intersecar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin intersecāre

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [in.tər.səˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.teɾ.seˈkaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [in.ter.seˈka]

Verb

intersecar (first-person singular present interseco, first-person singular preterite intersequí, past participle intersecat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic) /ə/; (Central) /ɛ/; (Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

1. (ambitransitive, reflexive) to intersect

Conjugation

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

infinitive			intersecar
gerund			intersecant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		intersecat		intersecada
		plural		intersecats		intersecades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	interseco	interseques	interseca	intersequem	intersequeu	intersequen
	imperfect	intersecava	intersecaves	intersecava	intersecàvem	intersecàveu	intersecaven
	future	intersecaré	intersecaràs	intersecarà	intersecarem	intersecareu	intersecaran
	preterite	intersequí	intersecares	intersecà	intersecàrem	intersecàreu	intersecaren
	conditional	intersecaria	intersecaries	intersecaria	intersecaríem	intersecaríeu	intersecarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	intersequi	intersequis	intersequi	intersequem	intersequeu	intersequin
	imperfect	intersequés	intersequessis	intersequés	intersequéssim	intersequéssiu	intersequessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	interseca	intersequi	intersequem	intersequeu	intersequin
	negative (no)	—	no intersequis	no intersequi	no intersequem	no intersequeu	no intersequin

Reflexive:

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

infinitive			intersecar-se
gerund			intersecant-se
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		intersecat		intersecada
		plural		intersecats		intersecades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	m'interseco	t'interseques	s'interseca	ens intersequem	us intersequeu	s'intersequen
	imperfect	m'intersecava	t'intersecaves	s'intersecava	ens intersecàvem	us intersecàveu	s'intersecaven
	future	m'intersecaré	t'intersecaràs	s'intersecarà	ens intersecarem	us intersecareu	s'intersecaran
	preterite	m'intersequí	t'intersecares	s'intersecà	ens intersecàrem	us intersecàreu	s'intersecaren
	conditional	m'intersecaria	t'intersecaries	s'intersecaria	ens intersecaríem	us intersecaríeu	s'intersecarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	m'intersequi	t'intersequis	s'intersequi	ens intersequem	us intersequeu	s'intersequin
	imperfect	m'intersequés	t'intersequessis	s'intersequés	ens intersequéssim	us intersequéssiu	s'intersequessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	interseca't	intersequi's	intersequem-nos	intersequeu-vos	intersequin-se
	negative (no)	—	no t'intersequis	no s'intersequi	no ens intersequem	no us intersequeu	no s'intersequin

References

• “intersecar”, 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
• “intersecar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “intersecar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “intersecar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Interlingua

Etymology

From Italian intersecàre, Spanish intersecar and Portuguese intersectar, all from Latin intersecō. Equivalent to inter- +‎ secar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.ter.seˈkar/

Verb

intersecar

1. to intersect

Conjugation

    Conjugation of intersecar

infinitive		intersecar
participle		present	perfect
		intersecante	intersecate, intersecte
active		simple	perfect
	present	interseca	ha intersecate
	past	intersecava	habeva intersecate
	future	intersecara	habera intersecate
	conditional	intersecarea	haberea intersecate
	imperative	interseca	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es intersecate	ha essite intersecate
	past	esseva intersecate	habeva essite intersecate
	future	essera intersecate	habera essite intersecate
	conditional	esserea intersecate	haberea essite intersecate
	imperative	sia intersecate	—

Further reading

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪnˈtɛr.sɛ.kar]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [inˈtɛr.se.kar]

Verb

intersecar

1. first-person singular future passive indicative of intersecō

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *-tér

Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér

Proto-Italic *n̥ter

Latin inter

Latin inter-

Proto-Indo-European *sek-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *sekaō

Latin secō

Latin intersecārelbor.

Spanish intersecar

Learned borrowing from Latin intersecāre, from inter- + secō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inteɾseˈkaɾ/ [ĩn̪.t̪eɾ.seˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: in‧ter‧se‧car

Verb

intersecar (first-person singular present interseco, first-person singular preterite intersequé, past participle intersecado)

1. (reflexive) to intersect

   Alternative form: intersectar

   Synonym: interseccionar

Conjugation

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

infinitive			intersecar
gerund			intersecando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		intersecado		intersecada
		plural		intersecados		intersecadas
		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	interseco	intersecastú intersecásvos	interseca	intersecamos	intersecáis	intersecan
	imperfect	intersecaba	intersecabas	intersecaba	intersecábamos	intersecabais	intersecaban
	preterite	intersequé	intersecaste	intersecó	intersecamos	intersecasteis	intersecaron
	future	intersecaré	intersecarás	intersecará	intersecaremos	intersecaréis	intersecarán
	conditional	intersecaría	intersecarías	intersecaría	intersecaríamos	intersecaríais	intersecarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	interseque	intersequestú intersequésvos2	interseque	intersequemos	intersequéis	intersequen
	imperfect (ra)	intersecara	intersecaras	intersecara	intersecáramos	intersecarais	intersecaran
	imperfect (se)	intersecase	intersecases	intersecase	intersecásemos	intersecaseis	intersecasen
	future1	intersecare	intersecares	intersecare	intersecáremos	intersecareis	intersecaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		intersecatú intersecávos	interseque	intersequemos	intersecad	intersequen
	negative		no interseques	no interseque	no intersequemos	no intersequéis	no intersequen

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

    Selected combined forms of intersecar (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 intersecar	dative	intersecarme	intersecarte	intersecarle, intersecarse	intersecarnos	intersecaros	intersecarles, intersecarse
	accusative	intersecarme	intersecarte	intersecarlo, intersecarla, intersecarse	intersecarnos	intersecaros	intersecarlos, intersecarlas, intersecarse
with gerund intersecando	dative	intersecándome	intersecándote	intersecándole, intersecándose	intersecándonos	intersecándoos	intersecándoles, intersecándose
	accusative	intersecándome	intersecándote	intersecándolo, intersecándola, intersecándose	intersecándonos	intersecándoos	intersecándolos, intersecándolas, intersecándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative interseca	dative	intersécame	intersécate	intersécale	intersécanos	not used	intersécales
	accusative	intersécame	intersécate	intersécalo, intersécala	intersécanos	not used	intersécalos, intersécalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative intersecá	dative	intersecame	intersecate	intersecale	intersecanos	not used	intersecales
	accusative	intersecame	intersecate	intersecalo, intersecala	intersecanos	not used	intersecalos, intersecalas
with formal second-person singular imperative interseque	dative	interséqueme	not used	interséquele, interséquese	interséquenos	not used	interséqueles
	accusative	interséqueme	not used	interséquelo, interséquela, interséquese	interséquenos	not used	interséquelos, interséquelas
with first-person plural imperative intersequemos	dative	not used	intersequémoste	intersequémosle	intersequémonos	intersequémoos	intersequémosles
	accusative	not used	intersequémoste	intersequémoslo, intersequémosla	intersequémonos	intersequémoos	intersequémoslos, intersequémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative intersecad	dative	intersecadme	not used	intersecadle	intersecadnos	intersecaos	intersecadles
	accusative	intersecadme	not used	intersecadlo, intersecadla	intersecadnos	intersecaos	intersecadlos, intersecadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative intersequen	dative	interséquenme	not used	interséquenle	interséquennos	not used	interséquenles, interséquense
	accusative	interséquenme	not used	interséquenlo, interséquenla	interséquennos	not used	interséquenlos, interséquenlas, interséquense

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

infinitive			intersecarse
gerund			intersecándose
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		intersecado		intersecada
		plural		intersecados		intersecadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
personal non-finite		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	infinitive	intersecarme	intersecarte	intersecarse	intersecarnos	intersecaros	intersecarse
	gerund	intersecándome	intersecándote	intersecándose	intersecándonos	intersecándoos	intersecándose
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me interseco	te intersecastú te intersecásvos	se interseca	nos intersecamos	os intersecáis	se intersecan
	imperfect	me intersecaba	te intersecabas	se intersecaba	nos intersecábamos	os intersecabais	se intersecaban
	preterite	me intersequé	te intersecaste	se intersecó	nos intersecamos	os intersecasteis	se intersecaron
	future	me intersecaré	te intersecarás	se intersecará	nos intersecaremos	os intersecaréis	se intersecarán
	conditional	me intersecaría	te intersecarías	se intersecaría	nos intersecaríamos	os intersecaríais	se intersecarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me interseque	te intersequestú te intersequésvos2	se interseque	nos intersequemos	os intersequéis	se intersequen
	imperfect (ra)	me intersecara	te intersecaras	se intersecara	nos intersecáramos	os intersecarais	se intersecaran
	imperfect (se)	me intersecase	te intersecases	se intersecase	nos intersecásemos	os intersecaseis	se intersecasen
	future1	me intersecare	te intersecares	se intersecare	nos intersecáremos	os intersecareis	se intersecaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		intersécatetú intersecatevos	interséquese	intersequémonos	intersecaos	interséquense
	negative		no te interseques	no se interseque	no nos intersequemos	no os intersequéis	no se intersequen

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

Further reading

• “intersecar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026