abobar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From a- +‎ bobo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.boˈba(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.boˈba(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.boˈba(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.boˈba(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.buˈbaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.buˈba.ɾi/

Hyphenation: a‧bo‧bar

Verb

abobar (first-person singular present abobo, first-person singular preterite abobei, past participle abobado)

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Conjugation

Conjugation of abobar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	abobar
Personal	abobar	abobares	abobar	abobarmos	abobardes	abobarem
Gerund
	abobando
Past participle
Masculine	abobado			abobados
Feminine	abobada			abobadas
Indicative
Present	abobo	abobas	aboba	abobamos	abobais	abobam
Imperfect	abobava	abobavas	abobava	abobávamos	abobáveis	abobavam
Preterite	abobei	abobaste	abobou	abobamos¹, abobámos²	abobastes	abobaram
Pluperfect	abobara	abobaras	abobara	abobáramos	abobáreis	abobaram
Future	abobarei	abobarás	abobará	abobaremos	abobareis	abobarão
Conditional	abobaria	abobarias	abobaria	abobaríamos	abobaríeis	abobariam
Subjunctive
Present	abobe	abobes	abobe	abobemos	abobeis	abobem
Imperfect	abobasse	abobasses	abobasse	abobássemos	abobásseis	abobassem
Future	abobar	abobares	abobar	abobarmos	abobardes	abobarem
Imperative
Affirmative		aboba	abobe	abobemos	abobai	abobem
Negative (não)		não abobes	não abobe	não abobemos	não abobeis	não abobem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ bobo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aboˈbaɾ/
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: a‧bo‧bar

Verb

abobar (first-person singular present abobo, first-person singular preterite abobé, past participle abobado)

(transitive) to cause to become stupid
(transitive) to amaze, bewilder
Synonym: embobar

Conjugation

Conjugation of abobar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			abobar
gerund			abobando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		abobado		abobada
		plural		abobados		abobadas
		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	abobo	abobas^{^tú} abobás^{^vos}	aboba	abobamos	abobáis	aboban
	imperfect	abobaba	abobabas	abobaba	abobábamos	abobabais	abobaban
	preterite	abobé	abobaste	abobó	abobamos	abobasteis	abobaron
	future	abobaré	abobarás	abobará	abobaremos	abobaréis	abobarán
	conditional	abobaría	abobarías	abobaría	abobaríamos	abobaríais	abobarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	abobe	abobes^{^tú} abobés^{^vos²}	abobe	abobemos	abobéis	aboben
	imperfect (ra)	abobara	abobaras	abobara	abobáramos	abobarais	abobaran
	imperfect (se)	abobase	abobases	abobase	abobásemos	abobaseis	abobasen
	future¹	abobare	abobares	abobare	abobáremos	abobareis	abobaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		aboba^{^tú} abobá^{^vos}	abobe	abobemos	abobad	aboben
	negative		no abobes	no abobe	no abobemos	no abobéis	no aboben

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

“abobar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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