abocar

== Asturian == === Alternative forms === aboucar === Verb === abocar (first-person singular indicative present aboco, past participle abocáu) to confront (someone) Synonym: engarriar to throw up Synonym: vomitar to get injured in the head Synonym: ferir to astonish, to astound Synonym: plasmar ==== Conjugation ==== == Catalan == === Etymology === From a- +‎ boca (“mouth”) +‎ -ar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [ə.βuˈka] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.boˈka] IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.boˈkaɾ] === Verb === abocar (first-person singular present aboco, first-person singular preterite aboquí, past participle abocat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/ (transitive) to join by the mouth (transitive) to pour, to decant (transitive) to pour out, to empty (benefactive, pronominal) to pour for oneself (reflexive) to empty (out) El Duero s'aboca a l'oceà. ― The Duero empties into the ocean. (pronominal) to swarm, to gather (pronominal) to abandon oneself, to indulge oneself [with a ‘to’] Synonym: lliurar-se ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== abocador abocament === Further reading === “abocar”, 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 “abocar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “abocar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “abocar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Occitan == === Etymology === a- +‎ boca +‎ -ar === Pronunciation === === Verb === abocar to pour (a liquid) ==== Conjugation ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === From a- +‎ boca +‎ -ar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aboˈkaɾ/ [a.β̞oˈkaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: a‧bo‧car Homophone: avocar === Verb === abocar (first-person singular present aboco, first-person singular preterite aboqué, past participle abocado) (transitive) to pour from one container to another (transitive, dated) to seize or grab with the mouth (reflexive) to end up (reflexive) to focus on, to concentrate on ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “abocar”, 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