Galician
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Etymology
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From the noun alambique (“still”), from Arabic إِنْبِيق (ʔinbīq, “still”), from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ (ámbix).
alambicar (first-person singular present alambico, first-person singular preterite alambiquei, past participle alambicado)
- to distill
- to complicate
Conjugation
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Conjugation of alambicar (c-qu alternation)
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Singular
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Plural
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First-person (eu)
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Second-person (ti / tu)
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Third-person (ele / ela / você)
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First-person (nós)
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Second-person (vós)
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Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
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Infinitive
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Impersonal
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alambicar
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Personal
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alambicar
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alambicares
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alambicar
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alambicarmos
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alambicardes
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alambicarem
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Gerund
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alambicando
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Past participle
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Masculine
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alambicado
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alambicados
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Feminine
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alambicada
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alambicadas
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Indicative
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Present
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alambico
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alambicas
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alambica
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alambicamos
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alambicades, alambicais
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alambicam
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Imperfect
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alambicava
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alambicavas
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alambicava
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alambicávamos
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alambicávades, alambicáveis, alambicávais1 |
alambicavam
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Preterite
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alambiquei
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alambicaste, alambicache1 |
alambicou
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alambicamos
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alambicastes
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alambicárom, alambicaram
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Pluperfect
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alambicara
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alambicaras
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alambicara
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alambicáramos
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alambicárades, alambicáreis, alambicárais1 |
alambicaram
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Future
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alambicarei
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alambicarás
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alambicará
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alambicaremos
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alambicaredes, alambicareis
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alambicarám, alambicarão
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Conditional
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alambicaria
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alambicarias
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alambicaria
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alambicaríamos
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alambicaríades, alambicaríeis, alambicaríais1 |
alambicariam
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Subjunctive
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Present
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alambique
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alambiques
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alambique
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alambiquemos
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alambiquedes, alambiqueis
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alambiquem
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Imperfect
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alambicasse
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alambicasses
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alambicasse
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alambicássemos
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alambicássedes, alambicásseis
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alambicassem
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Future
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alambicar
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alambicares
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alambicar
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alambicarmos
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alambicardes
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alambicarem
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Imperative
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Affirmative
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alambica
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alambique
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alambiquemos
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alambicade, alambicai
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alambiquem
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Negative (nom)
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nom alambiques
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nom alambique
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nom alambiquemos
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nom alambiquedes, nom alambiqueis
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nom alambiquem
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Portuguese
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Etymology
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From alambique (“still”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /alambiˈkaɾ/ [a.lãm.biˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧lam‧bi‧car
alambicar (first-person singular present alambico, first-person singular preterite alambiqué, past participle alambicado)
- (transitive) to distill
- Synonym: destilar
- (transitive) to scrutinize, to examine closely
- Synonym: escrudiñar
- (transitive) to complicate excessively
1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:[…] la sociedad modelo, según las ideas de su padre, había alambicado y desvirtuado un poco la idea religiosa, dejándose seducir demasiado por los símbolos que la misma idea religiosa emplea como órganos eficaces y al mismo tiempo como culto tributado por la verdad a la belleza eterna.- […] the model society, according to the ideas of his father, had complicated and somewhat distorted the religious idea, allowing itself to be seduced too much by the symbols that the same religious idea uses as effective organs and at the same time as a cult paid by the truth to eternal beauty.
Conjugation
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1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of alambicar (c-qu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive alambicar
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dative
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alambicarme
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alambicarte
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alambicarle, alambicarse
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alambicarnos
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alambicaros
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alambicarles, alambicarse
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accusative
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alambicarme
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alambicarte
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alambicarlo, alambicarla, alambicarse
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alambicarnos
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alambicaros
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alambicarlos, alambicarlas, alambicarse
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with gerund alambicando
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dative
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alambicándome
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alambicándote
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alambicándole, alambicándose
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alambicándonos
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alambicándoos
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alambicándoles, alambicándose
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accusative
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alambicándome
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alambicándote
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alambicándolo, alambicándola, alambicándose
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alambicándonos
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alambicándoos
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alambicándolos, alambicándolas, alambicándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative alambica
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dative
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alambícame
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alambícate
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alambícale
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alambícanos
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not used
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alambícales
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accusative
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alambícame
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alambícate
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alambícalo, alambícala
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alambícanos
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not used
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alambícalos, alambícalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative alambicá
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dative
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alambicame
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alambicate
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alambicale
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alambicanos
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not used
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alambicales
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accusative
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alambicame
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alambicate
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alambicalo, alambicala
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alambicanos
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not used
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alambicalos, alambicalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative alambique
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dative
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alambíqueme
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not used
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alambíquele, alambíquese
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alambíquenos
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not used
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alambíqueles
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accusative
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alambíqueme
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not used
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alambíquelo, alambíquela, alambíquese
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alambíquenos
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not used
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alambíquelos, alambíquelas
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with first-person plural imperative alambiquemos
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dative
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not used
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alambiquémoste
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alambiquémosle
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alambiquémonos
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alambiquémoos
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alambiquémosles
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accusative
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not used
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alambiquémoste
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alambiquémoslo, alambiquémosla
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alambiquémonos
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alambiquémoos
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alambiquémoslos, alambiquémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative alambicad
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dative
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alambicadme
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not used
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alambicadle
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alambicadnos
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alambicaos
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alambicadles
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accusative
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alambicadme
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not used
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alambicadlo, alambicadla
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alambicadnos
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alambicaos
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alambicadlos, alambicadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative alambiquen
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dative
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alambíquenme
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not used
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alambíquenle
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alambíquennos
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not used
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alambíquenles, alambíquense
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accusative
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alambíquenme
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not used
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alambíquenlo, alambíquenla
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alambíquennos
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not used
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alambíquenlos, alambíquenlas, alambíquense
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