tincar

English

Noun

tincar (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of tincal (“borax”)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua t'inkay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tinˈkaɾ/ [t̪ĩŋˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tin‧car

Verb

tincar (first-person singular present tinco, first-person singular preterite tinqué, past participle tincado)

1. (Argentina, Bolivia, transitive) to flick
2. (Chile, colloquial, takes a reflexive pronoun) to think, believe, have the impression

   Synonym: parecer

   Me tinca que va a llover mañana.

   I believe it's going to rain tomorrow.

3. (Chile, colloquial, takes a reflexive pronoun) to fancy, feel like (would like to)

   Synonyms: apetecer, querer, gustar

   Me tinca tomar unas fotos.

   I feel like taking some photos.

Conjugation

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

infinitive			tincar
gerund			tincando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tincado		tincada
		plural		tincados		tincadas
		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	tinco	tincastú tincásvos	tinca	tincamos	tincáis	tincan
	imperfect	tincaba	tincabas	tincaba	tincábamos	tincabais	tincaban
	preterite	tinqué	tincaste	tincó	tincamos	tincasteis	tincaron
	future	tincaré	tincarás	tincará	tincaremos	tincaréis	tincarán
	conditional	tincaría	tincarías	tincaría	tincaríamos	tincaríais	tincarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tinque	tinquestú tinquésvos2	tinque	tinquemos	tinquéis	tinquen
	imperfect (ra)	tincara	tincaras	tincara	tincáramos	tincarais	tincaran
	imperfect (se)	tincase	tincases	tincase	tincásemos	tincaseis	tincasen
	future1	tincare	tincares	tincare	tincáremos	tincareis	tincaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tincatú tincávos	tinque	tinquemos	tincad	tinquen
	negative		no tinques	no tinque	no tinquemos	no tinquéis	no tinquen

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

    Selected combined forms of tincar (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 tincar
	dative	tincarme	tincarte	tincarle, tincarse	tincarnos	tincaros	tincarles, tincarse
	accusative	tincarme	tincarte	tincarlo, tincarla, tincarse	tincarnos	tincaros	tincarlos, tincarlas, tincarse
with gerund tincando
	dative	tincándome	tincándote	tincándole, tincándose	tincándonos	tincándoos	tincándoles, tincándose
	accusative	tincándome	tincándote	tincándolo, tincándola, tincándose	tincándonos	tincándoos	tincándolos, tincándolas, tincándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tinca
	dative	tíncame	tíncate	tíncale	tíncanos	not used	tíncales
	accusative	tíncame	tíncate	tíncalo, tíncala	tíncanos	not used	tíncalos, tíncalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tincá
	dative	tincame	tincate	tincale	tincanos	not used	tincales
	accusative	tincame	tincate	tincalo, tincala	tincanos	not used	tincalos, tincalas
with formal second-person singular imperative tinque
	dative	tínqueme	not used	tínquele, tínquese	tínquenos	not used	tínqueles
	accusative	tínqueme	not used	tínquelo, tínquela, tínquese	tínquenos	not used	tínquelos, tínquelas
with first-person plural imperative tinquemos
	dative	not used	tinquémoste	tinquémosle	tinquémonos	tinquémoos	tinquémosles
	accusative	not used	tinquémoste	tinquémoslo, tinquémosla	tinquémonos	tinquémoos	tinquémoslos, tinquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tincad
	dative	tincadme	not used	tincadle	tincadnos	tincaos	tincadles
	accusative	tincadme	not used	tincadlo, tincadla	tincadnos	tincaos	tincadlos, tincadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tinquen
	dative	tínquenme	not used	tínquenle	tínquennos	not used	tínquenles, tínquense
	accusative	tínquenme	not used	tínquenlo, tínquenla	tínquennos	not used	tínquenlos, tínquenlas, tínquense

Related terms

• tinca

 

Further reading

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