# cucar
## Galician
### Etymology

From cuco (“cuckoo”) +‎ -ar. First attested in the 18th century.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kuˈkaɾ/ [kuˈkɑɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: cucar

### Verb

cucar (first-person singular present cuco, first-person singular preterite cuquei, past participle cucado)
* (intransitive) to cuckoo
* (transitive) to mock, fool
* (transitive) to captivate
* (transitive, eggs) to empty (an egg) by carving two opposite holes on the shell
* (pronominal) to get fooled

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* cuco

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cucar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cucar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cucar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Spanish
### Etymology

From cuco +‎ -ar,

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kuˈkaɾ/ [kuˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: cu‧car

### Verb

cucar (first-person singular present cuco, first-person singular preterite cuqué, past participle cucado)
* (transitive, colloquial, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Puerto Rico) to provoke (someone)
    Synonym: provoke

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | cucar | cucar | cucar | cucar | cucar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | cucando | cucando | cucando | cucando | cucando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | cucado | cucado | cucada | cucada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | cucados | cucados | cucadas | cucadas |
| | | 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 | cuco | cucas$^{tú}$ cucás$^{vos}$ | cuca | cucamos | cucáis | cucan |
| indicative | imperfect | cucaba | cucabas | cucaba | cucábamos | cucabais | cucaban |
| indicative | preterite | cuqué | cucaste | cucó | cucamos | cucasteis | cucaron |
| indicative | future | cucaré | cucarás | cucará | cucaremos | cucaréis | cucarán |
| indicative | conditional | cucaría | cucarías | cucaría | cucaríamos | cucaríais | cucarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | cuque | cuques$^{tú}$ cuqués$^{vos2}$ | cuque | cuquemos | cuquéis | cuquen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | cucara | cucaras | cucara | cucáramos | cucarais | cucaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | cucase | cucases | cucase | cucásemos | cucaseis | cucasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | cucare | cucares | cucare | cucáremos | cucareis | cucaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | cuca$^{tú}$ cucá$^{vos}$ | cuque | cuquemos | cucad | cuquen |
| imperative | negative | | no cuques | no cuque | no cuquemos | no cuquéis | no cuquen |
$^1$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

* “cucar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
* “cucar” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.