Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to spark
Participle: sparked
Gerund: sparking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | spark |
| you | spark |
| he;she;it | sparks |
| we | spark |
| you | spark |
| they | spark |
Perfect
| I | have sparked |
| you | have sparked |
| he;she;it | has sparked |
| we | have sparked |
| you | have sparked |
| they | have sparked |
Past
| I | sparked |
| you | sparked |
| he;she;it | sparked |
| we | sparked |
| you | sparked |
| they | sparked |
Pluperfect
| I | had sparked |
| you | had sparked |
| he;she;it | had sparked |
| we | had sparked |
| you | had sparked |
| they | had sparked |
Future
| I | will spark |
| you | will spark |
| he;she;it | will spark |
| we | will spark |
| you | will spark |
| they | will spark |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sparked |
| you | will have sparked |
| he;she;it | will have sparked |
| we | will have sparked |
| you | will have sparked |
| they | will have sparked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | spark |
| you | spark |
| he;she;it | spark |
| we | spark |
| you | spark |
| they | spark |
Perfect
| I | have sparked |
| you | have sparked |
| he;she;it | have sparked |
| we | have sparked |
| you | have sparked |
| they | have sparked |
Imperfect
| I | sparked |
| you | sparked |
| he;she;it | sparked |
| we | sparked |
| you | sparked |
| they | sparked |
Pluperfect
| I | had sparked |
| you | had sparked |
| he;she;it | had sparked |
| we | had sparked |
| you | had sparked |
| they | had sparked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would spark |
| you | would spark |
| he;she;it | would spark |
| we | would spark |
| you | would spark |
| they | would spark |
Perfect
| I | would have sparked |
| you | would have sparked |
| he;she;it | would have sparked |
| we | would have sparked |
| you | would have sparked |
| they | would have sparked |
Imperative
| you | spark |
| we | Let's spark |
| you | spark |
Verbs conjugated like 'spark'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'spark'
park,
sark,
shark,
snark,
spank,
spar,
spare,
spork,
stark,
bark,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to solicit in love
- address, bedear, chase after, court, endear, make love, pitch woo, put the moves on, romance, solicit, woo
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-West Germanic *sparkō
3. Old English spearca
4. Middle English sparke
5. English spark
6. From Middle English sparke, sperke, from Old English spearca, from Proto-West Germanic *sparkō (compare Saterland Frisian Spoorke, West Frisian spark, Dutch spark, German Low German Sparke, German Sparke), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *sparkaz (“lively, energetic”), from Proto-Indo-European *sperg- (“to strew, sprinkle”) (compare Breton erc’h (“snow”), Latin spargō (“to scatter, spread”), sparsus (“scattered”), Lithuanian sprógti (“to germinate”), Ancient Greek σπαργάω (spargáō, “to swell”), Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬈𐬔𐬀 (frasparega, “branch, twig”), Sanskrit पर्जन्य (parjanya, “rain, rain god”)). See: Frisian, Saterlandic 'Spoorke', Latin '
spargō'.
Sample Sentences
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The introduction of substitute Andy Carroll sparked Liverpool into life and he pulled a goal back just after the hour - and thought he had equalised as Kenny Dalglish's side laid siege to Chelsea's goal in the closing stages. [2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:]
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One such investigation described how kindness can be contagious. It was sparked by reports of an outbreak of kindness on a cold December morning in 2012. [2025 November 13, Kamala Thiagarajan, “If you're going to be kind to another human, today is the day to do it!”, in NPR:]
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Byron sparked the cigarette. He sucked it dramatically and thrust it into Marko's hand. [2009, Alex Jenson, The Serotonin Grand Prix, page 12:]
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[Streetlife]:Fuck a peace talk, let the gun spark, on the streets of New York. [1998 November 10, “Grid Iron Rap” (track 17), in Tical 2000: Judgement Day, performed by Method Man, Streetlife (rapper):]
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All of a sudden, everybody tuggin', everybody dark. Everybody gums runnin', 'til the guns spark. [2004, “U Ain't A Killer” (track 10), in The War Mixtape, performed by Akala (rapper):]
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Guns spark in the dark, it was all just a part of the eighties Bronx scene that created all. [2022 February 22, “Raw Hip Hop” (track 2), in IMAMCRU12, performed by KRS-One:]