apocat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to diminish, to reduce
2. (transitive, figurative) to belittle, to humiliate

   Synonyms: rebaixar, humiliar

3. (pronominal, intransitive) to diminish, to shrink
4. (pronominal, figurative) to belittle oneself

   Synonym: encongir-se

Conjugation

infinitive			apocar
gerund			apocant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		apocat		apocada
		plural		apocats		apocades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	apoco	apoques	apoca	apoquem	apoqueu	apoquen
	imperfect	apocava	apocaves	apocava	apocàvem	apocàveu	apocaven
	future	apocaré	apocaràs	apocarà	apocarem	apocareu	apocaran
	preterite	apoquí	apocares	apocà	apocàrem	apocàreu	apocaren
	conditional	apocaria	apocaries	apocaria	apocaríem	apocaríeu	apocarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	apoqui	apoquis	apoqui	apoquem	apoqueu	apoquin
	imperfect	apoqués	apoquessis	apoqués	apoquéssim	apoquéssiu	apoquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	apoca	apoqui	apoquem	apoqueu	apoquin
	negative (no)	—	no apoquis	no apoqui	no apoquem	no apoqueu	no apoquin

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

Derived terms

• apocat
• apocament

Further reading

• “apocar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ poco +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apoˈkaɾ/ [a.poˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧po‧car

Verb

apocar (first-person singular present apoco, first-person singular preterite apoqué, past participle apocado)

1. to shorten; to curtail
2. to belittle

Conjugation

infinitive			apocar
gerund			apocando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		apocado		apocada
		plural		apocados		apocadas
		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	apoco	apocastú apocásvos	apoca	apocamos	apocáis	apocan
	imperfect	apocaba	apocabas	apocaba	apocábamos	apocabais	apocaban
	preterite	apoqué	apocaste	apocó	apocamos	apocasteis	apocaron
	future	apocaré	apocarás	apocará	apocaremos	apocaréis	apocarán
	conditional	apocaría	apocarías	apocaría	apocaríamos	apocaríais	apocarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	apoque	apoquestú apoquésvos2	apoque	apoquemos	apoquéis	apoquen
	imperfect (ra)	apocara	apocaras	apocara	apocáramos	apocarais	apocaran
	imperfect (se)	apocase	apocases	apocase	apocásemos	apocaseis	apocasen
	future1	apocare	apocares	apocare	apocáremos	apocareis	apocaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		apocatú apocávos	apoque	apoquemos	apocad	apoquen
	negative		no apoques	no apoque	no apoquemos	no apoquéis	no apoquen

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

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

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive apocar	dative	apocarme	apocarte	apocarle, apocarse	apocarnos	apocaros	apocarles, apocarse
	accusative	apocarme	apocarte	apocarlo, apocarla, apocarse	apocarnos	apocaros	apocarlos, apocarlas, apocarse
with gerund apocando	dative	apocándome	apocándote	apocándole, apocándose	apocándonos	apocándoos	apocándoles, apocándose
	accusative	apocándome	apocándote	apocándolo, apocándola, apocándose	apocándonos	apocándoos	apocándolos, apocándolas, apocándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative apoca	dative	apócame	apócate	apócale	apócanos	not used	apócales
	accusative	apócame	apócate	apócalo, apócala	apócanos	not used	apócalos, apócalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative apocá	dative	apocame	apocate	apocale	apocanos	not used	apocales
	accusative	apocame	apocate	apocalo, apocala	apocanos	not used	apocalos, apocalas
with formal second-person singular imperative apoque	dative	apóqueme	not used	apóquele, apóquese	apóquenos	not used	apóqueles
	accusative	apóqueme	not used	apóquelo, apóquela, apóquese	apóquenos	not used	apóquelos, apóquelas
with first-person plural imperative apoquemos	dative	not used	apoquémoste	apoquémosle	apoquémonos	apoquémoos	apoquémosles
	accusative	not used	apoquémoste	apoquémoslo, apoquémosla	apoquémonos	apoquémoos	apoquémoslos, apoquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative apocad	dative	apocadme	not used	apocadle	apocadnos	apocaos	apocadles
	accusative	apocadme	not used	apocadlo, apocadla	apocadnos	apocaos	apocadlos, apocadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative apoquen	dative	apóquenme	not used	apóquenle	apóquennos	not used	apóquenles, apóquense
	accusative	apóquenme	not used	apóquenlo, apóquenla	apóquennos	not used	apóquenlos, apóquenlas, apóquense

    Selected combined forms of apocar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

Derived terms

• apocado
• apocamiento

Further reading

• “apocar”, 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