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masticar

masticar

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Verb

masticar ‎(first-person singular present mastico, past participle masticat)

  1. to chew

Conjugation

Synonyms

Interlingua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mas.tiˈkar/

Verb

masticar

  1. to chew

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin masticāre, present active infinitive of masticō. The word mascar derives from the same source, but is a direct descendant while masticar is a later loanword.

Verb

masticar ‎(first-person singular present mastico, first-person singular preterite mastiqué, past participle masticado)

  1. to chew
  2. to think (about an idea)

Conjugation

  • c becomes qu before e.
    Conjugation of masticar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
infinitive masticar
gerund masticando
past participle masculine feminine
singular masticado masticada
plural masticados masticadas
singular plural
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 mastico masticastú
masticásvos 		mastica masticamos masticáis mastican
imperfect masticaba masticabas masticaba masticábamos masticabais masticaban
preterite mastiqué masticaste masticó masticamos masticasteis masticaron
future masticaré masticarás masticará masticaremos masticaréis masticarán
conditional masticaría masticarías masticaría masticaríamos masticaríais masticarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present mastique mastiquestú
mastiquésvos1 		mastique mastiquemos mastiquéis mastiquen
imperfect
(ra)		 masticara masticaras masticara masticáramos masticarais masticaran
imperfect
(se)		 masticase masticases masticase masticásemos masticaseis masticasen
future masticare masticares masticare masticáremos masticareis masticaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative masticatú
masticávos 		mastique mastiquemos masticad mastiquen
negative no mastiques no mastique no mastiquemos no mastiquéis no mastiquen
1Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin masticāre, present active infinitive of masticō. The word mastegar derives from the same source, but is a direct descendant while masticar is a later loanword.

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