sucar

Catalan

Etymology

From suc (“juice”). First attested in 1653.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [suˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [suˈkaɾ]

Verb

sucar (first-person singular present suco, first-person singular preterite suquí, past participle sucat)

1. to immerse a body into a liquid in order to make it absorbe the fluid, to soak, to dip

   Sucar galetes al cafè ― To dip biscuits in coffee

2. (figuratively) to profit unfairly or illegally

   Quan quelcom sembla ésser un bon negoci, tothom procura sucar-hi

   When something seems to be a good deal, everybody tries to profit from it

3. (figuratively, vulgar, slang) to have sex

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sucar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			sucar
gerund			sucant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sucat		sucada
		plural		sucats		sucades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	suco	suques	suca	suquem	suqueu	suquen
	imperfect	sucava	sucaves	sucava	sucàvem	sucàveu	sucaven
	future	sucaré	sucaràs	sucarà	sucarem	sucareu	sucaran
	preterite	suquí	sucares	sucà	sucàrem	sucàreu	sucaren
	conditional	sucaria	sucaries	sucaria	sucaríem	sucaríeu	sucarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	suqui	suquis	suqui	suquem	suqueu	suquin
	imperfect	suqués	suquessis	suqués	suquéssim	suquéssiu	suquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	suca	suqui	suquem	suqueu	suquin
	negative (no)	—	no suquis	no suqui	no suquem	no suqueu	no suquin

Related terms

• suquejar
• sucós
• sucat

Galician

Alternative forms

• asucar

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin sulcare (“to furrow, plough, turn up”). Cognate with Portuguese sulcar and Spanish surcar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈkaɾ/

Verb

sucar (first-person singular present suco, first-person singular preterite suquei, past participle sucado)

1. (agriculture) to furrow

   Synonym: derregar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sucar (c-qu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	sucar
Personal	sucar	sucares	sucar	sucarmos	sucardes	sucaren
Gerund
	sucando
Past participle
Masculine	sucado			sucados
Feminine	sucada			sucadas
Indicative
Present	suco	sucas	suca	sucamos	sucades	sucan
Imperfect	sucaba	sucabas	sucaba	sucabamos	sucabades	sucaban
Preterite	suquei	sucaches	sucou	sucamos	sucastes	sucaron
Pluperfect	sucara	sucaras	sucara	sucaramos	sucarades	sucaran
Future	sucarei	sucarás	sucará	sucaremos	sucaredes	sucarán
Conditional	sucaría	sucarías	sucaría	sucariamos	sucariades	sucarían
Subjunctive
Present	suque	suques	suque	suquemos	suquedes	suquen
Imperfect	sucase	sucases	sucase	sucásemos	sucásedes	sucasen
Future	sucar	sucares	sucar	sucarmos	sucardes	sucaren
Imperative
Affirmative		suca	suque	suquemos	sucade	suquen
Negative (non)		non suques	non suque	non suquemos	non suquedes	non suquen

    Reintegrated conjugation of sucar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	sucar
Personal	sucar	sucares	sucar	sucarmos	sucardes	sucarem
Gerund
	sucando
Past participle
Masculine	sucado			sucados
Feminine	sucada			sucadas
Indicative
Present	suco	sucas	suca	sucamos	sucades, sucais	sucam
Imperfect	sucava	sucavas	sucava	sucávamos	sucávades, sucáveis, sucávais1	sucavam
Preterite	suquei	sucaste, sucache1	sucou	sucamos	sucastes	sucárom, sucaram
Pluperfect	sucara	sucaras	sucara	sucáramos	sucárades, sucáreis, sucárais1	sucaram
Future	sucarei	sucarás	sucará	sucaremos	sucaredes, sucareis	sucarám, sucarão
Conditional	sucaria	sucarias	sucaria	sucaríamos	sucaríades, sucaríeis, sucaríais1	sucariam
Subjunctive
Present	suque	suques	suque	suquemos	suquedes, suqueis	suquem
Imperfect	sucasse	sucasses	sucasse	sucássemos	sucássedes, sucásseis	sucassem
Future	sucar	sucares	sucar	sucarmos	sucardes	sucarem
Imperative
Affirmative		suca	suque	suquemos	sucade, sucai	suquem
Negative (nom)		nom suques	nom suque	nom suquemos	nom suquedes, nom suqueis	nom suquem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• sucada

Related terms

• suco

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “sucar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sucar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sucar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “sucar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “sucar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “sucar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “sucar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Occitan

Alternative forms

• chucar

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sucāre, from Latin sugere, present active infinitive of sugō, from Proto-Indo-European *sug-, *suk-.

Verb

sucar

1. to suck

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		sucar			aver sucat
gerund		sucant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		sucat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	suqui	sucas	suca	sucam	sucatz	sucan
	imperfect	sucavi	sucavas	sucava	sucàvem	sucàvetz	sucavan
	preterite	suquèri	suquères	suquèt	suquèrem	suquèretz	suquèron
	future	sucarai	sucaràs	sucarà	sucarem	sucaretz	sucaràn
	conditional	sucariái	sucariás	sucariá	sucariam	sucariatz	sucarián
	conditional 2nd form1	suquèra	suquèras	suquèra	suqueram	suqueratz	suquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	suque	suques	suque	suquem	suquetz	suquen
	imperfect	suquèssi	suquèsses	suquèsse	suquèssem	suquèssetz	suquèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			suca		suquem	sucatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		sucar			aver sucat
gerund		sucant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		sucat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	suque	suques	suca	sucam	sucatz	sucon
	imperfect	sucave	sucaves	sucava	sucaviam	sucaviatz	sucavon
	preterite	suquere	suqueres	suquet	suquem	suquetz	suqueron
	future	sucarai	sucaràs	sucará	sucarem	sucaretz	sucarán
	conditional	sucariá	sucariás	sucariá	sucariam	sucariatz	sucarián
	conditional 2nd form1	suquèra	suquèras	suquèra	suqueram	suqueratz	suquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	suque	suques	suque	sucassiam	sucassiatz	sucon
	imperfect	suquesse	suquesses	suquesse	suquessiam	suquessiatz	suquesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			suca		sucassiam	sucatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		sucar			aver sucat
gerund		sucant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		sucat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	suqui	sucas	suca	sucam	sucatz	sucan
	imperfect	sucavi	sucavas	sucava	sucàvam	sucàvatz	sucavan
	preterite	suquèi	suquès	suquè	suquèm	suquètz	suquèn
	future	sucarèi	sucaràs	sucarà	sucaram	sucaratz	sucaràn
	conditional	sucarí	sucarés	sucaré	sucarem	sucaretz	sucarén
	conditional 2nd form1	suquèra	suquèras	suquèra	suqueram	suqueratz	suquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	suqui	suques	suque	suquem	suquetz	suquen
	imperfect	suquèssi	suquèsses	suquèsse	suquèssem	suquèssetz	suquèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			suca		suquem	sucatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		sucar			aver sucat
gerund		sucant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		sucat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	suque	sucas	suca	sucam	sucatz	sucan
	imperfect	sucava	sucavas	sucava	sucàvam	sucàvatz	sucavan
	preterite	suquei	suqueras	suquet	suquèram	suquèratz	suqueran
	future	sucarai	sucaràs	sucará	sucarem	sucaretz	sucarán
	conditional	sucariá	sucariàs	sucariá	sucariam	sucariatz	sucarián
	conditional 2nd form1	suquèra	suquèras	suquèra	suqueram	suqueratz	suquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	suque	suques	suque	suquem	suquetz	suquen
	imperfect	suquèsse	suquèsses	suquèsse	suquèssem	suquèssetz	suquèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			suca		suquem	sucatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		sucar			aver sucat
gerund		sucant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		sucat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	suque	suques	suca	sucam	sucatz	sucan
	imperfect	sucavi	sucavas	sucava	sucàvem	sucàvetz	sucavan
	preterite	suquère	suquères	suquèt	suqueriam	suqueriatz	suquèron
	future	sucarai	sucaràs	sucarà	sucarem	sucaretz	sucaràn
	conditional	sucariáu	sucariás	sucariá	sucariam	sucariatz	sucarián
	conditional 2nd form1	suquèra	suquèras	suquèra	suqueram	suqueratz	suquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	suque	suques	suque	suquem	suquetz	sucan
	imperfect	suquèsse	suquèsses	suquèsse	suquessiam	suquessiatz	suquèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			suca		suquem	sucatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Further reading

• “sucar” - Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana (pg. 615)