implicar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [im.pliˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [im.pliˈkaɾ]

Verb

implicar (first-person singular present implico, first-person singular preterite impliquí, past participle implicat)

1. to imply
2. to implicate
3. to involve

Conjugation

infinitive			implicar
gerund			implicant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		implicat		implicada
		plural		implicats		implicades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	implico	impliques	implica	impliquem	impliqueu	impliquen
	imperfect	implicava	implicaves	implicava	implicàvem	implicàveu	implicaven
	future	implicaré	implicaràs	implicarà	implicarem	implicareu	implicaran
	preterite	impliquí	implicares	implicà	implicàrem	implicàreu	implicaren
	conditional	implicaria	implicaries	implicaria	implicaríem	implicaríeu	implicarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	impliqui	impliquis	impliqui	impliquem	impliqueu	impliquin
	imperfect	impliqués	impliquessis	impliqués	impliquéssim	impliquéssiu	impliquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	implica	impliqui	impliquem	impliqueu	impliquin
	negative (no)	—	no impliquis	no impliqui	no impliquem	no impliqueu	no impliquin

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

Further reading

• “implicar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “implicar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “implicar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “implicar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin implicāre, present active infinitive of implicō.

Verb

implicar (first-person singular present implico, first-person singular preterite impliquei, past participle implicado)

1. to implicate, imply

Conjugation

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	implicar
Personal	implicar	implicares	implicar	implicarmos	implicardes	implicaren
Gerund
	implicando
Past participle
Masculine	implicado			implicados
Feminine	implicada			implicadas
Indicative
Present	implico	implicas	implica	implicamos	implicades	implican
Imperfect	implicaba	implicabas	implicaba	implicabamos	implicabades	implicaban
Preterite	impliquei	implicaches	implicou	implicamos	implicastes	implicaron
Pluperfect	implicara	implicaras	implicara	implicaramos	implicarades	implicaran
Future	implicarei	implicarás	implicará	implicaremos	implicaredes	implicarán
Conditional	implicaría	implicarías	implicaría	implicariamos	implicariades	implicarían
Subjunctive
Present	implique	impliques	implique	impliquemos	impliquedes	impliquen
Imperfect	implicase	implicases	implicase	implicásemos	implicásedes	implicasen
Future	implicar	implicares	implicar	implicarmos	implicardes	implicaren
Imperative
Affirmative		implica	implique	impliquemos	implicade	impliquen
Negative (non)		non impliques	non implique	non impliquemos	non impliquedes	non impliquen

    Conjugation of implicar (c-qu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	implicar
Personal	implicar	implicares	implicar	implicarmos	implicardes	implicarem
Gerund
	implicando
Past participle
Masculine	implicado			implicados
Feminine	implicada			implicadas
Indicative
Present	implico	implicas	implica	implicamos	implicades, implicais	implicam
Imperfect	implicava	implicavas	implicava	implicávamos	implicávades, implicáveis, implicávais1	implicavam
Preterite	impliquei	implicaste, implicache1	implicou	implicamos	implicastes	implicárom, implicaram
Pluperfect	implicara	implicaras	implicara	implicáramos	implicárades, implicáreis, implicárais1	implicaram
Future	implicarei	implicarás	implicará	implicaremos	implicaredes, implicareis	implicarám, implicarão
Conditional	implicaria	implicarias	implicaria	implicaríamos	implicaríades, implicaríeis, implicaríais1	implicariam
Subjunctive
Present	implique	impliques	implique	impliquemos	impliquedes, impliqueis	impliquem
Imperfect	implicasse	implicasses	implicasse	implicássemos	implicássedes, implicásseis	implicassem
Future	implicar	implicares	implicar	implicarmos	implicardes	implicarem
Imperative
Affirmative		implica	implique	impliquemos	implicade, implicai	impliquem
Negative (nom)		nom impliques	nom implique	nom impliquemos	nom impliquedes, nom impliqueis	nom impliquem

    Reintegrated conjugation of implicar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

¹Less recommended.

Further reading

• “implicar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• “implicar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin implicāre. Doublet of empregar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pliˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pliˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pliˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pliˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pliˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pliˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pliˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pliˈka(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pliˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pliˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pliˈka.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: im‧pli‧car

Verb

implicar (first-person singular present implico, first-person singular preterite impliquei, past participle implicado)

1. to imply
2. to involve
3. to implicate
4. (transitive) to pick on [with com ‘with someone’]

   A Laura está implicando com o João.

   Laura is picking on João.

Conjugation

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	implicar
Personal	implicar	implicares	implicar	implicarmos	implicardes	implicarem
Gerund
	implicando
Past participle
Masculine	implicado			implicados
Feminine	implicada			implicadas
Indicative
Present	implico	implicas	implica	implicamos	implicais	implicam
Imperfect	implicava	implicavas	implicava	implicávamos	implicáveis	implicavam
Preterite	impliquei	implicaste	implicou	implicamos1, implicámos2	implicastes	implicaram
Pluperfect	implicara	implicaras	implicara	implicáramos	implicáreis	implicaram
Future	implicarei	implicarás	implicará	implicaremos	implicareis	implicarão
Conditional	implicaria	implicarias	implicaria	implicaríamos	implicaríeis	implicariam
Subjunctive
Present	implique	impliques	implique	impliquemos	impliqueis	impliquem
Imperfect	implicasse	implicasses	implicasse	implicássemos	implicásseis	implicassem
Future	implicar	implicares	implicar	implicarmos	implicardes	implicarem
Imperative
Affirmative		implica	implique	impliquemos	implicai	impliquem
Negative (não)		não impliques	não implique	não impliquemos	não impliqueis	não impliquem

    Conjugation of implicar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• implicação
• implicância

 

Further reading

• “implicar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin implicāre. Doublet of emplear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /impliˈkaɾ/ [ĩm.pliˈkaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: im‧pli‧car

Verb

implicar (first-person singular present implico, first-person singular preterite impliqué, past participle implicado)

1. to imply, to implicate
2. to oppose, to contradict

   Synonyms: oponer, contrariar

Conjugation

infinitive			implicar
gerund			implicando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		implicado		implicada
		plural		implicados		implicadas
		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	implico	implicastú implicásvos	implica	implicamos	implicáis	implican
	imperfect	implicaba	implicabas	implicaba	implicábamos	implicabais	implicaban
	preterite	impliqué	implicaste	implicó	implicamos	implicasteis	implicaron
	future	implicaré	implicarás	implicará	implicaremos	implicaréis	implicarán
	conditional	implicaría	implicarías	implicaría	implicaríamos	implicaríais	implicarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	implique	impliquestú impliquésvos2	implique	impliquemos	impliquéis	impliquen
	imperfect (ra)	implicara	implicaras	implicara	implicáramos	implicarais	implicaran
	imperfect (se)	implicase	implicases	implicase	implicásemos	implicaseis	implicasen
	future1	implicare	implicares	implicare	implicáremos	implicareis	implicaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		implicatú implicávos	implique	impliquemos	implicad	impliquen
	negative		no impliques	no implique	no impliquemos	no impliquéis	no impliquen

    Conjugation of implicar (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 implicar
	dative	implicarme	implicarte	implicarle, implicarse	implicarnos	implicaros	implicarles, implicarse
	accusative	implicarme	implicarte	implicarlo, implicarla, implicarse	implicarnos	implicaros	implicarlos, implicarlas, implicarse
with gerund implicando
	dative	implicándome	implicándote	implicándole, implicándose	implicándonos	implicándoos	implicándoles, implicándose
	accusative	implicándome	implicándote	implicándolo, implicándola, implicándose	implicándonos	implicándoos	implicándolos, implicándolas, implicándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative implica
	dative	implícame	implícate	implícale	implícanos	not used	implícales
	accusative	implícame	implícate	implícalo, implícala	implícanos	not used	implícalos, implícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative implicá
	dative	implicame	implicate	implicale	implicanos	not used	implicales
	accusative	implicame	implicate	implicalo, implicala	implicanos	not used	implicalos, implicalas
with formal second-person singular imperative implique
	dative	implíqueme	not used	implíquele, implíquese	implíquenos	not used	implíqueles
	accusative	implíqueme	not used	implíquelo, implíquela, implíquese	implíquenos	not used	implíquelos, implíquelas
with first-person plural imperative impliquemos
	dative	not used	impliquémoste	impliquémosle	impliquémonos	impliquémoos	impliquémosles
	accusative	not used	impliquémoste	impliquémoslo, impliquémosla	impliquémonos	impliquémoos	impliquémoslos, impliquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative implicad
	dative	implicadme	not used	implicadle	implicadnos	implicaos	implicadles
	accusative	implicadme	not used	implicadlo, implicadla	implicadnos	implicaos	implicadlos, implicadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative impliquen
	dative	implíquenme	not used	implíquenle	implíquennos	not used	implíquenles, implíquense
	accusative	implíquenme	not used	implíquenlo, implíquenla	implíquennos	not used	implíquenlos, implíquenlas, implíquense

    Selected combined forms of implicar (c-qu alternation)

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

Related terms

• implicación

 

Further reading

• “implicar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014