insuflar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /insuˈflaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: in‧su‧flar

Verb

insuflar (first-person singular present insuflo, first-person singular preterite insuflé, past participle insuflado)

  1. to blow in air
  2. to breathe (life into)
    • 2015 July 10, “El PP se ‘refresca’ ante las elecciones”, in El País‎:
      La Conferencia Política del PP está pensada, en primer lugar, para insuflar un poco de autoestima a los cuadros, bases y dirigentes de toda España tras el batacazo electoral del 24 de mayo.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of insuflar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive insuflar
gerund insuflando
past participle masculine feminine
singular insuflado insuflada
plural insuflados insufladas
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 insuflo insuflastú
insuflásvos 		insufla insuflamos insufláis insuflan
imperfect insuflaba insuflabas insuflaba insuflábamos insuflabais insuflaban
preterite insuflé insuflaste insufló insuflamos insuflasteis insuflaron
future insuflaré insuflarás insuflará insuflaremos insuflaréis insuflarán
conditional insuflaría insuflarías insuflaría insuflaríamos insuflaríais insuflarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present insufle insuflestú
insuflésvos2 		insufle insuflemos insufléis insuflen
imperfect
(ra) 		insuflara insuflaras insuflara insufláramos insuflarais insuflaran
imperfect
(se) 		insuflase insuflases insuflase insuflásemos insuflaseis insuflasen
future1 insuflare insuflares insuflare insufláremos insuflareis insuflaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative insuflatú
insuflávos 		insufle insuflemos insuflad insuflen
negative no insufles no insufle no insuflemos no insufléis no insuflen

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

    Selected combined forms of insuflar

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 insuflar
dative insuflarme insuflarte insuflarle, insuflarse insuflarnos insuflaros insuflarles, insuflarse
accusative insuflarme insuflarte insuflarlo, insuflarla, insuflarse insuflarnos insuflaros insuflarlos, insuflarlas, insuflarse
with gerund insuflando
dative insuflándome insuflándote insuflándole, insuflándose insuflándonos insuflándoos insuflándoles, insuflándose
accusative insuflándome insuflándote insuflándolo, insuflándola, insuflándose insuflándonos insuflándoos insuflándolos, insuflándolas, insuflándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative insufla
dative insúflame insúflate insúflale insúflanos not used insúflales
accusative insúflame insúflate insúflalo, insúflala insúflanos not used insúflalos, insúflalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative insuflá
dative insuflame insuflate insuflale insuflanos not used insuflales
accusative insuflame insuflate insuflalo, insuflala insuflanos not used insuflalos, insuflalas
with formal second-person singular imperative insufle
dative insúfleme not used insúflele, insúflese insúflenos not used insúfleles
accusative insúfleme not used insúflelo, insúflela, insúflese insúflenos not used insúflelos, insúflelas
with first-person plural imperative insuflemos
dative not used insuflémoste insuflémosle insuflémonos insuflémoos insuflémosles
accusative not used insuflémoste insuflémoslo, insuflémosla insuflémonos insuflémoos insuflémoslos, insuflémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative insuflad
dative insufladme not used insufladle insufladnos insuflaos insufladles
accusative insufladme not used insufladlo, insufladla insufladnos insuflaos insufladlos, insufladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative insuflen
dative insúflenme not used insúflenle insúflennos not used insúflenles, insúflense
accusative insúflenme not used insúflenlo, insúflenla insúflennos not used insúflenlos, insúflenlas, insúflense

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