bocinar

Spanish

Etymology

Most likely regressively derived from bocina +‎ -ar;[1] cf. also Latin būcinō, būcināre, and voznar.

Pronunciation

Verb

bocinar (first-person singular present bocino, first-person singular preterite bociné, past participle bocinado)

  1. to honk the horn (on a car)
  2. to speak through a loudspeaker[2]
  3. to play on a horn or conch shell[3]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bocinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive bocinar
gerund bocinando
past participle masculine feminine
singular bocinado bocinada
plural bocinados bocinadas
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 bocino bocinastú
bocinásvos 		bocina bocinamos bocináis bocinan
imperfect bocinaba bocinabas bocinaba bocinábamos bocinabais bocinaban
preterite bociné bocinaste bocinó bocinamos bocinasteis bocinaron
future bocinaré bocinarás bocinará bocinaremos bocinaréis bocinarán
conditional bocinaría bocinarías bocinaría bocinaríamos bocinaríais bocinarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present bocine bocinestú
bocinésvos2 		bocine bocinemos bocinéis bocinen
imperfect
(ra) 		bocinara bocinaras bocinara bocináramos bocinarais bocinaran
imperfect
(se) 		bocinase bocinases bocinase bocinásemos bocinaseis bocinasen
future1 bocinare bocinares bocinare bocináremos bocinareis bocinaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative bocinatú
bocinávos 		bocine bocinemos bocinad bocinen
negative no bocines no bocine no bocinemos no bocinéis no bocinen

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

References

  1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “bocinar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. ^ “bocinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
  3. ^ “bocinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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