cobijar

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Spanish

Etymology

Probably from cobijo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kobiˈxaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: co‧bi‧jar

Verb

cobijar (first-person singular present cobijo, first-person singular preterite cobijé, past participle cobijado)

  1. (transitive) to cover
  2. (transitive) to shelter
  3. (transitive) to protect
  4. (reflexive) to take refuge

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cobijar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive cobijar
gerund cobijando
past participle masculine feminine
singular cobijado cobijada
plural cobijados cobijadas
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 cobijo cobijastú
cobijásvos 		cobija cobijamos cobijáis cobijan
imperfect cobijaba cobijabas cobijaba cobijábamos cobijabais cobijaban
preterite cobijé cobijaste cobijó cobijamos cobijasteis cobijaron
future cobijaré cobijarás cobijará cobijaremos cobijaréis cobijarán
conditional cobijaría cobijarías cobijaría cobijaríamos cobijaríais cobijarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present cobije cobijestú
cobijésvos2 		cobije cobijemos cobijéis cobijen
imperfect
(ra) 		cobijara cobijaras cobijara cobijáramos cobijarais cobijaran
imperfect
(se) 		cobijase cobijases cobijase cobijásemos cobijaseis cobijasen
future1 cobijare cobijares cobijare cobijáremos cobijareis cobijaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative cobijatú
cobijávos 		cobije cobijemos cobijad cobijen
negative no cobijes no cobije no cobijemos no cobijéis no cobijen

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

    Selected combined forms of cobijar

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 cobijar
dative cobijarme cobijarte cobijarle, cobijarse cobijarnos cobijaros cobijarles, cobijarse
accusative cobijarme cobijarte cobijarlo, cobijarla, cobijarse cobijarnos cobijaros cobijarlos, cobijarlas, cobijarse
with gerund cobijando
dative cobijándome cobijándote cobijándole, cobijándose cobijándonos cobijándoos cobijándoles, cobijándose
accusative cobijándome cobijándote cobijándolo, cobijándola, cobijándose cobijándonos cobijándoos cobijándolos, cobijándolas, cobijándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cobija
dative cobíjame cobíjate cobíjale cobíjanos not used cobíjales
accusative cobíjame cobíjate cobíjalo, cobíjala cobíjanos not used cobíjalos, cobíjalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cobijá
dative cobijame cobijate cobijale cobijanos not used cobijales
accusative cobijame cobijate cobijalo, cobijala cobijanos not used cobijalos, cobijalas
with formal second-person singular imperative cobije
dative cobíjeme not used cobíjele, cobíjese cobíjenos not used cobíjeles
accusative cobíjeme not used cobíjelo, cobíjela, cobíjese cobíjenos not used cobíjelos, cobíjelas
with first-person plural imperative cobijemos
dative not used cobijémoste cobijémosle cobijémonos cobijémoos cobijémosles
accusative not used cobijémoste cobijémoslo, cobijémosla cobijémonos cobijémoos cobijémoslos, cobijémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cobijad
dative cobijadme not used cobijadle cobijadnos cobijaos cobijadles
accusative cobijadme not used cobijadlo, cobijadla cobijadnos cobijaos cobijadlos, cobijadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cobijen
dative cobíjenme not used cobíjenle cobíjennos not used cobíjenles, cobíjense
accusative cobíjenme not used cobíjenlo, cobíjenla cobíjennos not used cobíjenlos, cobíjenlas, cobíjense

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