abarcar

Aragonese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abaɾˈka(ɾ)/
• Syllabification: a‧bar‧car
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

abarcar

1. to dodge

Conjugation

Conjugation of abarcar (first conjugation)

infinitive			abarcar
gerund			abarcando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		abarcau, abarcato		abarcada, abarcata
		plural		abarcaus, abarcatos		abarcadas, abarcatas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		yo	tú	él	nusatros nusatras	vusatros vusatras	ellos/els ellas
	present	abarco	abarcas	abarca	abarcamos	abarcaz	abarcan
	imperfect	abarcaba, abarcabe	abarcabas	abarcaba	abarcabanos	abarcabaz	abarcaban
	preterite	abarqué	abarqués	abarcó	abarquemos	abarquez	abarcoron, abarcón
	future	abarcaré	abarcarás	abarcará	abarcaremos	abarcarez	abarcarán
	conditional	abarcaría	abarcarías	abarcaría	abarcaríanos	abarcaríaz	abarcarían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él	nusatros nusatras	vusatros vusatras	ellos/els ellas
	present	abarque	abarques	abarque	abarquemos	abarquez	abarquen
	imperfect	abarcase	abarcases	abarcase	abarcasenos	abarcasez	abarcasen
imperative		—	tú	—	—	vusatros vusatras	—
		—	abarca	—	—	abarcaz	—

Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *abbracchicāre (later contracted to *abbraccāre in Proto-Romance), from Latin bracchium (“arm”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.baʁˈka(ʁ)/ [a.bahˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.baʁˈka(ʁ)/ [a.bahˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.baɾˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.baʁˈka(ʁ)/ [a.baχˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.baɻˈka(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐɾˈkaɾ/ [ɐ.βɐɾˈkaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐɾˈkaɾ/ [ɐ.βɐɾˈkaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐɾˈka.ɾi/ [ɐ.βɐɾˈka.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: a‧bar‧car

Verb

abarcar (first-person singular present abarco, first-person singular preterite abarquei, past participle abarcado)

1. to encompass (include)

   Synonyms: englobar, compreender

Conjugation

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

	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	abarcar
Personal	abarcar	abarcares	abarcar	abarcarmos	abarcardes	abarcarem
Gerund
	abarcando
Past participle
Masculine	abarcado			abarcados
Feminine	abarcada			abarcadas
Indicative
Present	abarco	abarcas	abarca	abarcamos	abarcais	abarcam
Imperfect	abarcava	abarcavas	abarcava	abarcávamos	abarcáveis	abarcavam
Preterite	abarquei	abarcaste	abarcou	abarcamos1, abarcámos2	abarcastes	abarcaram
Pluperfect	abarcara	abarcaras	abarcara	abarcáramos	abarcáreis	abarcaram
Future	abarcarei	abarcarás	abarcará	abarcaremos	abarcareis	abarcarão
Conditional	abarcaria	abarcarias	abarcaria	abarcaríamos	abarcaríeis	abarcariam
Subjunctive
Present	abarque	abarques	abarque	abarquemos	abarqueis	abarquem
Imperfect	abarcasse	abarcasses	abarcasse	abarcássemos	abarcásseis	abarcassem
Future	abarcar	abarcares	abarcar	abarcarmos	abarcardes	abarcarem
Imperative
Affirmative		abarca	abarque	abarquemos	abarcai	abarquem
Negative (não)		não abarques	não abarque	não abarquemos	não abarqueis	não abarquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• braço

Further reading

• “abarcar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “abarcar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From a variant of abracar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abaɾˈkaɾ/ [a.β̞aɾˈkaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧bar‧car

Verb

abarcar (first-person singular present abarco, first-person singular preterite abarqué, past participle abarcado)

1. (transitive) to embrace (to hold with the arms)
2. (transitive) to include, to encompass, to comprise, to contain, to make up; to range, to span

   Synonyms: englobar, incluir, comprender

   • 2022 January 24, Aintzane Gardoki, “Los gorros que empoderan a las mujeres de Baltistán”, in El País‎:

     En 2017, el porcentaje de niñas fuera de la escuela alcanzó el 50% en la región que comprende al valle de Hushé, que abarca ocho comunidades.

     In 2017, the percentage of girls out of school reached 50% in the region that comprises the Hushe Valley, which includes eight communities.

3. (transitive) to take in (a sight)
4. (transitive) to undertake, to embark upon, to take on (a task)
5. (transitive, Latin America) to monopolize, to corner

   Synonym: acaparar

Conjugation

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

infinitive			abarcar
gerund			abarcando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		abarcado		abarcada
		plural		abarcados		abarcadas
		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	abarco	abarcastú abarcásvos	abarca	abarcamos	abarcáis	abarcan
	imperfect	abarcaba	abarcabas	abarcaba	abarcábamos	abarcabais	abarcaban
	preterite	abarqué	abarcaste	abarcó	abarcamos	abarcasteis	abarcaron
	future	abarcaré	abarcarás	abarcará	abarcaremos	abarcaréis	abarcarán
	conditional	abarcaría	abarcarías	abarcaría	abarcaríamos	abarcaríais	abarcarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	abarque	abarquestú abarquésvos2	abarque	abarquemos	abarquéis	abarquen
	imperfect (ra)	abarcara	abarcaras	abarcara	abarcáramos	abarcarais	abarcaran
	imperfect (se)	abarcase	abarcases	abarcase	abarcásemos	abarcaseis	abarcasen
	future1	abarcare	abarcares	abarcare	abarcáremos	abarcareis	abarcaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		abarcatú abarcávos	abarque	abarquemos	abarcad	abarquen
	negative		no abarques	no abarque	no abarquemos	no abarquéis	no abarquen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of abarcar (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 abarcar	dative	abarcarme	abarcarte	abarcarle, abarcarse	abarcarnos	abarcaros	abarcarles, abarcarse
	accusative	abarcarme	abarcarte	abarcarlo, abarcarla, abarcarse	abarcarnos	abarcaros	abarcarlos, abarcarlas, abarcarse
with gerund abarcando	dative	abarcándome	abarcándote	abarcándole, abarcándose	abarcándonos	abarcándoos	abarcándoles, abarcándose
	accusative	abarcándome	abarcándote	abarcándolo, abarcándola, abarcándose	abarcándonos	abarcándoos	abarcándolos, abarcándolas, abarcándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative abarca	dative	abárcame	abárcate	abárcale	abárcanos	not used	abárcales
	accusative	abárcame	abárcate	abárcalo, abárcala	abárcanos	not used	abárcalos, abárcalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative abarcá	dative	abarcame	abarcate	abarcale	abarcanos	not used	abarcales
	accusative	abarcame	abarcate	abarcalo, abarcala	abarcanos	not used	abarcalos, abarcalas
with formal second-person singular imperative abarque	dative	abárqueme	not used	abárquele, abárquese	abárquenos	not used	abárqueles
	accusative	abárqueme	not used	abárquelo, abárquela, abárquese	abárquenos	not used	abárquelos, abárquelas
with first-person plural imperative abarquemos	dative	not used	abarquémoste	abarquémosle	abarquémonos	abarquémoos	abarquémosles
	accusative	not used	abarquémoste	abarquémoslo, abarquémosla	abarquémonos	abarquémoos	abarquémoslos, abarquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative abarcad	dative	abarcadme	not used	abarcadle	abarcadnos	abarcaos	abarcadles
	accusative	abarcadme	not used	abarcadlo, abarcadla	abarcadnos	abarcaos	abarcadlos, abarcadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative abarquen	dative	abárquenme	not used	abárquenle	abárquennos	not used	abárquenles, abárquense
	accusative	abárquenme	not used	abárquenlo, abárquenla	abárquennos	not used	abárquenlos, abárquenlas, abárquense

Derived terms

• abarcador
• abarcamiento
• abarcar más de lo que se puede
• quien mucho abarca, poco aprieta

Related terms

• abrazar
• brazo
• sobarcar

Further reading

• “abarcar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025