# manducar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mandūcāre. Doublet of menjar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [mən.duˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [man.duˈkaɾ]

### Verb

manducar (first-person singular present manduco, first-person singular preterite manduquí, past participle manducat)
* (colloquial) to eat, gobble, scoff

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | manducar | manducar | manducar | manducar | manducar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | manducant | manducant | manducant | manducant | manducant |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | manducat | manducat | manducada | manducada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | manducats | manducats | manducades | manducades |
| 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 | manduco | manduques | manduca | manduquem | manduqueu | manduquen |
| indicative | imperfect | manducava | manducaves | manducava | manducàvem | manducàveu | manducaven |
| indicative | future | manducaré | manducaràs | manducarà | manducarem | manducareu | manducaran |
| indicative | preterite | manduquí | manducares | manducà | manducàrem | manducàreu | manducaren |
| indicative | conditional | manducaria | manducaries | manducaria | manducaríem | manducaríeu | manducarien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | manduqui | manduquis | manduqui | manduquem | manduqueu | manduquin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | manduqués | manduquessis | manduqués | manduquéssim | manduquéssiu | manduquessin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | manduca | manduqui | manduquem | manduqueu | manduquin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no manduquis | no manduqui | no manduquem | no manduqueu | no manduquin |

#### Derived terms

* manduca

### Further reading

* “manducar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “manducar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
* “manducar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “manducar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin mandūcāre. Doublet of manjar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /manduˈkaɾ/ [mãn̪.d̪uˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: man‧du‧car

### Verb

manducar (first-person singular present manduco, first-person singular preterite manduqué, past participle manducado)
* (colloquial) to eat, munch, scoff

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | manducar | manducar | manducar | manducar | manducar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | manducando | manducando | manducando | manducando | manducando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | manducado | manducado | manducada | manducada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | manducados | manducados | manducadas | manducadas |
| | | 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 | manduco | manducas$^{tú}$ manducás$^{vos}$ | manduca | manducamos | manducáis | manducan |
| indicative | imperfect | manducaba | manducabas | manducaba | manducábamos | manducabais | manducaban |
| indicative | preterite | manduqué | manducaste | manducó | manducamos | manducasteis | manducaron |
| indicative | future | manducaré | manducarás | manducará | manducaremos | manducaréis | manducarán |
| indicative | conditional | manducaría | manducarías | manducaría | manducaríamos | manducaríais | manducarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | manduque | manduques$^{tú}$ manduqués$^{vos2}$ | manduque | manduquemos | manduquéis | manduquen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | manducara | manducaras | manducara | manducáramos | manducarais | manducaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | manducase | manducases | manducase | manducásemos | manducaseis | manducasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | manducare | manducares | manducare | manducáremos | manducareis | manducaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | manduca$^{tú}$ manducá$^{vos}$ | manduque | manduquemos | manducad | manduquen |
| imperative | negative | | no manduques | no manduque | no manduquemos | no manduquéis | no manduquen |
$^1$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.

#### See also

* comer

### Further reading

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