profesar

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Spanish

Etymology

From profeso +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾofeˈsaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: pro‧fe‧sar

Verb

profesar (first-person singular present profeso, first-person singular preterite profesé, past participle profesado)

  1. (transitive) to profess
  2. (intransitive) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of profesar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive profesar
gerund profesando
past participle masculine feminine
singular profesado profesada
plural profesados profesadas
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 profeso profesastú
profesásvos 		profesa profesamos profesáis profesan
imperfect profesaba profesabas profesaba profesábamos profesabais profesaban
preterite profesé profesaste profesó profesamos profesasteis profesaron
future profesaré profesarás profesará profesaremos profesaréis profesarán
conditional profesaría profesarías profesaría profesaríamos profesaríais profesarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present profese profesestú
profesésvos2 		profese profesemos profeséis profesen
imperfect
(ra) 		profesara profesaras profesara profesáramos profesarais profesaran
imperfect
(se) 		profesase profesases profesase profesásemos profesaseis profesasen
future1 profesare profesares profesare profesáremos profesareis profesaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative profesatú
profesávos 		profese profesemos profesad profesen
negative no profeses no profese no profesemos no profeséis no profesen

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

    Selected combined forms of profesar

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 profesar
dative profesarme profesarte profesarle, profesarse profesarnos profesaros profesarles, profesarse
accusative profesarme profesarte profesarlo, profesarla, profesarse profesarnos profesaros profesarlos, profesarlas, profesarse
with gerund profesando
dative profesándome profesándote profesándole, profesándose profesándonos profesándoos profesándoles, profesándose
accusative profesándome profesándote profesándolo, profesándola, profesándose profesándonos profesándoos profesándolos, profesándolas, profesándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative profesa
dative profésame profésate profésale profésanos not used profésales
accusative profésame profésate profésalo, profésala profésanos not used profésalos, profésalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative profesá
dative profesame profesate profesale profesanos not used profesales
accusative profesame profesate profesalo, profesala profesanos not used profesalos, profesalas
with formal second-person singular imperative profese
dative proféseme not used profésele, profésese profésenos not used proféseles
accusative proféseme not used proféselo, profésela, profésese profésenos not used proféselos, proféselas
with first-person plural imperative profesemos
dative not used profesémoste profesémosle profesémonos profesémoos profesémosles
accusative not used profesémoste profesémoslo, profesémosla profesémonos profesémoos profesémoslos, profesémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative profesad
dative profesadme not used profesadle profesadnos profesaos profesadles
accusative profesadme not used profesadlo, profesadla profesadnos profesaos profesadlos, profesadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative profesen
dative profésenme not used profésenle profésennos not used profésenles, profésense
accusative profésenme not used profésenlo, profésenla profésennos not used profésenlos, profésenlas, profésense

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