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Spanish
Etymology
From Early Medieval Latin allūmināre. Compare Portuguese alumiar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alumˈbɾaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧lum‧brar
Verb
alumbrar (first-person singular present alumbro, first-person singular preterite alumbré, past participle alumbrado)
- (transitive) to illuminate
- Synonyms: iluminar, aluzar
- (transitive) to give birth
- Synonym: dar a luz
- (transitive) to shed light (on)
- (reflexive) to get tipsy
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of alumbrar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive alumbrar
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dative
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alumbrarme
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alumbrarte
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alumbrarle, alumbrarse
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alumbrarnos
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alumbraros
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alumbrarles, alumbrarse
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accusative
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alumbrarme
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alumbrarte
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alumbrarlo, alumbrarla, alumbrarse
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alumbrarnos
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alumbraros
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alumbrarlos, alumbrarlas, alumbrarse
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with gerund alumbrando
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dative
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alumbrándome
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alumbrándote
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alumbrándole, alumbrándose
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alumbrándonos
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alumbrándoos
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alumbrándoles, alumbrándose
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accusative
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alumbrándome
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alumbrándote
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alumbrándolo, alumbrándola, alumbrándose
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alumbrándonos
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alumbrándoos
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alumbrándolos, alumbrándolas, alumbrándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative alumbra
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dative
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alúmbrame
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alúmbrate
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alúmbrale
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alúmbranos
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not used
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alúmbrales
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accusative
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alúmbrame
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alúmbrate
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alúmbralo, alúmbrala
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alúmbranos
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not used
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alúmbralos, alúmbralas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative alumbrá
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dative
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alumbrame
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alumbrate
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alumbrale
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alumbranos
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not used
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alumbrales
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accusative
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alumbrame
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alumbrate
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alumbralo, alumbrala
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alumbranos
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not used
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alumbralos, alumbralas
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with formal second-person singular imperative alumbre
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dative
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alúmbreme
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not used
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alúmbrele, alúmbrese
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alúmbrenos
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not used
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alúmbreles
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accusative
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alúmbreme
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not used
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alúmbrelo, alúmbrela, alúmbrese
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alúmbrenos
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not used
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alúmbrelos, alúmbrelas
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with first-person plural imperative alumbremos
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dative
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not used
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alumbrémoste
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alumbrémosle
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alumbrémonos
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alumbrémoos
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alumbrémosles
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accusative
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not used
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alumbrémoste
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alumbrémoslo, alumbrémosla
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alumbrémonos
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alumbrémoos
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alumbrémoslos, alumbrémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative alumbrad
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dative
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alumbradme
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not used
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alumbradle
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alumbradnos
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alumbraos
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alumbradles
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accusative
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alumbradme
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not used
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alumbradlo, alumbradla
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alumbradnos
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alumbraos
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alumbradlos, alumbradlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative alumbren
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dative
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alúmbrenme
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not used
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alúmbrenle
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alúmbrennos
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not used
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alúmbrenles, alúmbrense
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accusative
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alúmbrenme
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not used
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alúmbrenlo, alúmbrenla
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alúmbrennos
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not used
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alúmbrenlos, alúmbrenlas, alúmbrense
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