manducar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mandūcāre. Doublet of menjar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [mən.duˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [man.duˈkaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [man.duˈka]

Verb

manducar (first-person singular present manduco, first-person singular preterite manduquí, past participle manducat)

1. (colloquial) to eat, gobble, scoff

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of manducar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			manducar
gerund			manducant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		manducat		manducada
		plural		manducats		manducades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	manduco	manduques	manduca	manduquem	manduqueu	manduquen
	imperfect	manducava	manducaves	manducava	manducàvem	manducàveu	manducaven
	future	manducaré	manducaràs	manducarà	manducarem	manducareu	manducaran
	preterite	manduquí	manducares	manducà	manducàrem	manducàreu	manducaren
	conditional	manducaria	manducaries	manducaria	manducaríem	manducaríeu	manducarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	manduqui	manduquis	manduqui	manduquem	manduqueu	manduquin
	imperfect	manduqués	manduquessis	manduqués	manduquéssim	manduquéssiu	manduquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	manduca	manduqui	manduquem	manduqueu	manduquin
	negative (no)	—	no manduquis	no manduqui	no manduquem	no manduqueu	no manduquin

Derived terms

• manduca

Further reading

• “manducar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “manducar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “manducar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “manducar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Interlingua

Etymology

Derived from Spanish manducar, English manducate and Italian manducare, all from Latin mandūcō (“to chew”). Doublet of mangiar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /man.duˈkar/

Verb

manducar

1. to eat, manducate

   Synonym: mangiar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of manducar

infinitive		manducar
participle		present	perfect
		manducante	manducate
active		simple	perfect
	present	manduca	ha manducate
	past	manducava	habeva manducate
	future	manducara	habera manducate
	conditional	manducarea	haberea manducate
	imperative	manduca	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es manducate	ha essite manducate
	past	esseva manducate	habeva essite manducate
	future	essera manducate	habera essite manducate
	conditional	esserea manducate	haberea essite manducate
	imperative	sia manducate	—

Derived terms

• manducation
• manducabile

References

• Alexander Gode (1951), Interlingua-English: A Dictionary of the International Language, New York: Storm Publishers, →OL

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *meth₂-der.?

Latin mandō

Latin -ūcus

Latin mandūcus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin mandūcārelbor.?

Spanish manducar

Possibly a learned borrowing from Latin mandūcāre. Doublet of manjar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manduˈkaɾ/ [mãn̪.d̪uˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: man‧du‧car

Verb

manducar (first-person singular present manduco, first-person singular preterite manduqué, past participle manducado)

1. (colloquial) to eat, munch, scoff

Conjugation

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

infinitive			manducar
gerund			manducando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		manducado		manducada
		plural		manducados		manducadas
		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	manduco	manducastú manducásvos	manduca	manducamos	manducáis	manducan
	imperfect	manducaba	manducabas	manducaba	manducábamos	manducabais	manducaban
	preterite	manduqué	manducaste	manducó	manducamos	manducasteis	manducaron
	future	manducaré	manducarás	manducará	manducaremos	manducaréis	manducarán
	conditional	manducaría	manducarías	manducaría	manducaríamos	manducaríais	manducarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	manduque	manduquestú manduquésvos2	manduque	manduquemos	manduquéis	manduquen
	imperfect (ra)	manducara	manducaras	manducara	manducáramos	manducarais	manducaran
	imperfect (se)	manducase	manducases	manducase	manducásemos	manducaseis	manducasen
	future1	manducare	manducares	manducare	manducáremos	manducareis	manducaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		manducatú manducávos	manduque	manduquemos	manducad	manduquen
	negative		no manduques	no manduque	no manduquemos	no manduquéis	no manduquen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of manducar (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 manducar	dative	manducarme	manducarte	manducarle, manducarse	manducarnos	manducaros	manducarles, manducarse
	accusative	manducarme	manducarte	manducarlo, manducarla, manducarse	manducarnos	manducaros	manducarlos, manducarlas, manducarse
with gerund manducando	dative	manducándome	manducándote	manducándole, manducándose	manducándonos	manducándoos	manducándoles, manducándose
	accusative	manducándome	manducándote	manducándolo, manducándola, manducándose	manducándonos	manducándoos	manducándolos, manducándolas, manducándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative manduca	dative	mandúcame	mandúcate	mandúcale	mandúcanos	not used	mandúcales
	accusative	mandúcame	mandúcate	mandúcalo, mandúcala	mandúcanos	not used	mandúcalos, mandúcalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative manducá	dative	manducame	manducate	manducale	manducanos	not used	manducales
	accusative	manducame	manducate	manducalo, manducala	manducanos	not used	manducalos, manducalas
with formal second-person singular imperative manduque	dative	mandúqueme	not used	mandúquele, mandúquese	mandúquenos	not used	mandúqueles
	accusative	mandúqueme	not used	mandúquelo, mandúquela, mandúquese	mandúquenos	not used	mandúquelos, mandúquelas
with first-person plural imperative manduquemos	dative	not used	manduquémoste	manduquémosle	manduquémonos	manduquémoos	manduquémosles
	accusative	not used	manduquémoste	manduquémoslo, manduquémosla	manduquémonos	manduquémoos	manduquémoslos, manduquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative manducad	dative	manducadme	not used	manducadle	manducadnos	manducaos	manducadles
	accusative	manducadme	not used	manducadlo, manducadla	manducadnos	manducaos	manducadlos, manducadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative manduquen	dative	mandúquenme	not used	mandúquenle	mandúquennos	not used	mandúquenles, mandúquense
	accusative	mandúquenme	not used	mandúquenlo, mandúquenla	mandúquennos	not used	mandúquenlos, mandúquenlas, mandúquense

See also

• comer

Further reading

• “manducar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025