mordiscar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moʁ.d͡ʒisˈka(ʁ)/ [moɦ.d͡ʒisˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moʁ.d͡ʒisˈka(ʁ)/ [moɦ.d͡ʒisˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /moɾ.d͡ʒisˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /moʁ.d͡ʒiʃˈka(ʁ)/ [moʁ.d͡ʒiʃˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /moɻ.d͡ʒisˈka(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muɾ.diʃˈkaɾ/ [muɾ.ðiʃˈkaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muɾ.diʃˈkaɾ/ [muɾ.ðiʃˈkaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /muɾ.diʃˈka.ɾi/ [muɾ.ðiʃˈka.ɾi]

Verb

mordiscar (first-person singular present mordisco, first-person singular preterite mordisquei, past participle mordiscado)

1. to nibble

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mordiscar (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	mordiscar
Personal	mordiscar	mordiscares	mordiscar	mordiscarmos	mordiscardes	mordiscarem
Gerund
	mordiscando
Past participle
Masculine	mordiscado			mordiscados
Feminine	mordiscada			mordiscadas
Indicative
Present	mordisco	mordiscas	mordisca	mordiscamos	mordiscais	mordiscam
Imperfect	mordiscava	mordiscavas	mordiscava	mordiscávamos	mordiscáveis	mordiscavam
Preterite	mordisquei	mordiscaste	mordiscou	mordiscamos1, mordiscámos2	mordiscastes	mordiscaram
Pluperfect	mordiscara	mordiscaras	mordiscara	mordiscáramos	mordiscáreis	mordiscaram
Future	mordiscarei	mordiscarás	mordiscará	mordiscaremos	mordiscareis	mordiscarão
Conditional	mordiscaria	mordiscarias	mordiscaria	mordiscaríamos	mordiscaríeis	mordiscariam
Subjunctive
Present	mordisque	mordisques	mordisque	mordisquemos	mordisqueis	mordisquem
Imperfect	mordiscasse	mordiscasses	mordiscasse	mordiscássemos	mordiscásseis	mordiscassem
Future	mordiscar	mordiscares	mordiscar	mordiscarmos	mordiscardes	mordiscarem
Imperative
Affirmative		mordisca	mordisque	mordisquemos	mordiscai	mordisquem
Negative (não)		não mordisques	não mordisque	não mordisquemos	não mordisqueis	não mordisquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moɾdisˈkaɾ/ [moɾ.ð̞isˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mor‧dis‧car

Verb

mordiscar (first-person singular present mordisco, first-person singular preterite mordisqué, past participle mordiscado)

1. (transitive) to nibble

   Synonym: mordisquear

Conjugation

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

infinitive			mordiscar
gerund			mordiscando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mordiscado		mordiscada
		plural		mordiscados		mordiscadas
		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	mordisco	mordiscastú mordiscásvos	mordisca	mordiscamos	mordiscáis	mordiscan
	imperfect	mordiscaba	mordiscabas	mordiscaba	mordiscábamos	mordiscabais	mordiscaban
	preterite	mordisqué	mordiscaste	mordiscó	mordiscamos	mordiscasteis	mordiscaron
	future	mordiscaré	mordiscarás	mordiscará	mordiscaremos	mordiscaréis	mordiscarán
	conditional	mordiscaría	mordiscarías	mordiscaría	mordiscaríamos	mordiscaríais	mordiscarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mordisque	mordisquestú mordisquésvos2	mordisque	mordisquemos	mordisquéis	mordisquen
	imperfect (ra)	mordiscara	mordiscaras	mordiscara	mordiscáramos	mordiscarais	mordiscaran
	imperfect (se)	mordiscase	mordiscases	mordiscase	mordiscásemos	mordiscaseis	mordiscasen
	future1	mordiscare	mordiscares	mordiscare	mordiscáremos	mordiscareis	mordiscaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mordiscatú mordiscávos	mordisque	mordisquemos	mordiscad	mordisquen
	negative		no mordisques	no mordisque	no mordisquemos	no mordisquéis	no mordisquen

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

Further reading

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