volcar

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *volvicō, volvicāre, from Latin volvō (“I roll”). Compare Catalan bolcar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bolˈkaɾ/

Verb

volcar (first-person singular present vuelco, first-person singular preterite volqué, past participle volcado)

(transitive) to upset, knock over, tip over, dump (to cause to flip over, from uppermost to bottom)
(transitive) to empty, empty out (to remove the contents of)
(transitive) to make dizzy
(transitive) to get (someone) to change their mind
(intransitive or reflexive) to overturn, tip over, capsize (to flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom)
Synonym: zozobrar
(reflexive) to do one's utmost, do one's best (to make the greatest possible effort)

Conjugation

Rule: o becomes ue in stressed syllables; c becomes qu before e.

Conjugation of volcar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

		singular			plural
infinitive			volcar
gerund			volcando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		volcado		volcada
		plural		volcados		volcadas
		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	vuelco	vuelcas^tú volcás^{^vos}	vuelca	volcamos	volcáis	vuelcan
	imperfect	volcaba	volcabas	volcaba	volcábamos	volcabais	volcaban
	preterite	volqué	volcaste	volcó	volcamos	volcasteis	volcaron
	future	volcaré	volcarás	volcará	volcaremos	volcaréis	volcarán
	conditional	volcaría	volcarías	volcaría	volcaríamos	volcaríais	volcarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	vuelque	vuelques	vuelque	volquemos	volquéis	vuelquen
	imperfect (ra)	volcara	volcaras	volcara	volcáramos	volcarais	volcaran
	imperfect (se)	volcase	volcases	volcase	volcásemos	volcaseis	volcasen
	future¹	volcare	volcares	volcare	volcáremos	volcareis	volcaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		vuelca^{^tú} volcá^{^vos}	vuelque	volquemos	volcad	vuelquen
	negative		no vuelques	no vuelque	no volquemos	no volquéis	no vuelquen

¹ Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

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Selected combined forms of volcar^{edit data}

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 volcar
	dative	volcarme	volcarte	volcarle, volcarse	volcarnos	volcaros	volcarles, volcarse
	accusative	volcarme	volcarte	volcarlo, volcarla, volcarse	volcarnos	volcaros	volcarlos, volcarlas, volcarse

with gerund volcando
	dative	volcándome	volcándote	volcándole, volcándose	volcándonos	volcándoos	volcándoles, volcándose
	accusative	volcándome	volcándote	volcándolo, volcándola, volcándose	volcándonos	volcándoos	volcándolos, volcándolas, volcándose

with informal second-person singular imperative vuelca
	dative	vuélcame	vuélcate	vuélcale	vuélcanos	not used	vuélcales
	accusative	vuélcame	vuélcate	vuélcalo, vuélcala	vuélcanos	not used	vuélcalos, vuélcalas

with formal second-person singular imperative vuelque
	dative	vuélqueme	not used	vuélquele, vuélquese	vuélquenos	not used	vuélqueles
	accusative	vuélqueme	not used	vuélquelo, vuélquela, vuélquese	vuélquenos	not used	vuélquelos, vuélquelas

with first-person plural imperative volquemos
	dative	not used	volquémoste	volquémosle	volquémonos	volquémoos	volquémosles
	accusative	not used	volquémoste	volquémoslo, volquémosla	volquémonos	volquémoos	volquémoslos, volquémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative volcad
	dative	volcadme	not used	volcadle	volcadnos	volcaos	volcadles
	accusative	volcadme	not used	volcadlo, volcadla	volcadnos	volcaos	volcadlos, volcadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative vuelquen
	dative	vuélquenme	not used	vuélquenle	vuélquennos	not used	vuélquenles, vuélquense
	accusative	vuélquenme	not used	vuélquenlo, vuélquenla	vuélquennos	not used	vuélquenlos, vuélquenlas, vuélquense

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