refrenar

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin refrēnāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /refɾeˈnaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: re‧fre‧nar

Verb

refrenar (first-person singular present refreno, first-person singular preterite refrené, past participle refrenado)

  1. (transitive) to rein in, contain

Conjugation

    Conjugation of refrenar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive refrenar
gerund refrenando
past participle masculine feminine
singular refrenado refrenada
plural refrenados refrenadas
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 refreno refrenastú
refrenásvos 		refrena refrenamos refrenáis refrenan
imperfect refrenaba refrenabas refrenaba refrenábamos refrenabais refrenaban
preterite refrené refrenaste refrenó refrenamos refrenasteis refrenaron
future refrenaré refrenarás refrenará refrenaremos refrenaréis refrenarán
conditional refrenaría refrenarías refrenaría refrenaríamos refrenaríais refrenarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present refrene refrenestú
refrenésvos2 		refrene refrenemos refrenéis refrenen
imperfect
(ra) 		refrenara refrenaras refrenara refrenáramos refrenarais refrenaran
imperfect
(se) 		refrenase refrenases refrenase refrenásemos refrenaseis refrenasen
future1 refrenare refrenares refrenare refrenáremos refrenareis refrenaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative refrenatú
refrenávos 		refrene refrenemos refrenad refrenen
negative no refrenes no refrene no refrenemos no refrenéis no refrenen

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

    Selected combined forms of refrenar

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 refrenar dative refrenarme refrenarte refrenarle, refrenarse refrenarnos refrenaros refrenarles, refrenarse
accusative refrenarme refrenarte refrenarlo, refrenarla, refrenarse refrenarnos refrenaros refrenarlos, refrenarlas, refrenarse
with gerund refrenando dative refrenándome refrenándote refrenándole, refrenándose refrenándonos refrenándoos refrenándoles, refrenándose
accusative refrenándome refrenándote refrenándolo, refrenándola, refrenándose refrenándonos refrenándoos refrenándolos, refrenándolas, refrenándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative refrena dative refréname refrénate refrénale refrénanos not used refrénales
accusative refréname refrénate refrénalo, refrénala refrénanos not used refrénalos, refrénalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative refrená dative refrename refrenate refrenale refrenanos not used refrenales
accusative refrename refrenate refrenalo, refrenala refrenanos not used refrenalos, refrenalas
with formal second-person singular imperative refrene dative refréneme not used refrénele, refrénese refrénenos not used refréneles
accusative refréneme not used refrénelo, refrénela, refrénese refrénenos not used refrénelos, refrénelas
with first-person plural imperative refrenemos dative not used refrenémoste refrenémosle refrenémonos refrenémoos refrenémosles
accusative not used refrenémoste refrenémoslo, refrenémosla refrenémonos refrenémoos refrenémoslos, refrenémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative refrenad dative refrenadme not used refrenadle refrenadnos refrenaos refrenadles
accusative refrenadme not used refrenadlo, refrenadla refrenadnos refrenaos refrenadlos, refrenadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative refrenen dative refrénenme not used refrénenle refrénennos not used refrénenles, refrénense
accusative refrénenme not used refrénenlo, refrénenla refrénennos not used refrénenlos, refrénenlas, refrénense

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