acidular

Catalan

Etymology

From acídul +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.si.ðuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.si.ðuˈlaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

acidular (first-person singular present acidulo, first-person singular preterite acidulí, past participle acidulat)

1. (transitive) to make sour; to acidulate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acidular (first conjugation)

infinitive			acidular
gerund			acidulant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		acidulat		acidulada
		plural		acidulats		acidulades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	acidulo	acidules	acidula	acidulem	aciduleu	acidulen
	imperfect	acidulava	acidulaves	acidulava	acidulàvem	acidulàveu	acidulaven
	future	acidularé	acidularàs	acidularà	acidularem	acidulareu	acidularan
	preterite	acidulí	acidulares	acidulà	acidulàrem	acidulàreu	acidularen
	conditional	acidularia	acidularies	acidularia	acidularíem	acidularíeu	acidularien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	aciduli	acidulis	aciduli	acidulem	aciduleu	acidulin
	imperfect	acidulés	acidulessis	acidulés	aciduléssim	aciduléssiu	acidulessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	acidula	aciduli	acidulem	aciduleu	acidulin
	negative (no)	—	no acidulis	no aciduli	no acidulem	no aciduleu	no acidulin

Derived terms

• acidulació
• acidulant

Further reading

• “acidular”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Portuguese

Etymology

From acídulo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.si.duˈla(ʁ)/ [a.si.duˈla(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.si.duˈlaɾ/ [ɐ.si.ðuˈlaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.si.duˈlaɾ/ [ɐ.si.ðuˈlaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.si.duˈla.ɾi/ [ɐ.si.ðuˈla.ɾi]

Verb

acidular (first-person singular present acidulo, first-person singular preterite acidulei, past participle acidulado)

1. (transitive) to acidulate (to make something slightly acid)
2. (transitive) to acidulate (to use an acidic catalyst)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acidular (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	acidular
Personal	acidular	acidulares	acidular	acidularmos	acidulardes	acidularem
Gerund
	acidulando
Past participle
Masculine	acidulado			acidulados
Feminine	acidulada			aciduladas
Indicative
Present	acidulo	acidulas	acidula	acidulamos	acidulais	acidulam
Imperfect	acidulava	acidulavas	acidulava	acidulávamos	aciduláveis	acidulavam
Preterite	acidulei	acidulaste	acidulou	acidulamos1, acidulámos2	acidulastes	acidularam
Pluperfect	acidulara	acidularas	acidulara	aciduláramos	aciduláreis	acidularam
Future	acidularei	acidularás	acidulará	acidularemos	acidulareis	acidularão
Conditional	acidularia	acidularias	acidularia	acidularíamos	acidularíeis	acidulariam
Subjunctive
Present	acidule	acidules	acidule	acidulemos	aciduleis	acidulem
Imperfect	acidulasse	acidulasses	acidulasse	acidulássemos	acidulásseis	acidulassem
Future	acidular	acidulares	acidular	acidularmos	acidulardes	acidularem
Imperative
Affirmative		acidula	acidule	acidulemos	acidulai	acidulem
Negative (não)		não acidules	não acidule	não acidulemos	não aciduleis	não acidulem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From acídulo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aθiduˈlaɾ/ [a.θi.ð̞uˈlaɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /asiduˈlaɾ/ [a.si.ð̞uˈlaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ci‧du‧lar

Verb

acidular (first-person singular present acidulo, first-person singular preterite acidulé, past participle acidulado)

1. (transitive) to make sour; to acidulate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acidular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			acidular
gerund			acidulando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		acidulado		acidulada
		plural		acidulados		aciduladas
		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	acidulo	acidulastú acidulásvos	acidula	acidulamos	aciduláis	acidulan
	imperfect	acidulaba	acidulabas	acidulaba	acidulábamos	acidulabais	acidulaban
	preterite	acidulé	acidulaste	aciduló	acidulamos	acidulasteis	acidularon
	future	acidularé	acidularás	acidulará	acidularemos	acidularéis	acidularán
	conditional	acidularía	acidularías	acidularía	acidularíamos	acidularíais	acidularían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	acidule	acidulestú acidulésvos2	acidule	acidulemos	aciduléis	acidulen
	imperfect (ra)	acidulara	acidularas	acidulara	aciduláramos	acidularais	acidularan
	imperfect (se)	acidulase	acidulases	acidulase	acidulásemos	acidulaseis	acidulasen
	future1	acidulare	acidulares	acidulare	aciduláremos	acidulareis	acidularen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		acidulatú acidulávos	acidule	acidulemos	acidulad	acidulen
	negative		no acidules	no acidule	no acidulemos	no aciduléis	no acidulen

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

Derived terms

• acidulado
• acidulante

Further reading

• “acidular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024