invocar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin invocāre. First attested in the 14th century.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

invocar (first-person singular present invoco, first-person singular preterite invoquí, past participle invocat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

  1. to invoke

Conjugation

    Conjugation of invocar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)
infinitive invocar
gerund invocant
past participle masculine feminine
singular invocat invocada
plural invocats invocades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present invoco invoques invoca invoquem invoqueu invoquen
imperfect invocava invocaves invocava invocàvem invocàveu invocaven
future invocaré invocaràs invocarà invocarem invocareu invocaran
preterite invoquí invocares invocà invocàrem invocàreu invocaren
conditional invocaria invocaries invocaria invocaríem invocaríeu invocarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present invoqui invoquis invoqui invoquem invoqueu invoquin
imperfect invoqués invoquessis invoqués invoquéssim invoquéssiu invoquessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — invoca invoqui invoquem invoqueu invoquin
negative (no) — no invoquis no invoqui no invoquem no invoqueu no invoquin
  • invocació

References

  1. ^ “invocar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin invocāre.

Pronunciation

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

  • Hyphenation: in‧vo‧car

Verb

invocar (first-person singular present invoco, first-person singular preterite invoquei, past participle invocado)

  1. to invoke
  2. to evoke

Conjugation

    Conjugation of invocar (c-qu alternation) (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 invocar
Personal invocar invocares invocar invocarmos invocardes invocarem
Gerund
invocando
Past participle
Masculine invocado invocados
Feminine invocada invocadas
Indicative
Present invoco invocas invoca invocamos invocais invocam
Imperfect invocava invocavas invocava invocávamos invocáveis invocavam
Preterite invoquei invocaste invocou invocamos1, invocámos2 invocastes invocaram
Pluperfect invocara invocaras invocara invocáramos invocáreis invocaram
Future invocarei invocarás invocará invocaremos invocareis invocarão
Conditional invocaria invocarias invocaria invocaríamos invocaríeis invocariam
Subjunctive
Present invoque invoques invoque invoquemos invoqueis invoquem
Imperfect invocasse invocasses invocasse invocássemos invocásseis invocassem
Future invocar invocares invocar invocarmos invocardes invocarem
Imperative
Affirmative invoca invoque invoquemos invocai invoquem
Negative (não) não invoques não invoque não invoquemos não invoqueis não invoquem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin invocāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /imboˈkaɾ/ [ĩm.boˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: in‧vo‧car

Verb

invocar (first-person singular present invoco, first-person singular preterite invoqué, past participle invocado)

  1. to invoke

Conjugation

    Conjugation of invocar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive invocar
gerund invocando
past participle masculine feminine
singular invocado invocada
plural invocados invocadas
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 invoco invocastú
invocásvos 		invoca invocamos invocáis invocan
imperfect invocaba invocabas invocaba invocábamos invocabais invocaban
preterite invoqué invocaste invocó invocamos invocasteis invocaron
future invocaré invocarás invocará invocaremos invocaréis invocarán
conditional invocaría invocarías invocaría invocaríamos invocaríais invocarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present invoque invoquestú
invoquésvos2 		invoque invoquemos invoquéis invoquen
imperfect
(ra) 		invocara invocaras invocara invocáramos invocarais invocaran
imperfect
(se) 		invocase invocases invocase invocásemos invocaseis invocasen
future1 invocare invocares invocare invocáremos invocareis invocaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative invocatú
invocávos 		invoque invoquemos invocad invoquen
negative no invoques no invoque no invoquemos no invoquéis no invoquen

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

    Selected combined forms of invocar (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 invocar dative invocarme invocarte invocarle, invocarse invocarnos invocaros invocarles, invocarse
accusative invocarme invocarte invocarlo, invocarla, invocarse invocarnos invocaros invocarlos, invocarlas, invocarse
with gerund invocando dative invocándome invocándote invocándole, invocándose invocándonos invocándoos invocándoles, invocándose
accusative invocándome invocándote invocándolo, invocándola, invocándose invocándonos invocándoos invocándolos, invocándolas, invocándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative invoca dative invócame invócate invócale invócanos not used invócales
accusative invócame invócate invócalo, invócala invócanos not used invócalos, invócalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative invocá dative invocame invocate invocale invocanos not used invocales
accusative invocame invocate invocalo, invocala invocanos not used invocalos, invocalas
with formal second-person singular imperative invoque dative invóqueme not used invóquele, invóquese invóquenos not used invóqueles
accusative invóqueme not used invóquelo, invóquela, invóquese invóquenos not used invóquelos, invóquelas
with first-person plural imperative invoquemos dative not used invoquémoste invoquémosle invoquémonos invoquémoos invoquémosles
accusative not used invoquémoste invoquémoslo, invoquémosla invoquémonos invoquémoos invoquémoslos, invoquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative invocad dative invocadme not used invocadle invocadnos invocaos invocadles
accusative invocadme not used invocadlo, invocadla invocadnos invocaos invocadlos, invocadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative invoquen dative invóquenme not used invóquenle invóquennos not used invóquenles, invóquense
accusative invóquenme not used invóquenlo, invóquenla invóquennos not used invóquenlos, invóquenlas, invóquense

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