lubrificar

Catalan

Etymology

From lubricar +‎ -ificar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [lu.βɾi.fiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [lu.bɾi.fiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [lu.bɾi.fiˈkaɾ]
• Homophone: lubrificà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

lubrificar (first-person singular present lubrifico, first-person singular preterite lubrifiquí, past participle lubrificat)

1. to lubricate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lubrificar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			lubrificar
gerund			lubrificant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		lubrificat		lubrificada
		plural		lubrificats		lubrificades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	lubrifico	lubrifiques	lubrifica	lubrifiquem	lubrifiqueu	lubrifiquen
	imperfect	lubrificava	lubrificaves	lubrificava	lubrificàvem	lubrificàveu	lubrificaven
	future	lubrificaré	lubrificaràs	lubrificarà	lubrificarem	lubrificareu	lubrificaran
	preterite	lubrifiquí	lubrificares	lubrificà	lubrificàrem	lubrificàreu	lubrificaren
	conditional	lubrificaria	lubrificaries	lubrificaria	lubrificaríem	lubrificaríeu	lubrificarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	lubrifiqui	lubrifiquis	lubrifiqui	lubrifiquem	lubrifiqueu	lubrifiquin
	imperfect	lubrifiqués	lubrifiquessis	lubrifiqués	lubrifiquéssim	lubrifiquéssiu	lubrifiquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	lubrifica	lubrifiqui	lubrifiquem	lubrifiqueu	lubrifiquin
	negative (no)	—	no lubrifiquis	no lubrifiqui	no lubrifiquem	no lubrifiqueu	no lubrifiquin

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lu.bɾi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [lu.bɾi.fiˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lu.bɾi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [lu.bɾi.fiˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /lu.bɾi.fiˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /lu.bɾi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [lu.bɾi.fiˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /lu.bɾi.fiˈka(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lu.bɾi.fiˈkaɾ/ [lu.βɾi.fiˈkaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lu.bɾi.fiˈkaɾ/ [lu.βɾi.fiˈkaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lu.bɾi.fiˈka.ɾi/ [lu.βɾi.fiˈka.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: lu‧bri‧fi‧car

Verb

lubrificar (first-person singular present lubrifico, first-person singular preterite lubrifiquei, past participle lubrificado)

1. to lubricate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lubrificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	lubrificar
Personal	lubrificar	lubrificares	lubrificar	lubrificarmos	lubrificardes	lubrificarem
Gerund
	lubrificando
Past participle
Masculine	lubrificado			lubrificados
Feminine	lubrificada			lubrificadas
Indicative
Present	lubrifico	lubrificas	lubrifica	lubrificamos	lubrificais	lubrificam
Imperfect	lubrificava	lubrificavas	lubrificava	lubrificávamos	lubrificáveis	lubrificavam
Preterite	lubrifiquei	lubrificaste	lubrificou	lubrificamos1, lubrificámos2	lubrificastes	lubrificaram
Pluperfect	lubrificara	lubrificaras	lubrificara	lubrificáramos	lubrificáreis	lubrificaram
Future	lubrificarei	lubrificarás	lubrificará	lubrificaremos	lubrificareis	lubrificarão
Conditional	lubrificaria	lubrificarias	lubrificaria	lubrificaríamos	lubrificaríeis	lubrificariam
Subjunctive
Present	lubrifique	lubrifiques	lubrifique	lubrifiquemos	lubrifiqueis	lubrifiquem
Imperfect	lubrificasse	lubrificasses	lubrificasse	lubrificássemos	lubrificásseis	lubrificassem
Future	lubrificar	lubrificares	lubrificar	lubrificarmos	lubrificardes	lubrificarem
Imperative
Affirmative		lubrifica	lubrifique	lubrifiquemos	lubrificai	lubrifiquem
Negative (não)		não lubrifiques	não lubrifique	não lubrifiquemos	não lubrifiqueis	não lubrifiquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• lubrificação
• lubrificante

 

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lubɾifiˈkaɾ/ [lu.β̞ɾi.fiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: lu‧bri‧fi‧car

Verb

lubrificar (first-person singular present lubrifico, first-person singular preterite lubrifiqué, past participle lubrificado)

1. to lubricate

   Synonym: lubricar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lubrificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			lubrificar
gerund			lubrificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		lubrificado		lubrificada
		plural		lubrificados		lubrificadas
		singular			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
	present	lubrifico	lubrificastú lubrificásvos	lubrifica	lubrificamos	lubrificáis	lubrifican
	imperfect	lubrificaba	lubrificabas	lubrificaba	lubrificábamos	lubrificabais	lubrificaban
	preterite	lubrifiqué	lubrificaste	lubrificó	lubrificamos	lubrificasteis	lubrificaron
	future	lubrificaré	lubrificarás	lubrificará	lubrificaremos	lubrificaréis	lubrificarán
	conditional	lubrificaría	lubrificarías	lubrificaría	lubrificaríamos	lubrificaríais	lubrificarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	lubrifique	lubrifiquestú lubrifiquésvos2	lubrifique	lubrifiquemos	lubrifiquéis	lubrifiquen
	imperfect (ra)	lubrificara	lubrificaras	lubrificara	lubrificáramos	lubrificarais	lubrificaran
	imperfect (se)	lubrificase	lubrificases	lubrificase	lubrificásemos	lubrificaseis	lubrificasen
	future1	lubrificare	lubrificares	lubrificare	lubrificáremos	lubrificareis	lubrificaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		lubrificatú lubrificávos	lubrifique	lubrifiquemos	lubrificad	lubrifiquen
	negative		no lubrifiques	no lubrifique	no lubrifiquemos	no lubrifiquéis	no lubrifiquen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of lubrificar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive lubrificar
	dative	lubrificarme	lubrificarte	lubrificarle, lubrificarse	lubrificarnos	lubrificaros	lubrificarles, lubrificarse
	accusative	lubrificarme	lubrificarte	lubrificarlo, lubrificarla, lubrificarse	lubrificarnos	lubrificaros	lubrificarlos, lubrificarlas, lubrificarse
with gerund lubrificando
	dative	lubrificándome	lubrificándote	lubrificándole, lubrificándose	lubrificándonos	lubrificándoos	lubrificándoles, lubrificándose
	accusative	lubrificándome	lubrificándote	lubrificándolo, lubrificándola, lubrificándose	lubrificándonos	lubrificándoos	lubrificándolos, lubrificándolas, lubrificándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative lubrifica
	dative	lubrifícame	lubrifícate	lubrifícale	lubrifícanos	not used	lubrifícales
	accusative	lubrifícame	lubrifícate	lubrifícalo, lubrifícala	lubrifícanos	not used	lubrifícalos, lubrifícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative lubrificá
	dative	lubrificame	lubrificate	lubrificale	lubrificanos	not used	lubrificales
	accusative	lubrificame	lubrificate	lubrificalo, lubrificala	lubrificanos	not used	lubrificalos, lubrificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative lubrifique
	dative	lubrifíqueme	not used	lubrifíquele, lubrifíquese	lubrifíquenos	not used	lubrifíqueles
	accusative	lubrifíqueme	not used	lubrifíquelo, lubrifíquela, lubrifíquese	lubrifíquenos	not used	lubrifíquelos, lubrifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative lubrifiquemos
	dative	not used	lubrifiquémoste	lubrifiquémosle	lubrifiquémonos	lubrifiquémoos	lubrifiquémosles
	accusative	not used	lubrifiquémoste	lubrifiquémoslo, lubrifiquémosla	lubrifiquémonos	lubrifiquémoos	lubrifiquémoslos, lubrifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative lubrificad
	dative	lubrificadme	not used	lubrificadle	lubrificadnos	lubrificaos	lubrificadles
	accusative	lubrificadme	not used	lubrificadlo, lubrificadla	lubrificadnos	lubrificaos	lubrificadlos, lubrificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative lubrifiquen
	dative	lubrifíquenme	not used	lubrifíquenle	lubrifíquennos	not used	lubrifíquenles, lubrifíquense
	accusative	lubrifíquenme	not used	lubrifíquenlo, lubrifíquenla	lubrifíquennos	not used	lubrifíquenlos, lubrifíquenlas, lubrifíquense

Derived terms

• lubrificación
• lubrificante

 

Related terms

• lubricante
• lubricar

 

Further reading

• “lubrificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28