bifurcar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin bifurcātus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bi.fuʁˈka(ʁ)/ [bi.fuhˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bi.fuʁˈka(ʁ)/ [bi.fuhˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /bi.fuɾˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /bi.fuʁˈka(ʁ)/ [bi.fuχˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bi.fuɻˈka(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bi.fuɾˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bi.fuɾˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bi.fuɾˈka.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: bi‧fur‧car

Verb

bifurcar (first-person singular present bifurco, first-person singular preterite bifurquei, past participle bifurcado)

1. (transitive) to bifurcate, to cause to fork off

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bifurcar (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	bifurcar
Personal	bifurcar	bifurcares	bifurcar	bifurcarmos	bifurcardes	bifurcarem
Gerund
	bifurcando
Past participle
Masculine	bifurcado			bifurcados
Feminine	bifurcada			bifurcadas
Indicative
Present	bifurco	bifurcas	bifurca	bifurcamos	bifurcais	bifurcam
Imperfect	bifurcava	bifurcavas	bifurcava	bifurcávamos	bifurcáveis	bifurcavam
Preterite	bifurquei	bifurcaste	bifurcou	bifurcamos1, bifurcámos2	bifurcastes	bifurcaram
Pluperfect	bifurcara	bifurcaras	bifurcara	bifurcáramos	bifurcáreis	bifurcaram
Future	bifurcarei	bifurcarás	bifurcará	bifurcaremos	bifurcareis	bifurcarão
Conditional	bifurcaria	bifurcarias	bifurcaria	bifurcaríamos	bifurcaríeis	bifurcariam
Subjunctive
Present	bifurque	bifurques	bifurque	bifurquemos	bifurqueis	bifurquem
Imperfect	bifurcasse	bifurcasses	bifurcasse	bifurcássemos	bifurcásseis	bifurcassem
Future	bifurcar	bifurcares	bifurcar	bifurcarmos	bifurcardes	bifurcarem
Imperative
Affirmative		bifurca	bifurque	bifurquemos	bifurcai	bifurquem
Negative (não)		não bifurques	não bifurque	não bifurquemos	não bifurqueis	não bifurquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• bifurcação

Further reading

• “bifurcar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin bifurcātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bifuɾˈkaɾ/ [bi.fuɾˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bi‧fur‧car

Verb

bifurcar (first-person singular present bifurco, first-person singular preterite bifurqué, past participle bifurcado)

1. (transitive) to bifurcate, to cause to fork off
2. (reflexive) to diverge, fork off

Conjugation

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

infinitive			bifurcar
gerund			bifurcando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		bifurcado		bifurcada
		plural		bifurcados		bifurcadas
		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	bifurco	bifurcastú bifurcásvos	bifurca	bifurcamos	bifurcáis	bifurcan
	imperfect	bifurcaba	bifurcabas	bifurcaba	bifurcábamos	bifurcabais	bifurcaban
	preterite	bifurqué	bifurcaste	bifurcó	bifurcamos	bifurcasteis	bifurcaron
	future	bifurcaré	bifurcarás	bifurcará	bifurcaremos	bifurcaréis	bifurcarán
	conditional	bifurcaría	bifurcarías	bifurcaría	bifurcaríamos	bifurcaríais	bifurcarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	bifurque	bifurquestú bifurquésvos2	bifurque	bifurquemos	bifurquéis	bifurquen
	imperfect (ra)	bifurcara	bifurcaras	bifurcara	bifurcáramos	bifurcarais	bifurcaran
	imperfect (se)	bifurcase	bifurcases	bifurcase	bifurcásemos	bifurcaseis	bifurcasen
	future1	bifurcare	bifurcares	bifurcare	bifurcáremos	bifurcareis	bifurcaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		bifurcatú bifurcávos	bifurque	bifurquemos	bifurcad	bifurquen
	negative		no bifurques	no bifurque	no bifurquemos	no bifurquéis	no bifurquen

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

    Selected combined forms of bifurcar (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 bifurcar
	dative	bifurcarme	bifurcarte	bifurcarle, bifurcarse	bifurcarnos	bifurcaros	bifurcarles, bifurcarse
	accusative	bifurcarme	bifurcarte	bifurcarlo, bifurcarla, bifurcarse	bifurcarnos	bifurcaros	bifurcarlos, bifurcarlas, bifurcarse
with gerund bifurcando
	dative	bifurcándome	bifurcándote	bifurcándole, bifurcándose	bifurcándonos	bifurcándoos	bifurcándoles, bifurcándose
	accusative	bifurcándome	bifurcándote	bifurcándolo, bifurcándola, bifurcándose	bifurcándonos	bifurcándoos	bifurcándolos, bifurcándolas, bifurcándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative bifurca
	dative	bifúrcame	bifúrcate	bifúrcale	bifúrcanos	not used	bifúrcales
	accusative	bifúrcame	bifúrcate	bifúrcalo, bifúrcala	bifúrcanos	not used	bifúrcalos, bifúrcalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative bifurcá
	dative	bifurcame	bifurcate	bifurcale	bifurcanos	not used	bifurcales
	accusative	bifurcame	bifurcate	bifurcalo, bifurcala	bifurcanos	not used	bifurcalos, bifurcalas
with formal second-person singular imperative bifurque
	dative	bifúrqueme	not used	bifúrquele, bifúrquese	bifúrquenos	not used	bifúrqueles
	accusative	bifúrqueme	not used	bifúrquelo, bifúrquela, bifúrquese	bifúrquenos	not used	bifúrquelos, bifúrquelas
with first-person plural imperative bifurquemos
	dative	not used	bifurquémoste	bifurquémosle	bifurquémonos	bifurquémoos	bifurquémosles
	accusative	not used	bifurquémoste	bifurquémoslo, bifurquémosla	bifurquémonos	bifurquémoos	bifurquémoslos, bifurquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative bifurcad
	dative	bifurcadme	not used	bifurcadle	bifurcadnos	bifurcaos	bifurcadles
	accusative	bifurcadme	not used	bifurcadlo, bifurcadla	bifurcadnos	bifurcaos	bifurcadlos, bifurcadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative bifurquen
	dative	bifúrquenme	not used	bifúrquenle	bifúrquennos	not used	bifúrquenles, bifúrquense
	accusative	bifúrquenme	not used	bifúrquenlo, bifúrquenla	bifúrquennos	not used	bifúrquenlos, bifúrquenlas, bifúrquense

Related terms

• bifurcación
• bifurcador

 

Further reading

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