hocicar

Spanish

Etymology

Frequentative of hozar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oθiˈkaɾ/ [o.θiˈkaɾ] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /osiˈkaɾ/ [o.siˈkaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ho‧ci‧car

Verb

hocicar (first-person singular present hocico, first-person singular preterite hociqué, past participle hocicado)

  1. to root (with the nose)
  2. to pet; smooch
  3. to fall flat on one's face
  4. to stick one's nose in

Conjugation

    Conjugation of hocicar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive hocicar
gerund hocicando
past participle masculine feminine
singular hocicado hocicada
plural hocicados hocicadas
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 hocico hocicastú
hocicásvos 		hocica hocicamos hocicáis hocican
imperfect hocicaba hocicabas hocicaba hocicábamos hocicabais hocicaban
preterite hociqué hocicaste hocicó hocicamos hocicasteis hocicaron
future hocicaré hocicarás hocicará hocicaremos hocicaréis hocicarán
conditional hocicaría hocicarías hocicaría hocicaríamos hocicaríais hocicarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present hocique hociquestú
hociquésvos2 		hocique hociquemos hociquéis hociquen
imperfect
(ra) 		hocicara hocicaras hocicara hocicáramos hocicarais hocicaran
imperfect
(se) 		hocicase hocicases hocicase hocicásemos hocicaseis hocicasen
future1 hocicare hocicares hocicare hocicáremos hocicareis hocicaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative hocicatú
hocicávos 		hocique hociquemos hocicad hociquen
negative no hociques no hocique no hociquemos no hociquéis no hociquen

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

    Selected combined forms of hocicar (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 hocicar dative hocicarme hocicarte hocicarle, hocicarse hocicarnos hocicaros hocicarles, hocicarse
accusative hocicarme hocicarte hocicarlo, hocicarla, hocicarse hocicarnos hocicaros hocicarlos, hocicarlas, hocicarse
with gerund hocicando dative hocicándome hocicándote hocicándole, hocicándose hocicándonos hocicándoos hocicándoles, hocicándose
accusative hocicándome hocicándote hocicándolo, hocicándola, hocicándose hocicándonos hocicándoos hocicándolos, hocicándolas, hocicándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative hocica dative hocícame hocícate hocícale hocícanos not used hocícales
accusative hocícame hocícate hocícalo, hocícala hocícanos not used hocícalos, hocícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative hocicá dative hocicame hocicate hocicale hocicanos not used hocicales
accusative hocicame hocicate hocicalo, hocicala hocicanos not used hocicalos, hocicalas
with formal second-person singular imperative hocique dative hocíqueme not used hocíquele, hocíquese hocíquenos not used hocíqueles
accusative hocíqueme not used hocíquelo, hocíquela, hocíquese hocíquenos not used hocíquelos, hocíquelas
with first-person plural imperative hociquemos dative not used hociquémoste hociquémosle hociquémonos hociquémoos hociquémosles
accusative not used hociquémoste hociquémoslo, hociquémosla hociquémonos hociquémoos hociquémoslos, hociquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative hocicad dative hocicadme not used hocicadle hocicadnos hocicaos hocicadles
accusative hocicadme not used hocicadlo, hocicadla hocicadnos hocicaos hocicadlos, hocicadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative hociquen dative hocíquenme not used hocíquenle hocíquennos not used hocíquenles, hocíquense
accusative hocíquenme not used hocíquenlo, hocíquenla hocíquennos not used hocíquenlos, hocíquenlas, hocíquense

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