# vincular
## English
### Adjective

vincular (not comparable)
* (grammar) connective.
** 2011, Sergey Kitaev, Patterns in Permutations and Words, page 293:See Table 3.2 for a collection of enumerative results related to vincular 3-patterns, as well as for their connections to other combinatorial objects.
* (mathematics) Relating to a vinculum.

#### Derived terms

* parivincular
* planivincular

## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* vinclar (archaic)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vinculāre (“bind”), from vinciō (“bind”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [biŋ.kuˈla]
* IPA: (Balearic) [viŋ.kuˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [viŋ.kuˈlaɾ]

### Verb

vincular (first-person singular present vinculo, first-person singular preterite vinculí, past participle vinculat)
* (transitive) to link; bind
* (transitive, law) to entail

#### Derived terms

* desvincular
* vinculable
* vinculació

#### Related terms

* vinclar
* vincle

### Further reading

* “vincular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “vincular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “vincular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “vincular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vinculāre (“to bind”), from vinciō (“to bind”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /vĩ.kuˈla(ʁ)/ [vĩ.kuˈla(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /vĩ.kuˈla(ʁ)/ [vĩ.kuˈla(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /vĩ.kuˈla(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /vĩ.kuˈla(ʁ)/ [vĩ.kuˈla(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /vĩ.kuˈla(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vĩ.kuˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vĩ.kuˈlaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /bĩ.kuˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /vĩ.kuˈla.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: vin‧cu‧lar

### Verb

vincular (first-person singular present vinculo, first-person singular preterite vinculei, past participle vinculado)
* to bind
* to link
    Synonym: ligar

#### Conjugation

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

#### Antonyms

* desvincular

#### Derived terms

* desvincular

### Further reading

* “vincular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vinculāre (“bind”), from vinciō (“bind”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /binkuˈlaɾ/ [bĩŋ.kuˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: vin‧cu‧lar

### Verb

vincular (first-person singular present vinculo, first-person singular preterite vinculé, past participle vinculado)
* to bind
* to link
    Synonym: ligar
** 1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael‎, Buenos Aires: La Tribuna Nacional:Los gauchos a que se habían reunido Ismael y Aldama pertenecían al género bravío, y a una temible banda de cuarenta individuos de distintas razas y clases vinculados por la misma desgracia y un destino común.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Conjugation

$^1$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.

#### Derived terms

* desvincular

#### Related terms

* vínculo

### Further reading

* “vincular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10