rubricar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin rubrīcāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁu.bɾiˈka(ʁ)/ [hu.bɾiˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁu.bɾiˈka(ʁ)/ [hu.bɾiˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁu.bɾiˈka(ɾ)/ [hu.bɾiˈka(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁu.bɾiˈka(ʁ)/ [χu.bɾiˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁu.bɾiˈka(ɻ)/ [hu.bɾiˈka(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁu.bɾiˈkaɾ/ [ʁu.βɾiˈkaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁu.bɾiˈkaɾ/ [ʁu.βɾiˈkaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁu.bɾiˈka.ɾi/ [ʁu.βɾiˈka.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: ru‧bri‧car

Verb

rubricar (first-person singular present rubrico, first-person singular preterite rubriquei, past participle rubricado)

1. (transitive) to sign with an abbreviated signature, with a small mark or with one’s initials; to initial

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rubricar (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	rubricar
Personal	rubricar	rubricares	rubricar	rubricarmos	rubricardes	rubricarem
Gerund
	rubricando
Past participle
Masculine	rubricado			rubricados
Feminine	rubricada			rubricadas
Indicative
Present	rubrico	rubricas	rubrica	rubricamos	rubricais	rubricam
Imperfect	rubricava	rubricavas	rubricava	rubricávamos	rubricáveis	rubricavam
Preterite	rubriquei	rubricaste	rubricou	rubricamos1, rubricámos2	rubricastes	rubricaram
Pluperfect	rubricara	rubricaras	rubricara	rubricáramos	rubricáreis	rubricaram
Future	rubricarei	rubricarás	rubricará	rubricaremos	rubricareis	rubricarão
Conditional	rubricaria	rubricarias	rubricaria	rubricaríamos	rubricaríeis	rubricariam
Subjunctive
Present	rubrique	rubriques	rubrique	rubriquemos	rubriqueis	rubriquem
Imperfect	rubricasse	rubricasses	rubricasse	rubricássemos	rubricásseis	rubricassem
Future	rubricar	rubricares	rubricar	rubricarmos	rubricardes	rubricarem
Imperative
Affirmative		rubrica	rubrique	rubriquemos	rubricai	rubriquem
Negative (não)		não rubriques	não rubrique	não rubriquemos	não rubriqueis	não rubriquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• rubrica

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rubɾiˈkaɾ/ [ru.β̞ɾiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ru‧bri‧car

Verb

rubricar (first-person singular present rubrico, first-person singular preterite rubriqué, past participle rubricado)

1. to sign, to initial

Conjugation

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

infinitive			rubricar
gerund			rubricando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rubricado		rubricada
		plural		rubricados		rubricadas
		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	rubrico	rubricastú rubricásvos	rubrica	rubricamos	rubricáis	rubrican
	imperfect	rubricaba	rubricabas	rubricaba	rubricábamos	rubricabais	rubricaban
	preterite	rubriqué	rubricaste	rubricó	rubricamos	rubricasteis	rubricaron
	future	rubricaré	rubricarás	rubricará	rubricaremos	rubricaréis	rubricarán
	conditional	rubricaría	rubricarías	rubricaría	rubricaríamos	rubricaríais	rubricarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	rubrique	rubriquestú rubriquésvos2	rubrique	rubriquemos	rubriquéis	rubriquen
	imperfect (ra)	rubricara	rubricaras	rubricara	rubricáramos	rubricarais	rubricaran
	imperfect (se)	rubricase	rubricases	rubricase	rubricásemos	rubricaseis	rubricasen
	future1	rubricare	rubricares	rubricare	rubricáremos	rubricareis	rubricaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		rubricatú rubricávos	rubrique	rubriquemos	rubricad	rubriquen
	negative		no rubriques	no rubrique	no rubriquemos	no rubriquéis	no rubriquen

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

    Selected combined forms of rubricar (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 rubricar
	dative	rubricarme	rubricarte	rubricarle, rubricarse	rubricarnos	rubricaros	rubricarles, rubricarse
	accusative	rubricarme	rubricarte	rubricarlo, rubricarla, rubricarse	rubricarnos	rubricaros	rubricarlos, rubricarlas, rubricarse
with gerund rubricando
	dative	rubricándome	rubricándote	rubricándole, rubricándose	rubricándonos	rubricándoos	rubricándoles, rubricándose
	accusative	rubricándome	rubricándote	rubricándolo, rubricándola, rubricándose	rubricándonos	rubricándoos	rubricándolos, rubricándolas, rubricándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative rubrica
	dative	rubrícame	rubrícate	rubrícale	rubrícanos	not used	rubrícales
	accusative	rubrícame	rubrícate	rubrícalo, rubrícala	rubrícanos	not used	rubrícalos, rubrícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative rubricá
	dative	rubricame	rubricate	rubricale	rubricanos	not used	rubricales
	accusative	rubricame	rubricate	rubricalo, rubricala	rubricanos	not used	rubricalos, rubricalas
with formal second-person singular imperative rubrique
	dative	rubríqueme	not used	rubríquele, rubríquese	rubríquenos	not used	rubríqueles
	accusative	rubríqueme	not used	rubríquelo, rubríquela, rubríquese	rubríquenos	not used	rubríquelos, rubríquelas
with first-person plural imperative rubriquemos
	dative	not used	rubriquémoste	rubriquémosle	rubriquémonos	rubriquémoos	rubriquémosles
	accusative	not used	rubriquémoste	rubriquémoslo, rubriquémosla	rubriquémonos	rubriquémoos	rubriquémoslos, rubriquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative rubricad
	dative	rubricadme	not used	rubricadle	rubricadnos	rubricaos	rubricadles
	accusative	rubricadme	not used	rubricadlo, rubricadla	rubricadnos	rubricaos	rubricadlos, rubricadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative rubriquen
	dative	rubríquenme	not used	rubríquenle	rubríquennos	not used	rubríquenles, rubríquense
	accusative	rubríquenme	not used	rubríquenlo, rubríquenla	rubríquennos	not used	rubríquenlos, rubríquenlas, rubríquense

Further reading

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