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abarcar
- to dodge
Conjugation of abarcar (first conjugation)
From Vulgar Latin *abbracchicāre (later contracted to *abbraccāre in Proto-Romance), from Latin bracchium (“arm”).
Hyphenation: a‧bar‧car
abarcar (first-person singular present abarco, first-person singular preterite abarquei, past participle abarcado)
- to encompass (include)
Synonyms: englobar, compreender
“abarcar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“abarcar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
From a variant of abracar.
abarcar (first-person singular present abarco, first-person singular preterite abarqué, past participle abarcado)
- (transitive) to embrace (to hold with the arms)
- (transitive) to include, to encompass, to comprise, to contain, to make up; to range, to span
Synonyms: englobar, incluir, comprender- 2022 January 24, Aintzane Gardoki, “Los gorros que empoderan a las mujeres de Baltistán”, in El País[1]:
En 2017, el porcentaje de niñas fuera de la escuela alcanzó el 50% en la región que comprende al valle de Hushé, que abarca ocho comunidades.
In 2017, the percentage of girls out of school reached 50% in the region that comprises the Hushe Valley, which includes eight communities.
- 2022 January 24, Aintzane Gardoki, “Los gorros que empoderan a las mujeres de Baltistán”, in El País[1]:
- (transitive) to take in (a sight)
- (transitive) to undertake, to embark upon, to take on (a task)
- (transitive, Latin America) to monopolize, to corner
Synonym: acaparar
Selected combined forms of abarcar (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 abarcar | dative | abarcarme | abarcarte | abarcarle, abarcarse | abarcarnos | abarcaros | abarcarles, abarcarse | | accusative | abarcarme | abarcarte | abarcarlo, abarcarla, abarcarse | abarcarnos | abarcaros | abarcarlos, abarcarlas, abarcarse | | | | | | | | | | | | with gerund abarcando | dative | abarcándome | abarcándote | abarcándole, abarcándose | abarcándonos | abarcándoos | abarcándoles, abarcándose | | accusative | abarcándome | abarcándote | abarcándolo, abarcándola, abarcándose | abarcándonos | abarcándoos | abarcándolos, abarcándolas, abarcándose | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative abarca | dative | abárcame | abárcate | abárcale | abárcanos | not used | abárcales | | accusative | abárcame | abárcate | abárcalo, abárcala | abárcanos | not used | abárcalos, abárcalas | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person singular voseo imperative abarcá | dative | abarcame | abarcate | abarcale | abarcanos | not used | abarcales | | accusative | abarcame | abarcate | abarcalo, abarcala | abarcanos | not used | abarcalos, abarcalas | | | | | | | | | | | | with formal second-person singular imperative abarque | dative | abárqueme | not used | abárquele, abárquese | abárquenos | not used | abárqueles | | accusative | abárqueme | not used | abárquelo, abárquela, abárquese | abárquenos | not used | abárquelos, abárquelas | | | | | | | | | | | | with first-person plural imperative abarquemos | dative | not used | abarquémoste | abarquémosle | abarquémonos | abarquémoos | abarquémosles | | accusative | not used | abarquémoste | abarquémoslo, abarquémosla | abarquémonos | abarquémoos | abarquémoslos, abarquémoslas | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person plural imperative abarcad | dative | abarcadme | not used | abarcadle | abarcadnos | abarcaos | abarcadles | | accusative | abarcadme | not used | abarcadlo, abarcadla | abarcadnos | abarcaos | abarcadlos, abarcadlas | | | | | | | | | | | | with formal second-person plural imperative abarquen | dative | abárquenme | not used | abárquenle | abárquennos | not used | abárquenles, abárquense | | accusative | abárquenme | not used | abárquenlo, abárquenla | abárquennos | not used | abárquenlos, abárquenlas, abárquense | |
“abarcar”, 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
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