# vacar
## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* vagar

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vacāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [bəˈka]
* IPA: (Balearic) [vəˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [vaˈkaɾ]
* Homophones: becà, becar, vacà
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

vacar (first-person singular present vaco, first-person singular preterite vaquí, past participle vacat)
* (intransitive) (an office or position) to be vacant, not occupied

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | vacar | vacar | vacar | vacar | vacar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | vacant | vacant | vacant | vacant | vacant |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | vacat | vacat | vacada | vacada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | vacats | vacats | vacades | vacades |
| 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 | vaco | vaques | vaca | vaquem | vaqueu | vaquen |
| indicative | imperfect | vacava | vacaves | vacava | vacàvem | vacàveu | vacaven |
| indicative | future | vacaré | vacaràs | vacarà | vacarem | vacareu | vacaran |
| indicative | preterite | vaquí | vacares | vacà | vacàrem | vacàreu | vacaren |
| indicative | conditional | vacaria | vacaries | vacaria | vacaríem | vacaríeu | vacarien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | vaqui | vaquis | vaqui | vaquem | vaqueu | vaquin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | vaqués | vaquessis | vaqués | vaquéssim | vaquéssiu | vaquessin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | vaca | vaqui | vaquem | vaqueu | vaquin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no vaquis | no vaqui | no vaquem | no vaqueu | no vaquin |

#### Derived terms

* vacança
* vacant

#### Related terms

* vacació

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* cavar, varca

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* vagar

### Etymology

From Latin vacāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /vaˈka(ʁ)/ [vaˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /vaˈka(ʁ)/ [vaˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /vaˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /vaˈka(ʁ)/ [vaˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /vaˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vɐˈkaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vɐˈkaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /bɐˈkaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /vɐˈka.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: va‧car

### Verb

vacar (first-person singular present vaco, first-person singular preterite vaquei, past participle vacado)
* to vacate (move out of a given place)

#### Conjugation

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin vacāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈkaɾ/ [baˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: va‧car

### Verb

vacar (first-person singular present vaco, first-person singular preterite vaqué, past participle vacado)
* to take a break
* to vacate
* to dedicate time to
* to lack

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | vacar | vacar | vacar | vacar | vacar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | vacando | vacando | vacando | vacando | vacando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | vacado | vacado | vacada | vacada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | vacados | vacados | vacadas | vacadas |
| | | 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 | vaco | vacas$^{tú}$ vacás$^{vos}$ | vaca | vacamos | vacáis | vacan |
| indicative | imperfect | vacaba | vacabas | vacaba | vacábamos | vacabais | vacaban |
| indicative | preterite | vaqué | vacaste | vacó | vacamos | vacasteis | vacaron |
| indicative | future | vacaré | vacarás | vacará | vacaremos | vacaréis | vacarán |
| indicative | conditional | vacaría | vacarías | vacaría | vacaríamos | vacaríais | vacarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | vaque | vaques$^{tú}$ vaqués$^{vos2}$ | vaque | vaquemos | vaquéis | vaquen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | vacara | vacaras | vacara | vacáramos | vacarais | vacaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | vacase | vacases | vacase | vacásemos | vacaseis | vacasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | vacare | vacares | vacare | vacáremos | vacareis | vacaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | vaca$^{tú}$ vacá$^{vos}$ | vaque | vaquemos | vacad | vaquen |
| imperative | negative | | no vaques | no vaque | no vaquemos | no vaquéis | no vaquen |
$^1$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

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