brincar
Asturian
Verb
brincar (first-person singular indicative present brinco, past participle brincáu)
- Alternative form of blincar
Conjugation
Galician
Verb
brincar (first-person singular present brinco, first-person singular preterite brinquei, past participle brincado)
Conjugation
1Less recommended.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin vinculum. Alternatively from Proto-Germanic *blinkaną (“to gleam, glitter, flash”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /bɾĩˈka(ʁ)/ [bɾĩˈka(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /bɾĩˈka(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /bɾĩˈka(ʁ)/ [bɾĩˈka(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /bɾĩˈka(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɾĩˈkaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɾĩˈka.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: brin‧car
Verb
brincar (first-person singular present brinco, first-person singular preterite brinquei, past participle brincado)
- to play, as in child's play or "playing around"
- to joke
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese brincar, a verb based on Portuguese brinco, from Latin vinculum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɾinˈkaɾ/ [bɾĩŋˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: brin‧car
Verb
brincar (first-person singular present brinco, first-person singular preterite brinqué, past participle brincado)
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive brincar | |||||||
dative | brincarme | brincarte | brincarle, brincarse | brincarnos | brincaros | brincarles, brincarse | |
accusative | brincarme | brincarte | brincarlo, brincarla, brincarse | brincarnos | brincaros | brincarlos, brincarlas, brincarse | |
with gerund brincando | |||||||
dative | brincándome | brincándote | brincándole, brincándose | brincándonos | brincándoos | brincándoles, brincándose | |
accusative | brincándome | brincándote | brincándolo, brincándola, brincándose | brincándonos | brincándoos | brincándolos, brincándolas, brincándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative brinca | |||||||
dative | bríncame | bríncate | bríncale | bríncanos | not used | bríncales | |
accusative | bríncame | bríncate | bríncalo, bríncala | bríncanos | not used | bríncalos, bríncalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative brincá | |||||||
dative | brincame | brincate | brincale | brincanos | not used | brincales | |
accusative | brincame | brincate | brincalo, brincala | brincanos | not used | brincalos, brincalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative brinque | |||||||
dative | brínqueme | not used | brínquele, brínquese | brínquenos | not used | brínqueles | |
accusative | brínqueme | not used | brínquelo, brínquela, brínquese | brínquenos | not used | brínquelos, brínquelas | |
with first-person plural imperative brinquemos | |||||||
dative | not used | brinquémoste | brinquémosle | brinquémonos | brinquémoos | brinquémosles | |
accusative | not used | brinquémoste | brinquémoslo, brinquémosla | brinquémonos | brinquémoos | brinquémoslos, brinquémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative brincad | |||||||
dative | brincadme | not used | brincadle | brincadnos | brincaos | brincadles | |
accusative | brincadme | not used | brincadlo, brincadla | brincadnos | brincaos | brincadlos, brincadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative brinquen | |||||||
dative | brínquenme | not used | brínquenle | brínquennos | not used | brínquenles, brínquense | |
accusative | brínquenme | not used | brínquenlo, brínquenla | brínquennos | not used | brínquenlos, brínquenlas, brínquense |
Related terms
Further reading
- “brincar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “brincar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 665