Etymology
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In some way derived from olor (“smell”, noun).
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /olisˈkaɾ/ [o.lisˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: o‧lis‧car
oliscar (first-person singular present olisco, first-person singular preterite olisqué, past participle oliscado)
- (transitive) to sniff at (carefully)
1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los ladrones”, in El juguete rabioso:El patizambo revisaba meticulosamente nuestro hatillo, sopesaba los cables, probaba las lámparas con objeto de verificar si estaban quemados los filamentos, oliscaba las canillas y con paciencia desesperante calculaba y descalculaba, hasta terminar por ofrecernos la décima parte de lo que valía lo robado a precio de costo.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (transitive) to sniff out (information)
- (intransitive) to stink, reek, ming, pong
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 oliscar (c-qu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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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 oliscar
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dative
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oliscarme
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oliscarte
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oliscarle, oliscarse
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oliscarnos
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oliscaros
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oliscarles, oliscarse
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accusative
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oliscarme
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oliscarte
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oliscarlo, oliscarla, oliscarse
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oliscarnos
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oliscaros
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oliscarlos, oliscarlas, oliscarse
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with gerund oliscando
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dative
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oliscándome
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oliscándote
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oliscándole, oliscándose
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oliscándonos
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oliscándoos
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oliscándoles, oliscándose
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accusative
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oliscándome
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oliscándote
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oliscándolo, oliscándola, oliscándose
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oliscándonos
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oliscándoos
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oliscándolos, oliscándolas, oliscándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative olisca
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dative
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olíscame
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olíscate
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olíscale
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olíscanos
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not used
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olíscales
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accusative
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olíscame
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olíscate
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olíscalo, olíscala
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olíscanos
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not used
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olíscalos, olíscalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative oliscá
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dative
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oliscame
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oliscate
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oliscale
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oliscanos
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not used
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oliscales
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accusative
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oliscame
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oliscate
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oliscalo, oliscala
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oliscanos
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not used
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oliscalos, oliscalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative olisque
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dative
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olísqueme
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not used
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olísquele, olísquese
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olísquenos
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not used
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olísqueles
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accusative
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olísqueme
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not used
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olísquelo, olísquela, olísquese
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olísquenos
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not used
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olísquelos, olísquelas
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with first-person plural imperative olisquemos
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dative
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not used
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olisquémoste
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olisquémosle
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olisquémonos
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olisquémoos
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olisquémosles
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accusative
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not used
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olisquémoste
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olisquémoslo, olisquémosla
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olisquémonos
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olisquémoos
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olisquémoslos, olisquémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative oliscad
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dative
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oliscadme
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not used
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oliscadle
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oliscadnos
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oliscaos
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oliscadles
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accusative
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oliscadme
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not used
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oliscadlo, oliscadla
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oliscadnos
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oliscaos
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oliscadlos, oliscadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative olisquen
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dative
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olísquenme
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not used
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olísquenle
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olísquennos
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not used
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olísquenles, olísquense
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accusative
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olísquenme
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not used
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olísquenlo, olísquenla
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olísquennos
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not used
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olísquenlos, olísquenlas, olísquense
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