alambicar

Galician

Etymology

From the noun alambique (“still”), from Arabic إنبيق (’inbīq, “still”), from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ.

Verb

alambicar (first-person sg present alambico, first-person sg preterite alambiquei, past participle alambicado)

1. to distill
2. to complicate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alambicar

infinitive			alambicar
gerund			alambicando
past participle			alambicado
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu	ti	el / ela	nós	vós	eles / elas
	present	alambico	alambicas	alambica	alambicamos	alambicades	alambican
	imperfect	alambicaba	alambicabas	alambicaba	alambicabamos	alambicabades	alambicaban
	preterite	alambiquei	alambicaches	alambicou	alambicamos	alambicastes	alambicaron
	pluperfect	alambicara	alambicaras	alambicara	alambicaramos	alambicarades	alambicaran
	future	alambicarei	alambicarás	alambicará	alambicaremos	alambicaredes	alambicarán
	conditional	alambicaría	alambicarías	alambicaría	alambicariamos	alambicariades	alambicarían
subjunctive		eu	ti	el / ela	nós	vós	eles / elas
	present	alambique	alambiques	alambique	alambiquemos	alambiquedes	alambiquen
	preterite	alambicase	alambicases	alambicase	alambicásemos	alambicásedes	alambicasen
	future	alambicar	alambicares	alambicar	alambicarmos	alambicardes	alambicaren
imperative		—	ti	el / ela	nós	vós	eles / elas
		—	alambica	—	—	alambicade	—
personal infinitive		eu	ti	el / ela	nós	vós	eles / elas
		alambicar	alambicares	alambicar	alambicarmos	alambicardes	alambicaren

Spanish

Etymology

From the noun alambique (“still”), from Arabic إنبيق (’inbīq, “still”), from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ.

Verb

alambicar (first-person singular present alambico, first-person singular preterite alambiqué, past participle alambicado)

1. to distill
2. to scrutinize, to examine closely
3. to complicate excessively

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alambicar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

Rule: c becomes a qu before every e.

infinitive			alambicar
gerund			alambicando
past participle			alambicado
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	alambico	alambicas	alambica	alambicamos	alambicáis	alambican
	imperfect	alambicaba	alambicabas	alambicaba	alambicábamos	alambicabais	alambicaban
	preterite	alambiqué	alambicaste	alambicó	alambicamos	alambicasteis	alambicaron
	future	alambicaré	alambicarás	alambicará	alambicaremos	alambicaréis	alambicarán
	conditional	alambicaría	alambicarías	alambicaría	alambicaríamos	alambicaríais	alambicarían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	alambique	alambiques	alambique	alambiquemos	alambiquéis	alambiquen
	imperfect (ra)	alambicara	alambicaras	alambicara	alambicáramos	alambicarais	alambicaran
	imperfect (se)	alambicase	alambicases	alambicase	alambicásemos	alambicaseis	alambicasen
	future	alambicare	alambicares	alambicare	alambicáremos	alambicareis	alambicaren
imperative		—	tú	usted	nosotros	vosotros	ustedes
	affirmative		alambica	alambique	alambiquemos	alambicad	alambiquen
	negative		no alambiques	no alambique	no alambiquemos	no alambiquéis	no alambiquen

Other verbs with this conjugation:

[+] Spanish verbs ending in -ar (conjugation -car)