incorporálo

Incorporálo is a nonstandard spelling of the Spanish imperative form of the verb incorporar with the clitic pronoun lo attached. In standard Spanish, the affirmative tú command is incorpóralo, meaning “include it” or “incorporate it.” The form incorporálo is generally considered an orthographic error or a dialectal variant, and it is not accepted in prescriptive grammar guides.

Grammatical notes: It represents the second-person singular affirmative imperative of incorporar with the direct object pronoun lo attached. The pronoun lo refers to a masculine singular noun. When a pronoun is attached to an affirmative imperative, the stress pattern of the verb is preserved by means of an accent on the appropriate syllable; therefore the normative spelling incorpóralo carries a written acute accent to keep the stress on the stem syllable.

Usage and etymology: The construction comes from the verb incorporar plus the clitic lo. It is used to tell someone to include or add something in a text, a list, a calculation, etc. The term derives from incorporar + lo and is closely related to other forms in the imperative mood such as incorpora, incorpora, or incorpóralo in formal writing.

Examples: incorpóralo al final del informe. Note that the standard, accepted form is incorpóralo, not incorporálo. Some nonstandard spellings like incorporálo may appear in informal writing, but they are considered incorrect in formal Spanish.