forcar

See also: forçar

Catalan

Etymology

From forca +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [furˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [forˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [foɾˈkaɾ]

Verb

forcar (first-person singular present forco, first-person singular preterite forquí, past participle forcat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to split
2. (reflexive) to fork, to diverge

Conjugation

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

infinitive			forcar
gerund			forcant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		forcat		forcada
		plural		forcats		forcades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	forco	forques	forca	forquem	forqueu	forquen
	imperfect	forcava	forcaves	forcava	forcàvem	forcàveu	forcaven
	future	forcaré	forcaràs	forcarà	forcarem	forcareu	forcaran
	preterite	forquí	forcares	forcà	forcàrem	forcàreu	forcaren
	conditional	forcaria	forcaries	forcaria	forcaríem	forcaríeu	forcarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	forqui	forquis	forqui	forquem	forqueu	forquin
	imperfect	forqués	forquessis	forqués	forquéssim	forquéssiu	forquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	forca	forqui	forquem	forqueu	forquin
	negative (no)	—	no forquis	no forqui	no forquem	no forqueu	no forquin

Derived terms

• forcadella
• forcadura

Further reading

• “forcar”, 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