anteponer

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See also: antepoñer

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin antepōnere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /antepoˈneɾ/
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: an‧te‧po‧ner

Verb

anteponer (first-person singular present antepongo, first-person singular preterite antepuse, past participle antepuesto)

  1. to put or place in front of
  2. (figuratively) to prefer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of anteponer (irregular) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive anteponer
gerund anteponiendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular antepuesto antepuesta
plural antepuestos antepuestas
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 antepongo anteponestú
anteponésvos 		antepone anteponemos anteponéis anteponen
imperfect anteponía anteponías anteponía anteponíamos anteponíais anteponían
preterite antepuse antepusiste antepuso antepusimos antepusisteis antepusieron
future antepondré antepondrás antepondrá antepondremos antepondréis antepondrán
conditional antepondría antepondrías antepondría antepondríamos antepondríais antepondrían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present anteponga antepongastú
antepongásvos2 		anteponga antepongamos antepongáis antepongan
imperfect
(ra) 		antepusiera antepusieras antepusiera antepusiéramos antepusierais antepusieran
imperfect
(se) 		antepusiese antepusieses antepusiese antepusiésemos antepusieseis antepusiesen
future1 antepusiere antepusieres antepusiere antepusiéremos antepusiereis antepusieren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative antepóntú
anteponévos 		anteponga antepongamos anteponed antepongan
negative no antepongas no anteponga no antepongamos no antepongáis no antepongan

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

    Selected combined forms of anteponer (irregular)

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 anteponer dative anteponerme anteponerte anteponerle, anteponerse anteponernos anteponeros anteponerles, anteponerse
accusative anteponerme anteponerte anteponerlo, anteponerla, anteponerse anteponernos anteponeros anteponerlos, anteponerlas, anteponerse
with gerund anteponiendo dative anteponiéndome anteponiéndote anteponiéndole, anteponiéndose anteponiéndonos anteponiéndoos anteponiéndoles, anteponiéndose
accusative anteponiéndome anteponiéndote anteponiéndolo, anteponiéndola, anteponiéndose anteponiéndonos anteponiéndoos anteponiéndolos, anteponiéndolas, anteponiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative antepón dative anteponme anteponte anteponle anteponnos not used anteponles
accusative anteponme anteponte anteponlo, anteponla anteponnos not used anteponlos, anteponlas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative anteponé dative anteponeme anteponete anteponele anteponenos not used anteponeles
accusative anteponeme anteponete anteponelo, anteponela anteponenos not used anteponelos, anteponelas
with formal second-person singular imperative anteponga dative antepóngame not used antepóngale, antepóngase antepónganos not used antepóngales
accusative antepóngame not used antepóngalo, antepóngala, antepóngase antepónganos not used antepóngalos, antepóngalas
with first-person plural imperative antepongamos dative not used antepongámoste antepongámosle antepongámonos antepongámoos antepongámosles
accusative not used antepongámoste antepongámoslo, antepongámosla antepongámonos antepongámoos antepongámoslos, antepongámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative anteponed dative anteponedme not used anteponedle anteponednos anteponeos anteponedles
accusative anteponedme not used anteponedlo, anteponedla anteponednos anteponeos anteponedlos, anteponedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative antepongan dative antepónganme not used antepónganle antepóngannos not used antepónganles, antepónganse
accusative antepónganme not used antepónganlo, antepónganla antepóngannos not used antepónganlos, antepónganlas, antepónganse

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