amoscar

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ mosca +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amosˈkaɾ/ [a.mosˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧mos‧car

Verb

amoscar (first-person singular present amosco, first-person singular preterite amosqué, past participle amoscado)

1. to nip; bite
2. (reflexive) to be wary of

Conjugation

    Conjugation of amoscar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			amoscar
gerund			amoscando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		amoscado		amoscada
		plural		amoscados		amoscadas
		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	amosco	amoscastú amoscásvos	amosca	amoscamos	amoscáis	amoscan
	imperfect	amoscaba	amoscabas	amoscaba	amoscábamos	amoscabais	amoscaban
	preterite	amosqué	amoscaste	amoscó	amoscamos	amoscasteis	amoscaron
	future	amoscaré	amoscarás	amoscará	amoscaremos	amoscaréis	amoscarán
	conditional	amoscaría	amoscarías	amoscaría	amoscaríamos	amoscaríais	amoscarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	amosque	amosquestú amosquésvos2	amosque	amosquemos	amosquéis	amosquen
	imperfect (ra)	amoscara	amoscaras	amoscara	amoscáramos	amoscarais	amoscaran
	imperfect (se)	amoscase	amoscases	amoscase	amoscásemos	amoscaseis	amoscasen
	future1	amoscare	amoscares	amoscare	amoscáremos	amoscareis	amoscaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		amoscatú amoscávos	amosque	amosquemos	amoscad	amosquen
	negative		no amosques	no amosque	no amosquemos	no amosquéis	no amosquen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of amoscar (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 amoscar	dative	amoscarme	amoscarte	amoscarle, amoscarse	amoscarnos	amoscaros	amoscarles, amoscarse
	accusative	amoscarme	amoscarte	amoscarlo, amoscarla, amoscarse	amoscarnos	amoscaros	amoscarlos, amoscarlas, amoscarse
with gerund amoscando	dative	amoscándome	amoscándote	amoscándole, amoscándose	amoscándonos	amoscándoos	amoscándoles, amoscándose
	accusative	amoscándome	amoscándote	amoscándolo, amoscándola, amoscándose	amoscándonos	amoscándoos	amoscándolos, amoscándolas, amoscándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative amosca	dative	amóscame	amóscate	amóscale	amóscanos	not used	amóscales
	accusative	amóscame	amóscate	amóscalo, amóscala	amóscanos	not used	amóscalos, amóscalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative amoscá	dative	amoscame	amoscate	amoscale	amoscanos	not used	amoscales
	accusative	amoscame	amoscate	amoscalo, amoscala	amoscanos	not used	amoscalos, amoscalas
with formal second-person singular imperative amosque	dative	amósqueme	not used	amósquele, amósquese	amósquenos	not used	amósqueles
	accusative	amósqueme	not used	amósquelo, amósquela, amósquese	amósquenos	not used	amósquelos, amósquelas
with first-person plural imperative amosquemos	dative	not used	amosquémoste	amosquémosle	amosquémonos	amosquémoos	amosquémosles
	accusative	not used	amosquémoste	amosquémoslo, amosquémosla	amosquémonos	amosquémoos	amosquémoslos, amosquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative amoscad	dative	amoscadme	not used	amoscadle	amoscadnos	amoscaos	amoscadles
	accusative	amoscadme	not used	amoscadlo, amoscadla	amoscadnos	amoscaos	amoscadlos, amoscadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative amosquen	dative	amósquenme	not used	amósquenle	amósquennos	not used	amósquenles, amósquense
	accusative	amósquenme	not used	amósquenlo, amósquenla	amósquennos	not used	amósquenlos, amósquenlas, amósquense

Derived terms

• amoscador
• amoscamiento

Further reading

• “amoscar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10