acicalar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَقَلَ (ṣaqala).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aθikaˈlaɾ/ [a.θi.kaˈlaɾ] (Spain)
IPA^(key): /asikaˈlaɾ/ [a.si.kaˈlaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: a‧ci‧ca‧lar

Verb

acicalar (first-person singular present acicalo, first-person singular preterite acicalé, past participle acicalado)

(transitive) to groom
(transitive) to polish, to preen
(reflexive) to smarten oneself up, to preen oneself, to spruce up oneself

Conjugation

Conjugation of acicalar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			acicalar
gerund			acicalando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		acicalado		acicalada
		plural		acicalados		acicaladas
		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	acicalo	acicalas^{^tú} acicalás^{^vos}	acicala	acicalamos	acicaláis	acicalan
	imperfect	acicalaba	acicalabas	acicalaba	acicalábamos	acicalabais	acicalaban
	preterite	acicalé	acicalaste	acicaló	acicalamos	acicalasteis	acicalaron
	future	acicalaré	acicalarás	acicalará	acicalaremos	acicalaréis	acicalarán
	conditional	acicalaría	acicalarías	acicalaría	acicalaríamos	acicalaríais	acicalarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	acicale	acicales^{^tú} acicalés^{^vos²}	acicale	acicalemos	acicaléis	acicalen
	imperfect (ra)	acicalara	acicalaras	acicalara	acicaláramos	acicalarais	acicalaran
	imperfect (se)	acicalase	acicalases	acicalase	acicalásemos	acicalaseis	acicalasen
	future¹	acicalare	acicalares	acicalare	acicaláremos	acicalareis	acicalaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		acicala^{^tú} acicalá^{^vos}	acicale	acicalemos	acicalad	acicalen
	negative		no acicales	no acicale	no acicalemos	no acicaléis	no acicalen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of acicalar

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 acicalar	dative	acicalarme	acicalarte	acicalarle, acicalarse	acicalarnos	acicalaros	acicalarles, acicalarse
with infinitive acicalar	accusative	acicalarme	acicalarte	acicalarlo, acicalarla, acicalarse	acicalarnos	acicalaros	acicalarlos, acicalarlas, acicalarse

with gerund acicalando	dative	acicalándome	acicalándote	acicalándole, acicalándose	acicalándonos	acicalándoos	acicalándoles, acicalándose
with gerund acicalando	accusative	acicalándome	acicalándote	acicalándolo, acicalándola, acicalándose	acicalándonos	acicalándoos	acicalándolos, acicalándolas, acicalándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative acicala	dative	acicálame	acicálate	acicálale	acicálanos	not used	acicálales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative acicala	accusative	acicálame	acicálate	acicálalo, acicálala	acicálanos	not used	acicálalos, acicálalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative acicalá	dative	acicalame	acicalate	acicalale	acicalanos	not used	acicalales
	accusative	acicalame	acicalate	acicalalo, acicalala	acicalanos	not used	acicalalos, acicalalas

with formal second-person singular imperative acicale	dative	acicáleme	not used	acicálele, acicálese	acicálenos	not used	acicáleles
with formal second-person singular imperative acicale	accusative	acicáleme	not used	acicálelo, acicálela, acicálese	acicálenos	not used	acicálelos, acicálelas

with first-person plural imperative acicalemos	dative	not used	acicalémoste	acicalémosle	acicalémonos	acicalémoos	acicalémosles
with first-person plural imperative acicalemos	accusative	not used	acicalémoste	acicalémoslo, acicalémosla	acicalémonos	acicalémoos	acicalémoslos, acicalémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative acicalad	dative	acicaladme	not used	acicaladle	acicaladnos	acicalaos	acicaladles
with informal second-person plural imperative acicalad	accusative	acicaladme	not used	acicaladlo, acicaladla	acicaladnos	acicalaos	acicaladlos, acicaladlas

with formal second-person plural imperative acicalen	dative	acicálenme	not used	acicálenle	acicálennos	not used	acicálenles, acicálense
with formal second-person plural imperative acicalen	accusative	acicálenme	not used	acicálenlo, acicálenla	acicálennos	not used	acicálenlos, acicálenlas, acicálense