# acular
## Catalan
### Etymology

From a- +‎ cul +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ə.kuˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.kuˈlaɾ]

### Verb

acular (first-person singular present aculo, first-person singular preterite aculí, past participle aculat)
* (transitive) to back up
* (transitive) to corner
* (pronominal, figurative) to defend one's position stubbornly

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | acular | acular | acular | acular | acular |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | aculant | aculant | aculant | aculant | aculant |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | aculat | aculat | aculada | aculada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | aculats | aculats | aculades | aculades |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| indicative | present | aculo | acules | acula | aculem | aculeu | aculen |
| indicative | imperfect | aculava | aculaves | aculava | aculàvem | aculàveu | aculaven |
| indicative | future | acularé | acularàs | acularà | acularem | aculareu | acularan |
| indicative | preterite | aculí | aculares | aculà | aculàrem | aculàreu | acularen |
| indicative | conditional | acularia | acularies | acularia | acularíem | acularíeu | acularien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | aculi | aculis | aculi | aculem | aculeu | aculin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | aculés | aculessis | aculés | aculéssim | aculéssiu | aculessin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | acula | aculi | aculem | aculeu | aculin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no aculis | no aculi | no aculem | no aculeu | no aculin |

#### Related terms

* recular

### Further reading

* “acular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Spanish
### Etymology

From a- +‎ culo +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /akuˈlaɾ/ [a.kuˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧cu‧lar

### Verb

acular (first-person singular present aculo, first-person singular preterite aculé, past participle aculado)
* to back (to tie by the hind)
* to corner

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | acular | acular | acular | acular | acular |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | aculando | aculando | aculando | aculando | aculando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | aculado | aculado | aculada | aculada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | aculados | aculados | aculadas | aculadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |
| indicative | present | aculo | aculas$^{tú}$ aculás$^{vos}$ | acula | aculamos | aculáis | aculan |
| indicative | imperfect | aculaba | aculabas | aculaba | aculábamos | aculabais | aculaban |
| indicative | preterite | aculé | aculaste | aculó | aculamos | aculasteis | acularon |
| indicative | future | acularé | acularás | aculará | acularemos | acularéis | acularán |
| indicative | conditional | acularía | acularías | acularía | acularíamos | acularíais | acularían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | acule | acules$^{tú}$ aculés$^{vos2}$ | acule | aculemos | aculéis | aculen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | aculara | acularas | aculara | aculáramos | acularais | acularan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | aculase | aculases | aculase | aculásemos | aculaseis | aculasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | aculare | aculares | aculare | aculáremos | aculareis | acularen |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | acula$^{tú}$ aculá$^{vos}$ | acule | aculemos | aculad | aculen |
| imperative | negative | | no acules | no acule | no aculemos | no aculéis | no aculen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

### Further reading

* “acular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

## Turkish
### Noun

acular
* nominative plural of acu