improbar

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin improbāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /impɾoˈbaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: im‧pro‧bar

Verb

improbar (first-person singular present impruebo, first-person singular preterite improbé, past participle improbado)

  1. to disapprove

Conjugation

    Conjugation of improbar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive improbar
gerund improbando
past participle masculine feminine
singular improbado improbada
plural improbados improbadas
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 impruebo impruebastú
improbásvos 		imprueba improbamos improbáis imprueban
imperfect improbaba improbabas improbaba improbábamos improbabais improbaban
preterite improbé improbaste improbó improbamos improbasteis improbaron
future improbaré improbarás improbará improbaremos improbaréis improbarán
conditional improbaría improbarías improbaría improbaríamos improbaríais improbarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present impruebe impruebestú
improbésvos2 		impruebe improbemos improbéis imprueben
imperfect
(ra) 		improbara improbaras improbara improbáramos improbarais improbaran
imperfect
(se) 		improbase improbases improbase improbásemos improbaseis improbasen
future1 improbare improbares improbare improbáremos improbareis improbaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative impruebatú
improbávos 		impruebe improbemos improbad imprueben
negative no impruebes no impruebe no improbemos no improbéis no imprueben

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

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