comiscar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.misˈka(ʁ)/ [ko.misˈka(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.miʃˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.miʃˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.miʃˈka.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: co‧mis‧car

Verb

comiscar (first-person singular present comisco, first-person singular preterite comisquei, past participle comiscado)

1. (transitive) to nibble (eat with small bites)

   Synonym: mordiscar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of comiscar (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	comiscar
Personal	comiscar	comiscares	comiscar	comiscarmos	comiscardes	comiscarem
Gerund
	comiscando
Past participle
Masculine	comiscado			comiscados
Feminine	comiscada			comiscadas
Indicative
Present	comisco	comiscas	comisca	comiscamos	comiscais	comiscam
Imperfect	comiscava	comiscavas	comiscava	comiscávamos	comiscáveis	comiscavam
Preterite	comisquei	comiscaste	comiscou	comiscamos1, comiscámos2	comiscastes	comiscaram
Pluperfect	comiscara	comiscaras	comiscara	comiscáramos	comiscáreis	comiscaram
Future	comiscarei	comiscarás	comiscará	comiscaremos	comiscareis	comiscarão
Conditional	comiscaria	comiscarias	comiscaria	comiscaríamos	comiscaríeis	comiscariam
Subjunctive
Present	comisque	comisques	comisque	comisquemos	comisqueis	comisquem
Imperfect	comiscasse	comiscasses	comiscasse	comiscássemos	comiscásseis	comiscassem
Future	comiscar	comiscares	comiscar	comiscarmos	comiscardes	comiscarem
Imperative
Affirmative		comisca	comisque	comisquemos	comiscai	comisquem
Negative (não)		não comisques	não comisque	não comisquemos	não comisqueis	não comisquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komisˈkaɾ/ [ko.misˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: co‧mis‧car

Verb

comiscar (first-person singular present comisco, first-person singular preterite comisqué, past participle comiscado)

1. to nibble (eat with small bites)

Conjugation

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

infinitive			comiscar
gerund			comiscando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		comiscado		comiscada
		plural		comiscados		comiscadas
		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	comisco	comiscastú comiscásvos	comisca	comiscamos	comiscáis	comiscan
	imperfect	comiscaba	comiscabas	comiscaba	comiscábamos	comiscabais	comiscaban
	preterite	comisqué	comiscaste	comiscó	comiscamos	comiscasteis	comiscaron
	future	comiscaré	comiscarás	comiscará	comiscaremos	comiscaréis	comiscarán
	conditional	comiscaría	comiscarías	comiscaría	comiscaríamos	comiscaríais	comiscarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	comisque	comisquestú comisquésvos2	comisque	comisquemos	comisquéis	comisquen
	imperfect (ra)	comiscara	comiscaras	comiscara	comiscáramos	comiscarais	comiscaran
	imperfect (se)	comiscase	comiscases	comiscase	comiscásemos	comiscaseis	comiscasen
	future1	comiscare	comiscares	comiscare	comiscáremos	comiscareis	comiscaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		comiscatú comiscávos	comisque	comisquemos	comiscad	comisquen
	negative		no comisques	no comisque	no comisquemos	no comisquéis	no comisquen

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

    Selected combined forms of comiscar (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 comiscar	dative	comiscarme	comiscarte	comiscarle, comiscarse	comiscarnos	comiscaros	comiscarles, comiscarse
	accusative	comiscarme	comiscarte	comiscarlo, comiscarla, comiscarse	comiscarnos	comiscaros	comiscarlos, comiscarlas, comiscarse
with gerund comiscando	dative	comiscándome	comiscándote	comiscándole, comiscándose	comiscándonos	comiscándoos	comiscándoles, comiscándose
	accusative	comiscándome	comiscándote	comiscándolo, comiscándola, comiscándose	comiscándonos	comiscándoos	comiscándolos, comiscándolas, comiscándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative comisca	dative	comíscame	comíscate	comíscale	comíscanos	not used	comíscales
	accusative	comíscame	comíscate	comíscalo, comíscala	comíscanos	not used	comíscalos, comíscalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative comiscá	dative	comiscame	comiscate	comiscale	comiscanos	not used	comiscales
	accusative	comiscame	comiscate	comiscalo, comiscala	comiscanos	not used	comiscalos, comiscalas
with formal second-person singular imperative comisque	dative	comísqueme	not used	comísquele, comísquese	comísquenos	not used	comísqueles
	accusative	comísqueme	not used	comísquelo, comísquela, comísquese	comísquenos	not used	comísquelos, comísquelas
with first-person plural imperative comisquemos	dative	not used	comisquémoste	comisquémosle	comisquémonos	comisquémoos	comisquémosles
	accusative	not used	comisquémoste	comisquémoslo, comisquémosla	comisquémonos	comisquémoos	comisquémoslos, comisquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative comiscad	dative	comiscadme	not used	comiscadle	comiscadnos	comiscaos	comiscadles
	accusative	comiscadme	not used	comiscadlo, comiscadla	comiscadnos	comiscaos	comiscadlos, comiscadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative comisquen	dative	comísquenme	not used	comísquenle	comísquennos	not used	comísquenles, comísquense
	accusative	comísquenme	not used	comísquenlo, comísquenla	comísquennos	not used	comísquenlos, comísquenlas, comísquense

Further reading

• “comiscar”, 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