amarrocar

Spanish

Etymology

Derived from Piedmontese maroc, slang for bread, itself a clipping of Marroco.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amaroˈkaɾ/ [a.ma.roˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧ma‧rro‧car

Verb

amarrocar (first-person singular present amarroco, first-person singular preterite amarroqué, past participle amarrocado)

  1. (Rioplatense) to save (money or something valuable)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of amarrocar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive amarrocar
gerund amarrocando
past participle masculine feminine
singular amarrocado amarrocada
plural amarrocados amarrocadas
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 amarroco amarrocastú
amarrocásvos 		amarroca amarrocamos amarrocáis amarrocan
imperfect amarrocaba amarrocabas amarrocaba amarrocábamos amarrocabais amarrocaban
preterite amarroqué amarrocaste amarrocó amarrocamos amarrocasteis amarrocaron
future amarrocaré amarrocarás amarrocará amarrocaremos amarrocaréis amarrocarán
conditional amarrocaría amarrocarías amarrocaría amarrocaríamos amarrocaríais amarrocarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present amarroque amarroquestú
amarroquésvos2 		amarroque amarroquemos amarroquéis amarroquen
imperfect
(ra) 		amarrocara amarrocaras amarrocara amarrocáramos amarrocarais amarrocaran
imperfect
(se) 		amarrocase amarrocases amarrocase amarrocásemos amarrocaseis amarrocasen
future1 amarrocare amarrocares amarrocare amarrocáremos amarrocareis amarrocaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative amarrocatú
amarrocávos 		amarroque amarroquemos amarrocad amarroquen
negative no amarroques no amarroque no amarroquemos no amarroquéis no amarroquen

1Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of amarrocar (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 amarrocar dative amarrocarme amarrocarte amarrocarle, amarrocarse amarrocarnos amarrocaros amarrocarles, amarrocarse
accusative amarrocarme amarrocarte amarrocarlo, amarrocarla, amarrocarse amarrocarnos amarrocaros amarrocarlos, amarrocarlas, amarrocarse
with gerund amarrocando dative amarrocándome amarrocándote amarrocándole, amarrocándose amarrocándonos amarrocándoos amarrocándoles, amarrocándose
accusative amarrocándome amarrocándote amarrocándolo, amarrocándola, amarrocándose amarrocándonos amarrocándoos amarrocándolos, amarrocándolas, amarrocándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative amarroca dative amarrócame amarrócate amarrócale amarrócanos not used amarrócales
accusative amarrócame amarrócate amarrócalo, amarrócala amarrócanos not used amarrócalos, amarrócalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative amarrocá dative amarrocame amarrocate amarrocale amarrocanos not used amarrocales
accusative amarrocame amarrocate amarrocalo, amarrocala amarrocanos not used amarrocalos, amarrocalas
with formal second-person singular imperative amarroque dative amarróqueme not used amarróquele, amarróquese amarróquenos not used amarróqueles
accusative amarróqueme not used amarróquelo, amarróquela, amarróquese amarróquenos not used amarróquelos, amarróquelas
with first-person plural imperative amarroquemos dative not used amarroquémoste amarroquémosle amarroquémonos amarroquémoos amarroquémosles
accusative not used amarroquémoste amarroquémoslo, amarroquémosla amarroquémonos amarroquémoos amarroquémoslos, amarroquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative amarrocad dative amarrocadme not used amarrocadle amarrocadnos amarrocaos amarrocadles
accusative amarrocadme not used amarrocadlo, amarrocadla amarrocadnos amarrocaos amarrocadlos, amarrocadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative amarroquen dative amarróquenme not used amarróquenle amarróquennos not used amarróquenles, amarróquense
accusative amarróquenme not used amarróquenlo, amarróquenla amarróquennos not used amarróquenlos, amarróquenlas, amarróquense

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