cercar

Catalan

Verb

cercar ‎(first-person singular present cerco, past participle cercat)

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Conjugation

Conjugation of cercar (first conjugation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			cercar
present participle			cercant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cercat		cercada
		plural		cercats		cercades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cerco	cerques	cerca	cerquem	cerqueu	cerquen
	imperfect	cercava	cercaves	cercava	cercàvem	cercàveu	cercaven
	future	cercaré	cercaràs	cercarà	cercarem	cercareu	cercaran
	preterite	cerquí	cercares	cercà	cercàrem	cercàreu	cercaren
	conditional	cercaria	cercaries	cercaria	cercaríem	cercaríeu	cercarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cerqui	cerquis	cerqui	cerquem	cerqueu	cerquin
	imperfect	cerqués	cerquessis	cerqués	cerquéssim	cerquéssiu	cerquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
imperative		—	cerca	cerqui	cerquem	cerqueu	cerquin

Synonyms

buscar

Related terms

recerca

Italian

Verb

cercar

apocopic form of cercare

Occitan

Etymology

From Late Latin circāre, present active infinitive of circō, from Latin circa, circus.

Verb

cercar

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Synonyms

quèrre
boscar
recercar

Conjugation

Lengadocian (Standard Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		cercar			èsser cercat
past participle		cercat			-
gerund		cercant			èssent cercat
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cerci	cercas	cerca	cercam	cercatz	cercan
	imperfect	cercavi	cercavas	cercava	cercàvem	cercàvetz	cercavan
	preterite	cercèri	cercères	cercèt	cercèrem	cercèretz	cercèron
	future	cercarai	cercaràs	cercarà	cercarem	cercaretz	cercaràn
conditional		cercariái	cercariás	cercariá	cercariam	cercariatz	cercarián
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of Aver plus the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of Aver plus the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of Aver plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of Aver plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cerce	cerces	cerce	cercem	cercetz	cercen
	imperfect	cercèssi	cercèsses	cercèsse	cercèssem	cercèssetz	cercèsson
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
imperative		-	tu	-	nosautres	vosautres	-
imperative			cerca		cercem	cercatz

Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		cercar			èsser cercat
past participle		cercat			-
gerund		cercant			èssent cercat
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cerce	cerces	cerca	cercam	cercatz	cercon
	imperfect	cercave	cercaves	cercava	cercaviam	cercaviatz	cercavon
	preterite	cercere	cerceres	cercet	cercem	cercetz	cerceron
	future	cercarai	cercaràs	cercará	cercarem	cercaretz	cercarán
conditional		cercariá	cercariás	cercariá	cercariam	cercariatz	cercarián
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of Aver plus the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of Aver plus the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of Aver plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of Aver plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cerce	cerces	cerce	cercassiam	cercassiatz	cercon
	imperfect	cercesse	cercesses	cercesse	cercessiam	cercessiatz	cercesson
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
imperative		-	tu	-	nosautres	vosautres	-
imperative			cerca		cercassiam	cercatz

Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		cercar			èsser cercat
past participle		cercat			-
gerund		cercant			èssent cercat
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cerci	cercas	cerca	cercam	cercatz	cercan
	imperfect	cercavi	cercavas	cercava	cercàvam	cercàvatz	cercavan
	preterite	cercèi	cercès	cercè	cercèm	cercètz	cercèn
	future	cercarèi	cercaràs	cercarà	cercaram	cercaratz	cercaràn
conditional		cercarí	cercarés	cercaré	cercarem	cercaretz	cercarén
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of Aver plus the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of Aver plus the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of Aver plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of Aver plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cerci	cerces	cerce	cercem	cercetz	cercen
	imperfect	cercèssi	cercèsses	cercèsse	cercèssem	cercèssetz	cercèssen
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
imperative		-	tu	-	nosautres	vosautres	-
imperative			cerca		cercem	cercatz

Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		cercar			èsser cercat
past participle		cercat			-
gerund		cercant			èssent cercat
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cerce	cercas	cerca	cercam	cercatz	cercan
	imperfect	cercava	cercavas	cercava	cercàvam	cercàvatz	cercavan
	preterite	cercei	cerceras	cercet	cercèram	cercèratz	cerceran
	future	cercarai	cercaràs	cercará	cercarem	cercaretz	cercarán
conditional		cercariá	cercariàs	cercariá	cercariam	cercariatz	cercarián
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of Aver plus the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of Aver plus the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of Aver plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of Aver plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cerce	cerces	cerce	cercem	cercetz	cercen
	imperfect	cercèsse	cercèsses	cercèsse	cercèssem	cercèssetz	cercèssen
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
imperative		-	tu	-	nosautres	vosautres	-
imperative			cerca		cercem	cercatz

Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		cercar			èsser cercat
past participle		cercat			-
gerund		cercant			èssent cercat
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cerce	cerces	cerca	cercam	cercatz	cercan
	imperfect	cercavi	cercavas	cercava	cercàvem	cercàvetz	cercavan
	preterite	cercère	cercères	cercèt	cerceriam	cerceriatz	cercèron
	future	cercarai	cercaràs	cercarà	cercarem	cercaretz	cercaràn
conditional		cercariáu	cercariás	cercariá	cercariam	cercariatz	cercarián
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of Aver plus the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of Aver plus the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of Aver plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of Aver plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cerce	cerces	cerce	cercem	cercetz	cercan
	imperfect	cercèsse	cercèsses	cercèsse	cercessiam	cercessiatz	cercèsson
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
imperative		-	tu	-	nosautres	vosautres	-
imperative			cerca		cercem	cercatz

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin circāre, present active infinitive of circō, from Latin circa, circus.

Verb

cercar ‎(first-person singular present indicative cerco, past participle cercado)

to besiege
to surround

Conjugation

Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb cercar

	Singular			Plural
Notes:^[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. The last letter c is changed to qu, depending on the following vowel, resulting in these three possible sequences: -ca-, -que- and -co-. Verbs with this conjugation include: brincar, buscar, pecar, trancar.
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cercar
Personal	cercar	cercares	cercar	cercarmos	cercardes	cercarem
Gerund
	cercando
Past participle
Masculine	cercado			cercados
Feminine	cercada			cercadas
Indicative
Present	cerco	cercas	cerca	cercamos	cercais	cercam
Imperfect	cercava	cercavas	cercava	cercávamos	cercáveis	cercavam
Preterite	cerquei	cercaste	cercou	cercamos cercámos	cercastes	cercaram
Pluperfect	cercara	cercaras	cercara	cercáramos	cercáreis	cercaram
Future	cercarei	cercarás	cercará	cercaremos	cercareis	cercarão
Conditional
	cercaria	cercarias	cercaria	cercaríamos	cercaríeis	cercariam
Subjunctive
Present	cerque	cerques	cerque	cerquemos	cerqueis	cerquem
Imperfect	cercasse	cercasses	cercasse	cercássemos	cercásseis	cercassem
Future	cercar	cercares	cercar	cercarmos	cercardes	cercarem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	cerca	cerque	cerquemos	cercai	cerquem
Negative (não)	-	cerques	cerque	cerquemos	cerqueis	cerquem

Derived terms

descercar

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin circāre, present active infinitive of circō, from Latin circa.

Verb

cercar ‎(first-person singular present cerco, first-person singular preterite cerqué, past participle cercado)

to corral, fence.

Conjugation

c becomes qu before e.

Conjugation of cercar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

		singular			plural
infinitive			cercar
gerund			cercando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cercado		cercada
		plural		cercados		cercadas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cerco	cercas^tú cercás^{^vos}	cerca	cercamos	cercáis	cercan
	imperfect	cercaba	cercabas	cercaba	cercábamos	cercabais	cercaban
	preterite	cerqué	cercaste	cercó	cercamos	cercasteis	cercaron
	future	cercaré	cercarás	cercará	cercaremos	cercaréis	cercarán
	conditional	cercaría	cercarías	cercaría	cercaríamos	cercaríais	cercarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cerque	cerques^{^tú} cerqués^{^vos¹}	cerque	cerquemos	cerquéis	cerquen
	imperfect (ra)	cercara	cercaras	cercara	cercáramos	cercarais	cercaran
	imperfect (se)	cercase	cercases	cercase	cercásemos	cercaseis	cercasen
	future	cercare	cercares	cercare	cercáremos	cercareis	cercaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cerca^{^tú} cercá^{^vos}	cerque	cerquemos	cercad	cerquen
	negative		no cerques	no cerque	no cerquemos	no cerquéis	no cerquen

¹Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Spanish_verbs_ending_in_-ar_(conjugation_-car)'>Spanish verbs ending in -ar (conjugation -car)</a>

Selected combined forms of cercar^{edit data}

These forms are generated automatically and may not be attested. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive cercar
	dative	cercarme	cercarte, cercarle	cercarle, cercarse	cercarnos	cercaros, cercarles	cercarles, cercarse
	accusative	cercarme	cercarte, cercarlo, cercarla	cercarlo, cercarla, cercarse	cercarnos	cercaros, cercarlos, cercarlas	cercarlos, cercarlas, cercarse

with gerund cercando
	dative	cercándome	cercándote, cercándole	cercándole, cercándose	cercándonos	cercándoos, cercándoles	cercándoles, cercándose
	accusative	cercándome	cercándote, cercándolo, cercándola	cercándolo, cercándola, cercándose	cercándonos	cercándoos, cercándolos, cercándolas	cercándolos, cercándolas, cercándose

with informal second-person singular imperative cerca
	dative	cércame	cércate, cércale	cércale	cércanos	cércaos, cércales	cércales
	accusative	cércame	cércate, cércalo, cércala	cércalo, cércala	cércanos	cércaos, cércalos, cércalas	cércalos, cércalas

with formal second-person singular imperative cerque
	dative	cérqueme	cérquete, cérquele	cérquele, cérquese	cérquenos	cérqueles	cérqueles, cérquese
	accusative	cérqueme	cérquete, cérquelo, cérquela	cérquelo, cérquela, cérquese	cérquenos	cérquelos, cérquelas	cérquelos, cérquelas, cérquese

with first-person plural imperative cerquemos
	dative	not used	cerquémosle	cerquémosle	cerquémonos	cerquémosles	cerquémosles
	accusative	not used	cerquémoslo, cerquémosla	cerquémoslo, cerquémosla	cerquémonos	cerquémoslos, cerquémoslas	cerquémoslos, cerquémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative cercad
	dative	cercadme	cercadle	cercadle	cercadnos	cercaos, cercadles	cercadles
	accusative	cercadme	cercadlo, cercadla	cercadlo, cercadla	cercadnos	cercaos, cercadlos, cercadlas	cercadlos, cercadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative cerquen
	dative	cérquenme	cérquente, cérquenle	cérquenle, cérquense	cérquenos	cérquenles	cérquenles, cérquense
	accusative	cérquenme	cérquente, cérquenlo, cérquenla	cérquenlo, cérquenla, cérquense	cérquenos	cérquenlos, cérquenlas	cérquenlos, cérquenlas, cérquense

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