aprobar

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Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aprobar.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧pro‧bar

Verb

aprobar

  1. to approve

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin approbāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /apɾoˈbaɾ/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧pro‧bar

Verb

aprobar (first-person singular present apruebo, first-person singular preterite aprobé, past participle aprobado)

  1. to approve, to condone, to permit
    Antonym: desaprobar
  2. to pass (succeed, e.g. on an exam)
    Synonym: pasar
    Antonym: suspender

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aprobar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive aprobar
gerund aprobando
past participle masculine feminine
singular aprobado aprobada
plural aprobados aprobadas
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 apruebo apruebastú
aprobásvos 		aprueba aprobamos aprobáis aprueban
imperfect aprobaba aprobabas aprobaba aprobábamos aprobabais aprobaban
preterite aprobé aprobaste aprobó aprobamos aprobasteis aprobaron
future aprobaré aprobarás aprobará aprobaremos aprobaréis aprobarán
conditional aprobaría aprobarías aprobaría aprobaríamos aprobaríais aprobarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present apruebe apruebestú
aprobésvos2 		apruebe aprobemos aprobéis aprueben
imperfect
(ra) 		aprobara aprobaras aprobara aprobáramos aprobarais aprobaran
imperfect
(se) 		aprobase aprobases aprobase aprobásemos aprobaseis aprobasen
future1 aprobare aprobares aprobare aprobáremos aprobareis aprobaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative apruebatú
aprobávos 		apruebe aprobemos aprobad aprueben
negative no apruebes no apruebe no aprobemos no aprobéis no aprueben

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

    Selected combined forms of aprobar (o-ue alternation)

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 aprobar dative aprobarme aprobarte aprobarle, aprobarse aprobarnos aprobaros aprobarles, aprobarse
accusative aprobarme aprobarte aprobarlo, aprobarla, aprobarse aprobarnos aprobaros aprobarlos, aprobarlas, aprobarse
with gerund aprobando dative aprobándome aprobándote aprobándole, aprobándose aprobándonos aprobándoos aprobándoles, aprobándose
accusative aprobándome aprobándote aprobándolo, aprobándola, aprobándose aprobándonos aprobándoos aprobándolos, aprobándolas, aprobándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative aprueba dative apruébame apruébate apruébale apruébanos not used apruébales
accusative apruébame apruébate apruébalo, apruébala apruébanos not used apruébalos, apruébalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative aprobá dative aprobame aprobate aprobale aprobanos not used aprobales
accusative aprobame aprobate aprobalo, aprobala aprobanos not used aprobalos, aprobalas
with formal second-person singular imperative apruebe dative apruébeme not used apruébele, apruébese apruébenos not used apruébeles
accusative apruébeme not used apruébelo, apruébela, apruébese apruébenos not used apruébelos, apruébelas
with first-person plural imperative aprobemos dative not used aprobémoste aprobémosle aprobémonos aprobémoos aprobémosles
accusative not used aprobémoste aprobémoslo, aprobémosla aprobémonos aprobémoos aprobémoslos, aprobémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative aprobad dative aprobadme not used aprobadle aprobadnos aprobaos aprobadles
accusative aprobadme not used aprobadlo, aprobadla aprobadnos aprobaos aprobadlos, aprobadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative aprueben dative apruébenme not used apruébenle apruébennos not used apruébenles, apruébense
accusative apruébenme not used apruébenlo, apruébenla apruébennos not used apruébenlos, apruébenlas, apruébense

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Cebuano: aprobar

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