confitar

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Spanish

Etymology

From confite.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konfiˈtaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: con‧fi‧tar

Verb

confitar (first-person singular present confito, first-person singular preterite confité, past participle confitado)

  1. to candy; cook in sugar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of confitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive confitar
gerund confitando
past participle masculine feminine
singular confitado confitada
plural confitados confitadas
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 confito confitastú
confitásvos 		confita confitamos confitáis confitan
imperfect confitaba confitabas confitaba confitábamos confitabais confitaban
preterite confité confitaste confitó confitamos confitasteis confitaron
future confitaré confitarás confitará confitaremos confitaréis confitarán
conditional confitaría confitarías confitaría confitaríamos confitaríais confitarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present confite confitestú
confitésvos2 		confite confitemos confitéis confiten
imperfect
(ra) 		confitara confitaras confitara confitáramos confitarais confitaran
imperfect
(se) 		confitase confitases confitase confitásemos confitaseis confitasen
future1 confitare confitares confitare confitáremos confitareis confitaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative confitatú
confitávos 		confite confitemos confitad confiten
negative no confites no confite no confitemos no confitéis no confiten

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

    Selected combined forms of confitar

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 confitar
dative confitarme confitarte confitarle, confitarse confitarnos confitaros confitarles, confitarse
accusative confitarme confitarte confitarlo, confitarla, confitarse confitarnos confitaros confitarlos, confitarlas, confitarse
with gerund confitando
dative confitándome confitándote confitándole, confitándose confitándonos confitándoos confitándoles, confitándose
accusative confitándome confitándote confitándolo, confitándola, confitándose confitándonos confitándoos confitándolos, confitándolas, confitándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative confita
dative confítame confítate confítale confítanos not used confítales
accusative confítame confítate confítalo, confítala confítanos not used confítalos, confítalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative confitá
dative confitame confitate confitale confitanos not used confitales
accusative confitame confitate confitalo, confitala confitanos not used confitalos, confitalas
with formal second-person singular imperative confite
dative confíteme not used confítele, confítese confítenos not used confíteles
accusative confíteme not used confítelo, confítela, confítese confítenos not used confítelos, confítelas
with first-person plural imperative confitemos
dative not used confitémoste confitémosle confitémonos confitémoos confitémosles
accusative not used confitémoste confitémoslo, confitémosla confitémonos confitémoos confitémoslos, confitémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative confitad
dative confitadme not used confitadle confitadnos confitaos confitadles
accusative confitadme not used confitadlo, confitadla confitadnos confitaos confitadlos, confitadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative confiten
dative confítenme not used confítenle confítennos not used confítenles, confítense
accusative confítenme not used confítenlo, confítenla confítennos not used confítenlos, confítenlas, confítense

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