marcar

/maɾˈkaɾ/, [maɾˈkaɾ]

bookmark, mark


Gerund: marcando


Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular marcado marcada
Plural marcados marcadas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo marco marcaba marqué marcaré marcaría
marcas marcabas marcaste marcarás marcarías
él/ella/Ud. marca marcaba marcó marcará marcaría
nosotros marcamos marcábamos marcamos marcaremos marcaríamos
vosotros marcáis marcabais marcasteis marcaréis marcaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. marcan marcaban marcaron marcarán marcarían
vos marcás marcabas marcaste marcarás marcarías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo marque marcara marcase marcare
marques marcaras marcases marcares
él/ella/Ud. marque marcara marcase marcare
nosotros marquemos marcáramos marcásemos marcáremos
vosotros marquéis marcarais marcaseis marcareis
ellos/ellas/Uds. marquen marcaran marcasen marcaren
vos marqués marcaras marcases marcares

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
marca no marques
Ud. marque no marque
nosotros marquemos no marquemos
vosotros marcad no marquéis
Uds. marquen no marquen
vos marcá no marques

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • Olvidé levantar el auricular antes de marcar el número.

    I forgot to lift the receiver before dialing the number.

  • No, favor de marcar nueve primero.

    No, please dial nine first.

  • El tiempo no tiene divisiones para marcar su paso, nunca hay una tormenta o un soplar de trompetas para indicar el comienzo de un nuevo mes o año. Incluso cuando empieza un nuevo siglo sólo somos nosotros, los mortales, los que tocamos las campanas y disparamos con nuestras pistolas.

    Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunderstorm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols.

  • Me preguntaba cómo podía marcar una diferencia en el mundo.

    I wondered how I could make a difference in the world.

  • El reloj acaba de marcar las tres.

    The clock has just struck three.

  • Aprenda usted a marcar el compás.

    Learn to keep time.

  • Te vuelvo a marcar en una hora.

    I'll call you up again in an hour.

  • Ellos pensaban que esta vez tenía que ser diferente; que su voz podía marcar esa diferencia.

    They believed that this time must be different; that their voice could be that difference.


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