buscar

Asturian

Verb

buscar (first-person singular indicative present busco, past participle buscáu)

  1. to search, look for

Conjugation

Synonyms

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish buscar, which is of unknown origin in that language.

Verb

buscar (first-person singular present busco, past participle buscat)

  1. to seek, to search for, to look for

Conjugation

as cantar, except that the c of the radical becomes qu before e or i in the ending

Synonyms

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese buscar of Unknown origin, possibly cognate with bosque, cognate with Italian buscare and Spanish buscar. Or possibly from Celtic; compare Gaulish *boudi- ("victory, gain"), Old Irish búaid (“victory”) and Welsh budd (“gain”), all from Proto-Indo-European *bhudh-skō (“win, gain”).

Pronunciation

Verb

buscar (first-person singular present indicative busco, past participle buscado)

  1. to search for
  2. to fetch, to pick up
    • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 127:
      Está vindo alguém buscar você. Olhe.
      Someone is going to pick you up. Look.

Conjugation

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:buscar.

Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

Unknown, possibly cognate with bosque, cognate with Italian buscare and Portuguese buscar. Or possibly from Celtic; compare Gaulish *boudi- ("victory, gain"), Old Irish búaid (“victory”) and Welsh budd (“gain”), all from Proto-Indo-European *bhudh-skō (“win, gain”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /busˈkaɾ/
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Verb

buscar (first-person singular present busco, first-person singular preterite busqué, past participle buscado)

  1. to seek, to search for, to look for, to try to find.
  2. to fetch, get, pick up

Conjugation

  • c becomes qu before e.
    Conjugation of buscar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
infinitive buscar
gerund buscando
past participle masculine feminine
singular buscado buscada
plural buscados buscadas
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 busco buscastú
buscásvos		 busca buscamos buscáis buscan
imperfect buscaba buscabas buscaba buscábamos buscabais buscaban
preterite busqué buscaste buscó buscamos buscasteis buscaron
future buscaré buscarás buscará buscaremos buscaréis buscarán
conditional buscaría buscarías buscaría buscaríamos buscaríais buscarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present busque busquestú
busquésvos2		 busque busquemos busquéis busquen
imperfect
(ra)		 buscara buscaras buscara buscáramos buscarais buscaran
imperfect
(se)		 buscase buscases buscase buscásemos buscaseis buscasen
future1 buscare buscares buscare buscáremos buscareis buscaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative buscatú
buscávos		 busque busquemos buscad busquen
negative no busques no busque no busquemos no busquéis no busquen
  • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
  • 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

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        Selected combined forms of buscaredit data

    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 buscar
    dative buscarme buscarte buscarle, buscarse buscarnos buscaros buscarles, buscarse
    accusative buscarme buscarte buscarlo, buscarla, buscarse buscarnos buscaros buscarlos, buscarlas, buscarse
    with gerund buscando
    dative buscándome buscándote buscándole, buscándose buscándonos buscándoos buscándoles, buscándose
    accusative buscándome buscándote buscándolo, buscándola, buscándose buscándonos buscándoos buscándolos, buscándolas, buscándose
    with informal second-person singular imperative busca
    dative búscame búscate búscale búscanos not used búscales
    accusative búscame búscate búscalo, búscala búscanos not used búscalos, búscalas
    with formal second-person singular imperative busque
    dative búsqueme not used búsquele, búsquese búsquenos not used búsqueles
    accusative búsqueme not used búsquelo, búsquela, búsquese búsquenos not used búsquelos, búsquelas
    with first-person plural imperative busquemos
    dative not used busquémoste busquémosle busquémonos busquémoos busquémosles
    accusative not used busquémoste busquémoslo, busquémosla busquémonos busquémoos busquémoslos, busquémoslas
    with informal second-person plural imperative buscad
    dative buscadme not used buscadle buscadnos buscaos buscadles
    accusative buscadme not used buscadlo, buscadla buscadnos buscaos buscadlos, buscadlas
    with formal second-person plural imperative busquen
    dative búsquenme not used búsquenle búsquennos not used búsquenles, búsquense
    accusative búsquenme not used búsquenlo, búsquenla búsquennos not used búsquenlos, búsquenlas, búsquense

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