vincular

English

Adjective

vincular (not comparable)

1. (grammar) connective.
   • 2011, Sergey Kitaev, Patterns in Permutations and Words, page 293:

     See Table 3.2 for a collection of enumerative results related to vincular 3-patterns, as well as for their connections to other combinatorial objects.

2. (mathematics) Relating to a vinculum.

Derived terms

• parivincular
• planivincular

Catalan

Alternative forms

• vinclar (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vinculāre (“bind”), from vinciō (“bind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [biŋ.kuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [viŋ.kuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [viŋ.kuˈlaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

vincular (first-person singular present vinculo, first-person singular preterite vinculí, past participle vinculat)

1. (transitive) to link; bind
2. (transitive, law) to entail

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vincular (first conjugation)

infinitive			vincular
gerund			vinculant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		vinculat		vinculada
		plural		vinculats		vinculades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	vinculo	vincules	vincula	vinculem	vinculeu	vinculen
	imperfect	vinculava	vinculaves	vinculava	vinculàvem	vinculàveu	vinculaven
	future	vincularé	vincularàs	vincularà	vincularem	vinculareu	vincularan
	preterite	vinculí	vinculares	vinculà	vinculàrem	vinculàreu	vincularen
	conditional	vincularia	vincularies	vincularia	vincularíem	vincularíeu	vincularien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	vinculi	vinculis	vinculi	vinculem	vinculeu	vinculin
	imperfect	vinculés	vinculessis	vinculés	vinculéssim	vinculéssiu	vinculessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	vincula	vinculi	vinculem	vinculeu	vinculin
	negative (no)	—	no vinculis	no vinculi	no vinculem	no vinculeu	no vinculin

Derived terms

• desvincular
• vinculable
• vinculació

Related terms

• vinclar
• vincle

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vinculāre (“to bind”), from vinciō (“to bind”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vĩ.kuˈla(ʁ)/ [vĩ.kuˈla(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vĩ.kuˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vĩ.kuˈlaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bĩ.kuˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /vĩ.kuˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: vin‧cu‧lar

Verb

vincular (first-person singular present vinculo, first-person singular preterite vinculei, past participle vinculado)

1. to bind
2. to link

   Synonym: ligar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vincular (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	vincular
Personal	vincular	vinculares	vincular	vincularmos	vinculardes	vincularem
Gerund
	vinculando
Past participle
Masculine	vinculado			vinculados
Feminine	vinculada			vinculadas
Indicative
Present	vinculo	vinculas	vincula	vinculamos	vinculais	vinculam
Imperfect	vinculava	vinculavas	vinculava	vinculávamos	vinculáveis	vinculavam
Preterite	vinculei	vinculaste	vinculou	vinculamos1, vinculámos2	vinculastes	vincularam
Pluperfect	vinculara	vincularas	vinculara	vinculáramos	vinculáreis	vincularam
Future	vincularei	vincularás	vinculará	vincularemos	vinculareis	vincularão
Conditional	vincularia	vincularias	vincularia	vincularíamos	vincularíeis	vinculariam
Subjunctive
Present	vincule	vincules	vincule	vinculemos	vinculeis	vinculem
Imperfect	vinculasse	vinculasses	vinculasse	vinculássemos	vinculásseis	vinculassem
Future	vincular	vinculares	vincular	vincularmos	vinculardes	vincularem
Imperative
Affirmative		vincula	vincule	vinculemos	vinculai	vinculem
Negative (não)		não vincules	não vincule	não vinculemos	não vinculeis	não vinculem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Antonyms

• desvincular

Derived terms

• desvincular

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vinculāre (“bind”), from vinciō (“bind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /binkuˈlaɾ/ [bĩŋ.kuˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: vin‧cu‧lar

Verb

vincular (first-person singular present vinculo, first-person singular preterite vinculé, past participle vinculado)

1. to bind
2. to link

   Synonym: ligar

   • 1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael‎, Buenos Aires: La Tribuna Nacional:

     Los gauchos a que se habían reunido Ismael y Aldama pertenecían al género bravío, y a una temible banda de cuarenta individuos de distintas razas y clases vinculados por la misma desgracia y un destino común.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vincular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			vincular
gerund			vinculando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		vinculado		vinculada
		plural		vinculados		vinculadas
		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	vinculo	vinculastú vinculásvos	vincula	vinculamos	vinculáis	vinculan
	imperfect	vinculaba	vinculabas	vinculaba	vinculábamos	vinculabais	vinculaban
	preterite	vinculé	vinculaste	vinculó	vinculamos	vinculasteis	vincularon
	future	vincularé	vincularás	vinculará	vincularemos	vincularéis	vincularán
	conditional	vincularía	vincularías	vincularía	vincularíamos	vincularíais	vincularían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	vincule	vinculestú vinculésvos2	vincule	vinculemos	vinculéis	vinculen
	imperfect (ra)	vinculara	vincularas	vinculara	vinculáramos	vincularais	vincularan
	imperfect (se)	vinculase	vinculases	vinculase	vinculásemos	vinculaseis	vinculasen
	future1	vinculare	vinculares	vinculare	vinculáremos	vinculareis	vincularen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		vinculatú vinculávos	vincule	vinculemos	vinculad	vinculen
	negative		no vincules	no vincule	no vinculemos	no vinculéis	no vinculen

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

    Selected combined forms of vincular

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 vincular	dative	vincularme	vincularte	vincularle, vincularse	vincularnos	vincularos	vincularles, vincularse
	accusative	vincularme	vincularte	vincularlo, vincularla, vincularse	vincularnos	vincularos	vincularlos, vincularlas, vincularse
with gerund vinculando	dative	vinculándome	vinculándote	vinculándole, vinculándose	vinculándonos	vinculándoos	vinculándoles, vinculándose
	accusative	vinculándome	vinculándote	vinculándolo, vinculándola, vinculándose	vinculándonos	vinculándoos	vinculándolos, vinculándolas, vinculándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative vincula	dative	vincúlame	vincúlate	vincúlale	vincúlanos	not used	vincúlales
	accusative	vincúlame	vincúlate	vincúlalo, vincúlala	vincúlanos	not used	vincúlalos, vincúlalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative vinculá	dative	vinculame	vinculate	vinculale	vinculanos	not used	vinculales
	accusative	vinculame	vinculate	vinculalo, vinculala	vinculanos	not used	vinculalos, vinculalas
with formal second-person singular imperative vincule	dative	vincúleme	not used	vincúlele, vincúlese	vincúlenos	not used	vincúleles
	accusative	vincúleme	not used	vincúlelo, vincúlela, vincúlese	vincúlenos	not used	vincúlelos, vincúlelas
with first-person plural imperative vinculemos	dative	not used	vinculémoste	vinculémosle	vinculémonos	vinculémoos	vinculémosles
	accusative	not used	vinculémoste	vinculémoslo, vinculémosla	vinculémonos	vinculémoos	vinculémoslos, vinculémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative vinculad	dative	vinculadme	not used	vinculadle	vinculadnos	vinculaos	vinculadles
	accusative	vinculadme	not used	vinculadlo, vinculadla	vinculadnos	vinculaos	vinculadlos, vinculadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative vinculen	dative	vincúlenme	not used	vincúlenle	vincúlennos	not used	vincúlenles, vincúlense
	accusative	vincúlenme	not used	vincúlenlo, vincúlenla	vincúlennos	not used	vincúlenlos, vincúlenlas, vincúlense

Derived terms

• desvincular

Related terms

• vínculo

Further reading

• “vincular”, 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