atestiguar

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Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish testiguar, from Vulgar Latin *testificāre, from Latin testificārī.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /atestiˈɡwaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧tes‧ti‧guar

Verb

atestiguar (first-person singular present atestiguo, first-person singular preterite atestigüé, past participle atestiguado)

  1. to attest, to testify

Conjugation

    Conjugation of atestiguar (gu-gü alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive atestiguar
gerund atestiguando
past participle masculine feminine
singular atestiguado atestiguada
plural atestiguados atestiguadas
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 atestiguo atestiguastú
atestiguásvos 		atestigua atestiguamos atestiguáis atestiguan
imperfect atestiguaba atestiguabas atestiguaba atestiguábamos atestiguabais atestiguaban
preterite atestigüé atestiguaste atestiguó atestiguamos atestiguasteis atestiguaron
future atestiguaré atestiguarás atestiguará atestiguaremos atestiguaréis atestiguarán
conditional atestiguaría atestiguarías atestiguaría atestiguaríamos atestiguaríais atestiguarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present atestigüe atestigüestú
atestigüésvos2 		atestigüe atestigüemos atestigüéis atestigüen
imperfect
(ra) 		atestiguara atestiguaras atestiguara atestiguáramos atestiguarais atestiguaran
imperfect
(se) 		atestiguase atestiguases atestiguase atestiguásemos atestiguaseis atestiguasen
future1 atestiguare atestiguares atestiguare atestiguáremos atestiguareis atestiguaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative atestiguatú
atestiguávos 		atestigüe atestigüemos atestiguad atestigüen
negative no atestigües no atestigüe no atestigüemos no atestigüéis no atestigüen

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

    Selected combined forms of atestiguar (gu-gü 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 atestiguar
dative atestiguarme atestiguarte atestiguarle, atestiguarse atestiguarnos atestiguaros atestiguarles, atestiguarse
accusative atestiguarme atestiguarte atestiguarlo, atestiguarla, atestiguarse atestiguarnos atestiguaros atestiguarlos, atestiguarlas, atestiguarse
with gerund atestiguando
dative atestiguándome atestiguándote atestiguándole, atestiguándose atestiguándonos atestiguándoos atestiguándoles, atestiguándose
accusative atestiguándome atestiguándote atestiguándolo, atestiguándola, atestiguándose atestiguándonos atestiguándoos atestiguándolos, atestiguándolas, atestiguándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative atestigua
dative atestíguame atestíguate atestíguale atestíguanos not used atestíguales
accusative atestíguame atestíguate atestígualo, atestíguala atestíguanos not used atestígualos, atestígualas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative atestiguá
dative atestiguame atestiguate atestiguale atestiguanos not used atestiguales
accusative atestiguame atestiguate atestigualo, atestiguala atestiguanos not used atestigualos, atestigualas
with formal second-person singular imperative atestigüe
dative atestígüeme not used atestígüele, atestígüese atestígüenos not used atestígüeles
accusative atestígüeme not used atestígüelo, atestígüela, atestígüese atestígüenos not used atestígüelos, atestígüelas
with first-person plural imperative atestigüemos
dative not used atestigüémoste atestigüémosle atestigüémonos atestigüémoos atestigüémosles
accusative not used atestigüémoste atestigüémoslo, atestigüémosla atestigüémonos atestigüémoos atestigüémoslos, atestigüémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative atestiguad
dative atestiguadme not used atestiguadle atestiguadnos atestiguaos atestiguadles
accusative atestiguadme not used atestiguadlo, atestiguadla atestiguadnos atestiguaos atestiguadlos, atestiguadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative atestigüen
dative atestígüenme not used atestígüenle atestígüennos not used atestígüenles, atestígüense
accusative atestígüenme not used atestígüenlo, atestígüenla atestígüennos not used atestígüenlos, atestígüenlas, atestígüense

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