compadrar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kompaˈdɾaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: com‧pa‧drar

Verb

compadrar (first-person singular present compadro, first-person singular preterite compadré, past participle compadrado)

  1. (intransitive) to become godparents or godchildren
  2. (intransitive) to become good friends with; to buddy up

Conjugation

    Conjugation of compadrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive compadrar
gerund compadrando
past participle masculine feminine
singular compadrado compadrada
plural compadrados compadradas
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 compadro compadrastú
compadrásvos 		compadra compadramos compadráis compadran
imperfect compadraba compadrabas compadraba compadrábamos compadrabais compadraban
preterite compadré compadraste compadró compadramos compadrasteis compadraron
future compadraré compadrarás compadrará compadraremos compadraréis compadrarán
conditional compadraría compadrarías compadraría compadraríamos compadraríais compadrarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present compadre compadrestú
compadrésvos2 		compadre compadremos compadréis compadren
imperfect
(ra) 		compadrara compadraras compadrara compadráramos compadrarais compadraran
imperfect
(se) 		compadrase compadrases compadrase compadrásemos compadraseis compadrasen
future1 compadrare compadrares compadrare compadráremos compadrareis compadraren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative compadratú
compadrávos 		compadre compadremos compadrad compadren
negative no compadres no compadre no compadremos no compadréis no compadren

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

    Selected combined forms of compadrar

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 compadrar dative compadrarme compadrarte compadrarle, compadrarse compadrarnos compadraros compadrarles, compadrarse
accusative compadrarme compadrarte compadrarlo, compadrarla, compadrarse compadrarnos compadraros compadrarlos, compadrarlas, compadrarse
with gerund compadrando dative compadrándome compadrándote compadrándole, compadrándose compadrándonos compadrándoos compadrándoles, compadrándose
accusative compadrándome compadrándote compadrándolo, compadrándola, compadrándose compadrándonos compadrándoos compadrándolos, compadrándolas, compadrándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative compadra dative compádrame compádrate compádrale compádranos not used compádrales
accusative compádrame compádrate compádralo, compádrala compádranos not used compádralos, compádralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative compadrá dative compadrame compadrate compadrale compadranos not used compadrales
accusative compadrame compadrate compadralo, compadrala compadranos not used compadralos, compadralas
with formal second-person singular imperative compadre dative compádreme not used compádrele, compádrese compádrenos not used compádreles
accusative compádreme not used compádrelo, compádrela, compádrese compádrenos not used compádrelos, compádrelas
with first-person plural imperative compadremos dative not used compadrémoste compadrémosle compadrémonos compadrémoos compadrémosles
accusative not used compadrémoste compadrémoslo, compadrémosla compadrémonos compadrémoos compadrémoslos, compadrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative compadrad dative compadradme not used compadradle compadradnos compadraos compadradles
accusative compadradme not used compadradlo, compadradla compadradnos compadraos compadradlos, compadradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative compadren dative compádrenme not used compádrenle compádrennos not used compádrenles, compádrense
accusative compádrenme not used compádrenlo, compádrenla compádrennos not used compádrenlos, compádrenlas, compádrense

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