acular

See also: açular

Catalan

Etymology

From a- +‎ cul +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.kuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.kuˈlaɾ]

Verb

acular (first-person singular present aculo, first-person singular preterite aculí, past participle aculat)

1. (transitive) to back up
2. (transitive) to corner
3. (pronominal, figurative) to defend one's position stubbornly

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acular (first conjugation)

infinitive			acular
gerund			aculant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aculat		aculada
		plural		aculats		aculades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	aculo	acules	acula	aculem	aculeu	aculen
	imperfect	aculava	aculaves	aculava	aculàvem	aculàveu	aculaven
	future	acularé	acularàs	acularà	acularem	aculareu	acularan
	preterite	aculí	aculares	aculà	aculàrem	aculàreu	acularen
	conditional	acularia	acularies	acularia	acularíem	acularíeu	acularien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	aculi	aculis	aculi	aculem	aculeu	aculin
	imperfect	aculés	aculessis	aculés	aculéssim	aculéssiu	aculessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	acula	aculi	aculem	aculeu	aculin
	negative (no)	—	no aculis	no aculi	no aculem	no aculeu	no aculin

Related terms

• recular

Further reading

• “acular”, 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

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ culo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akuˈlaɾ/ [a.kuˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧cu‧lar

Verb

acular (first-person singular present aculo, first-person singular preterite aculé, past participle aculado)

1. to back (to tie by the hind)
2. to corner

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			acular
gerund			aculando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aculado		aculada
		plural		aculados		aculadas
		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	aculo	aculastú aculásvos	acula	aculamos	aculáis	aculan
	imperfect	aculaba	aculabas	aculaba	aculábamos	aculabais	aculaban
	preterite	aculé	aculaste	aculó	aculamos	aculasteis	acularon
	future	acularé	acularás	aculará	acularemos	acularéis	acularán
	conditional	acularía	acularías	acularía	acularíamos	acularíais	acularían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	acule	aculestú aculésvos2	acule	aculemos	aculéis	aculen
	imperfect (ra)	aculara	acularas	aculara	aculáramos	acularais	acularan
	imperfect (se)	aculase	aculases	aculase	aculásemos	aculaseis	aculasen
	future1	aculare	aculares	aculare	aculáremos	aculareis	acularen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		aculatú aculávos	acule	aculemos	aculad	aculen
	negative		no acules	no acule	no aculemos	no aculéis	no aculen

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

Further reading

• “acular”, 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

Turkish

Noun

acular

1. nominative plural of acu