evocar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēvocāre (“to call out, to summon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βuˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.voˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [e.voˈkaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Homophone: evocà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

evocar (first-person singular present evoco, first-person singular preterite evoquí, past participle evocat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to evoke

   Synonym: suggerir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of evocar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			evocar
gerund			evocant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		evocat		evocada
		plural		evocats		evocades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	evoco	evoques	evoca	evoquem	evoqueu	evoquen
	imperfect	evocava	evocaves	evocava	evocàvem	evocàveu	evocaven
	future	evocaré	evocaràs	evocarà	evocarem	evocareu	evocaran
	preterite	evoquí	evocares	evocà	evocàrem	evocàreu	evocaren
	conditional	evocaria	evocaries	evocaria	evocaríem	evocaríeu	evocarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	evoqui	evoquis	evoqui	evoquem	evoqueu	evoquin
	imperfect	evoqués	evoquessis	evoqués	evoquéssim	evoquéssiu	evoquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	evoca	evoqui	evoquem	evoqueu	evoquin
	negative (no)	—	no evoquis	no evoqui	no evoquem	no evoqueu	no evoquin

Related terms

• advocar
• convocar
• evocació
• invocar
• provocar
• revocar

Further reading

• “evocar”, 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
• “evocar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “evocar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “evocar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ēvocare (“to call out, to summon”).

Verb

evocar (first-person singular present evoco, first-person singular preterite evoquei, past participle evocado)

1. to evoke

Conjugation

    Conjugation of evocar (c-qu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	evocar
Personal	evocar	evocares	evocar	evocarmos	evocardes	evocaren
Gerund
	evocando
Past participle
Masculine	evocado			evocados
Feminine	evocada			evocadas
Indicative
Present	evoco	evocas	evoca	evocamos	evocades	evocan
Imperfect	evocaba	evocabas	evocaba	evocabamos	evocabades	evocaban
Preterite	evoquei	evocaches	evocou	evocamos	evocastes	evocaron
Pluperfect	evocara	evocaras	evocara	evocaramos	evocarades	evocaran
Future	evocarei	evocarás	evocará	evocaremos	evocaredes	evocarán
Conditional	evocaría	evocarías	evocaría	evocariamos	evocariades	evocarían
Subjunctive
Present	evoque	evoques	evoque	evoquemos	evoquedes	evoquen
Imperfect	evocase	evocases	evocase	evocásemos	evocásedes	evocasen
Future	evocar	evocares	evocar	evocarmos	evocardes	evocaren
Imperative
Affirmative		evoca	evoque	evoquemos	evocade	evoquen
Negative (non)		non evoques	non evoque	non evoquemos	non evoquedes	non evoquen

    Reintegrated conjugation of evocar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	evocar
Personal	evocar	evocares	evocar	evocarmos	evocardes	evocarem
Gerund
	evocando
Past participle
Masculine	evocado			evocados
Feminine	evocada			evocadas
Indicative
Present	evoco	evocas	evoca	evocamos	evocades, evocais	evocam
Imperfect	evocava	evocavas	evocava	evocávamos	evocávades, evocáveis, evocávais1	evocavam
Preterite	evoquei	evocaste, evocache1	evocou	evocamos	evocastes	evocárom, evocaram
Pluperfect	evocara	evocaras	evocara	evocáramos	evocárades, evocáreis, evocárais1	evocaram
Future	evocarei	evocarás	evocará	evocaremos	evocaredes, evocareis	evocarám, evocarão
Conditional	evocaria	evocarias	evocaria	evocaríamos	evocaríades, evocaríeis, evocaríais1	evocariam
Subjunctive
Present	evoque	evoques	evoque	evoquemos	evoquedes, evoqueis	evoquem
Imperfect	evocasse	evocasses	evocasse	evocássemos	evocássedes, evocásseis	evocassem
Future	evocar	evocares	evocar	evocarmos	evocardes	evocarem
Imperative
Affirmative		evoca	evoque	evoquemos	evocade, evocai	evoquem
Negative (nom)		nom evoques	nom evoque	nom evoquemos	nom evoquedes, nom evoqueis	nom evoquem

¹Less recommended.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēvocāre (“to call out, to summon”), from ex (“out”) + vocō (“to call”), from vōx (“voice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wōkʷs (“speech, voice”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.voˈka(ʁ)/ [e.voˈka(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.vuˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.vuˈkaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.buˈkaɾ/ [i.βuˈkaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.vuˈka.ɾi/

Verb

evocar (first-person singular present evoco, first-person singular preterite evoquei, past participle evocado)

1. to evoke (cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination)
2. to remember

   Synonyms: lembrar, recordar

   Antonyms: esquecer, deslembrar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of evocar (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	evocar
Personal	evocar	evocares	evocar	evocarmos	evocardes	evocarem
Gerund
	evocando
Past participle
Masculine	evocado			evocados
Feminine	evocada			evocadas
Indicative
Present	evoco	evocas	evoca	evocamos	evocais	evocam
Imperfect	evocava	evocavas	evocava	evocávamos	evocáveis	evocavam
Preterite	evoquei	evocaste	evocou	evocamos1, evocámos2	evocastes	evocaram
Pluperfect	evocara	evocaras	evocara	evocáramos	evocáreis	evocaram
Future	evocarei	evocarás	evocará	evocaremos	evocareis	evocarão
Conditional	evocaria	evocarias	evocaria	evocaríamos	evocaríeis	evocariam
Subjunctive
Present	evoque	evoques	evoque	evoquemos	evoqueis	evoquem
Imperfect	evocasse	evocasses	evocasse	evocássemos	evocásseis	evocassem
Future	evocar	evocares	evocar	evocarmos	evocardes	evocarem
Imperative
Affirmative		evoca	evoque	evoquemos	evocai	evoquem
Negative (não)		não evoques	não evoque	não evoquemos	não evoqueis	não evoquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• advogar
• convocar
• evocação
• evocado
• evocativo
• evocatório
• evocável
• invocar
• revogar
• voz

References

• “evocar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “evocar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “evocar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der.

Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-der.

Latin vocō

Latin ēvocōlbor.

Spanish evocar

Learned borrowing from Latin ēvocāre (“to callout, summon”), from ex- (“out”) +‎ vocāre (“to call”), from vōx (“voice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eboˈkaɾ/ [e.β̞oˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: e‧vo‧car

Verb

evocar (first-person singular present evoco, first-person singular preterite evoqué, past participle evocado)

1. to evoke, to conjure

   Synonym: conjurar

Conjugation

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

infinitive			evocar
gerund			evocando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		evocado		evocada
		plural		evocados		evocadas
		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	evoco	evocastú evocásvos	evoca	evocamos	evocáis	evocan
	imperfect	evocaba	evocabas	evocaba	evocábamos	evocabais	evocaban
	preterite	evoqué	evocaste	evocó	evocamos	evocasteis	evocaron
	future	evocaré	evocarás	evocará	evocaremos	evocaréis	evocarán
	conditional	evocaría	evocarías	evocaría	evocaríamos	evocaríais	evocarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	evoque	evoquestú evoquésvos2	evoque	evoquemos	evoquéis	evoquen
	imperfect (ra)	evocara	evocaras	evocara	evocáramos	evocarais	evocaran
	imperfect (se)	evocase	evocases	evocase	evocásemos	evocaseis	evocasen
	future1	evocare	evocares	evocare	evocáremos	evocareis	evocaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		evocatú evocávos	evoque	evoquemos	evocad	evoquen
	negative		no evoques	no evoque	no evoquemos	no evoquéis	no evoquen

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

    Selected combined forms of evocar (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 evocar	dative	evocarme	evocarte	evocarle, evocarse	evocarnos	evocaros	evocarles, evocarse
	accusative	evocarme	evocarte	evocarlo, evocarla, evocarse	evocarnos	evocaros	evocarlos, evocarlas, evocarse
with gerund evocando	dative	evocándome	evocándote	evocándole, evocándose	evocándonos	evocándoos	evocándoles, evocándose
	accusative	evocándome	evocándote	evocándolo, evocándola, evocándose	evocándonos	evocándoos	evocándolos, evocándolas, evocándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative evoca	dative	evócame	evócate	evócale	evócanos	not used	evócales
	accusative	evócame	evócate	evócalo, evócala	evócanos	not used	evócalos, evócalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative evocá	dative	evocame	evocate	evocale	evocanos	not used	evocales
	accusative	evocame	evocate	evocalo, evocala	evocanos	not used	evocalos, evocalas
with formal second-person singular imperative evoque	dative	evóqueme	not used	evóquele, evóquese	evóquenos	not used	evóqueles
	accusative	evóqueme	not used	evóquelo, evóquela, evóquese	evóquenos	not used	evóquelos, evóquelas
with first-person plural imperative evoquemos	dative	not used	evoquémoste	evoquémosle	evoquémonos	evoquémoos	evoquémosles
	accusative	not used	evoquémoste	evoquémoslo, evoquémosla	evoquémonos	evoquémoos	evoquémoslos, evoquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative evocad	dative	evocadme	not used	evocadle	evocadnos	evocaos	evocadles
	accusative	evocadme	not used	evocadlo, evocadla	evocadnos	evocaos	evocadlos, evocadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative evoquen	dative	evóquenme	not used	evóquenle	evóquennos	not used	evóquenles, evóquense
	accusative	evóquenme	not used	evóquenlo, evóquenla	evóquennos	not used	evóquenlos, evóquenlas, evóquense

Related terms

• abogar
• convocar
• evocación
• invocar
• provocar
• revocar

Further reading

• “evocar”, 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