percolar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin percōlāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾkoˈlaɾ/ [peɾ.koˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: per‧co‧lar

Verb

percolar (first-person singular present percolo, first-person singular preterite percolé, past participle percolado)

1. (intransitive) to percolate; permeate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of percolar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			percolar
gerund			percolando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		percolado		percolada
		plural		percolados		percoladas
		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	percolo	percolastú percolásvos	percola	percolamos	percoláis	percolan
	imperfect	percolaba	percolabas	percolaba	percolábamos	percolabais	percolaban
	preterite	percolé	percolaste	percoló	percolamos	percolasteis	percolaron
	future	percolaré	percolarás	percolará	percolaremos	percolaréis	percolarán
	conditional	percolaría	percolarías	percolaría	percolaríamos	percolaríais	percolarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	percole	percolestú percolésvos2	percole	percolemos	percoléis	percolen
	imperfect (ra)	percolara	percolaras	percolara	percoláramos	percolarais	percolaran
	imperfect (se)	percolase	percolases	percolase	percolásemos	percolaseis	percolasen
	future1	percolare	percolares	percolare	percoláremos	percolareis	percolaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		percolatú percolávos	percole	percolemos	percolad	percolen
	negative		no percoles	no percole	no percolemos	no percoléis	no percolen

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

    Selected combined forms of percolar

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 percolar	dative	percolarme	percolarte	percolarle, percolarse	percolarnos	percolaros	percolarles, percolarse
	accusative	percolarme	percolarte	percolarlo, percolarla, percolarse	percolarnos	percolaros	percolarlos, percolarlas, percolarse
with gerund percolando	dative	percolándome	percolándote	percolándole, percolándose	percolándonos	percolándoos	percolándoles, percolándose
	accusative	percolándome	percolándote	percolándolo, percolándola, percolándose	percolándonos	percolándoos	percolándolos, percolándolas, percolándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative percola	dative	percólame	percólate	percólale	percólanos	not used	percólales
	accusative	percólame	percólate	percólalo, percólala	percólanos	not used	percólalos, percólalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative percolá	dative	percolame	percolate	percolale	percolanos	not used	percolales
	accusative	percolame	percolate	percolalo, percolala	percolanos	not used	percolalos, percolalas
with formal second-person singular imperative percole	dative	percóleme	not used	percólele, percólese	percólenos	not used	percóleles
	accusative	percóleme	not used	percólelo, percólela, percólese	percólenos	not used	percólelos, percólelas
with first-person plural imperative percolemos	dative	not used	percolémoste	percolémosle	percolémonos	percolémoos	percolémosles
	accusative	not used	percolémoste	percolémoslo, percolémosla	percolémonos	percolémoos	percolémoslos, percolémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative percolad	dative	percoladme	not used	percoladle	percoladnos	percolaos	percoladles
	accusative	percoladme	not used	percoladlo, percoladla	percoladnos	percolaos	percoladlos, percoladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative percolen	dative	percólenme	not used	percólenle	percólennos	not used	percólenles, percólense
	accusative	percólenme	not used	percólenlo, percólenla	percólennos	not used	percólenlos, percólenlas, percólense

Related terms

• percolación

Further reading

• “percolar”, 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