# intricar
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* intrincar

### Etymology

15th century. From Latin intricare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /intɾiˈkaɾ/

### Verb

intricar (first-person singular present intrico, first-person singular preterite intriquei, past participle intricado)
* (transitive) to tangle, embroil
** 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Rufus, Jordanus: Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 141:et dos ditos poos deuen vsar nos llugarres neruossos et jntrincados de veas et darterias porque se deuen cauidar de fazer en taes lugares talladuras nen queimaduras a nehua gisaand the aforementioned powders must be used in the [horse's] parts with nerves and entangled with veins and arteries, because one must refrain from cutting and burning those place in any way
* (transitive, figurative) to obfuscate, confuse

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “jntrincado”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “entricar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “intricar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “intricar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “intrincar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* intrincar

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intrīcāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.tɾiˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.tɾiˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.tɾiˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.tɾiˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ĩ.tɾiˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ĩ.tɾiˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.tɾiˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.tɾiˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.tɾiˈkaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.tɾiˈkaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.tɾiˈka.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: in‧tri‧car

### Verb

intricar (first-person singular present intrico, first-person singular preterite intriquei, past participle intricado)
* (transitive) to tangle, embroil
* (transitive, figurative) to obfuscate, confuse, puzzle, complicate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /intɾiˈkaɾ/ [ĩn̪.t̪ɾiˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: in‧tri‧car

### Verb

intricar (first-person singular present intrico, first-person singular preterite intriqué, past participle intricado)
* Alternative form of intrincar

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | intricar | intricar | intricar | intricar | intricar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | intricando | intricando | intricando | intricando | intricando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | intricado | intricado | intricada | intricada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | intricados | intricados | intricadas | intricadas |
| | | 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 | intrico | intricas$^{tú}$ intricás$^{vos}$ | intrica | intricamos | intricáis | intrican |
| indicative | imperfect | intricaba | intricabas | intricaba | intricábamos | intricabais | intricaban |
| indicative | preterite | intriqué | intricaste | intricó | intricamos | intricasteis | intricaron |
| indicative | future | intricaré | intricarás | intricará | intricaremos | intricaréis | intricarán |
| indicative | conditional | intricaría | intricarías | intricaría | intricaríamos | intricaríais | intricarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | intrique | intriques$^{tú}$ intriqués$^{vos2}$ | intrique | intriquemos | intriquéis | intriquen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | intricara | intricaras | intricara | intricáramos | intricarais | intricaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | intricase | intricases | intricase | intricásemos | intricaseis | intricasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | intricare | intricares | intricare | intricáremos | intricareis | intricaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | intrica$^{tú}$ intricá$^{vos}$ | intrique | intriquemos | intricad | intriquen |
| imperative | negative | | no intriques | no intrique | no intriquemos | no intriquéis | no intriquen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

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