comunicar
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin commūnicāre, present active infinitive of commūnicō. Compare the inherited doublet combregar (“give or receive Communion”).
Verb
comunicar (first-person singular present comunico, past participle comunicat)
- to communicate.
Conjugation
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin commūnicāre, present active infinitive of commūnicō. Compare the doublet comungar.
Verb
comunicar (first-person singular present comunico, first-person singular preterite comuniquei, past participle comunicado)
- to communicate.
- first-person and third-person singular future subjunctive of comunicar
- first-person and third-person singular personal infinitive of comunicar
Conjugation
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- communicar (superseded)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin commūnicāre, present active infinitive of commūnicō (“I communicate; I share”), from communis (“common; public”). Cognate of comungar (“to give communion”).
Pronunciation
- (Paulista) IPA(key): /ko.ˌmu.ni.ˈka(ɹ)/, /ku.ˌmu.ni.ˈka(ɹ)/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.ˌmu.ni.ˈka(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.mu.ni.ˈkaɾ/
- Hyphenation: co‧mu‧ni‧car
Verb
comunicar (first-person singular present indicative comunico, past participle comunicado)
- to communicate (to impart or transmit)
- to communicate (to impart information or knowledge of; to make known)
- to communicate (to express or convey ideas)
Conjugation
Synonyms
- (to transmit): contagiar, repassar, transmitir
- (to make known): divulgar, noticiar
- (to express or convey ideas): transmitir
Derived terms
- comunicar-se
Related terms
- comunicável
- comunicologia
- comunicólogo
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin commūnicāre, present active infinitive of commūnicō. Compare the inherited doublet comulgar.
Verb
comunicar (first-person singular present comunico, first-person singular preterite comuniqué, past participle comunicado)
Conjugation
- c becomes qu before e.
- 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:
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 comunicar | |||||||
| dative | comunicarme | comunicarte | comunicarle, comunicarse | comunicarnos | comunicaros | comunicarles, comunicarse | |
| accusative | comunicarme | comunicarte | comunicarlo, comunicarla, comunicarse | comunicarnos | comunicaros | comunicarlos, comunicarlas, comunicarse | |
| with gerund comunicando | |||||||
| dative | comunicándome | comunicándote | comunicándole, comunicándose | comunicándonos | comunicándoos | comunicándoles, comunicándose | |
| accusative | comunicándome | comunicándote | comunicándolo, comunicándola, comunicándose | comunicándonos | comunicándoos | comunicándolos, comunicándolas, comunicándose | |
| with informal second-person singular imperative comunica | |||||||
| dative | comunícame | comunícate | comunícale | comunícanos | not used | comunícales | |
| accusative | comunícame | comunícate | comunícalo, comunícala | comunícanos | not used | comunícalos, comunícalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative comunique | |||||||
| dative | comuníqueme | not used | comuníquele, comuníquese | comuníquenos | not used | comuníqueles | |
| accusative | comuníqueme | not used | comuníquelo, comuníquela, comuníquese | comuníquenos | not used | comuníquelos, comuníquelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative comuniquemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | comuniquémoste | comuniquémosle | comuniquémonos | comuniquémoos | comuniquémosles | |
| accusative | not used | comuniquémoste | comuniquémoslo, comuniquémosla | comuniquémonos | comuniquémoos | comuniquémoslos, comuniquémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative comunicad | |||||||
| dative | comunicadme | not used | comunicadle | comunicadnos | comunicaos | comunicadles | |
| accusative | comunicadme | not used | comunicadlo, comunicadla | comunicadnos | comunicaos | comunicadlos, comunicadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative comuniquen | |||||||
| dative | comuníquenme | not used | comuníquenle | comuníquennos | not used | comuníquenles, comuníquense | |
| accusative | comuníquenme | not used | comuníquenlo, comuníquenla | comuníquennos | not used | comuníquenlos, comuníquenlas, comuníquense | |