alabear

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Spanish

Etymology

From álabe +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alabeˈaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧la‧be‧ar

Verb

alabear (first-person singular present alabeo, first-person singular preterite alabeé, past participle alabeado)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to warp (especially wood)
    Synonyms: combar, curvar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alabear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive alabear
gerund alabeando
past participle masculine feminine
singular alabeado alabeada
plural alabeados alabeadas
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 alabeo alabeastú
alabeásvos 		alabea alabeamos alabeáis alabean
imperfect alabeaba alabeabas alabeaba alabeábamos alabeabais alabeaban
preterite alabeé alabeaste alabeó alabeamos alabeasteis alabearon
future alabearé alabearás alabeará alabearemos alabearéis alabearán
conditional alabearía alabearías alabearía alabearíamos alabearíais alabearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present alabee alabeestú
alabeésvos2 		alabee alabeemos alabeéis alabeen
imperfect
(ra) 		alabeara alabearas alabeara alabeáramos alabearais alabearan
imperfect
(se) 		alabease alabeases alabease alabeásemos alabeaseis alabeasen
future1 alabeare alabeares alabeare alabeáremos alabeareis alabearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative alabeatú
alabeávos 		alabee alabeemos alabead alabeen
negative no alabees no alabee no alabeemos no alabeéis no alabeen

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

    Selected combined forms of alabear

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 alabear dative alabearme alabearte alabearle, alabearse alabearnos alabearos alabearles, alabearse
accusative alabearme alabearte alabearlo, alabearla, alabearse alabearnos alabearos alabearlos, alabearlas, alabearse
with gerund alabeando dative alabeándome alabeándote alabeándole, alabeándose alabeándonos alabeándoos alabeándoles, alabeándose
accusative alabeándome alabeándote alabeándolo, alabeándola, alabeándose alabeándonos alabeándoos alabeándolos, alabeándolas, alabeándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative alabea dative alabéame alabéate alabéale alabéanos not used alabéales
accusative alabéame alabéate alabéalo, alabéala alabéanos not used alabéalos, alabéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative alabeá dative alabeame alabeate alabeale alabeanos not used alabeales
accusative alabeame alabeate alabealo, alabeala alabeanos not used alabealos, alabealas
with formal second-person singular imperative alabee dative alabéeme not used alabéele, alabéese alabéenos not used alabéeles
accusative alabéeme not used alabéelo, alabéela, alabéese alabéenos not used alabéelos, alabéelas
with first-person plural imperative alabeemos dative not used alabeémoste alabeémosle alabeémonos alabeémoos alabeémosles
accusative not used alabeémoste alabeémoslo, alabeémosla alabeémonos alabeémoos alabeémoslos, alabeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative alabead dative alabeadme not used alabeadle alabeadnos alabeaos alabeadles
accusative alabeadme not used alabeadlo, alabeadla alabeadnos alabeaos alabeadlos, alabeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative alabeen dative alabéenme not used alabéenle alabéennos not used alabéenles, alabéense
accusative alabéenme not used alabéenlo, alabéenla alabéennos not used alabéenlos, alabéenlas, alabéense

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