reprobar

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reprobāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /repɾoˈbaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: re‧pro‧bar

Verb

reprobar (first-person singular present repruebo, first-person singular preterite reprobé, past participle reprobado)

  1. (transitive) to condemn, disapprove, reprove
    Synonym: renunciar
    reprobamos la violencia
    we condemn the violence
    reprueban su papel
    they disapprove of her role
    • 2020 August 27, “El Ayuntamiento de Barcelona reprueba el papel del Gobierno en la marcha de Juan Carlos I”, in El País‎:
  2. (Latin America) to flunk, fail (to pass an exam, course etc.)
    Synonyms: aplazar, suspender
    Paco reprobó el examen.
    Paco flunked the exam.
    • 1997, Innovación curricular en las instituciones de educación superior:
      En el curso de lectura y redacción los resultados fueron, 54 % de aprobaron, 9 % reprobaron y el 37 % no terminaron el curso.
      In the reading and writing course, the results were: 54% passed, 9% failed and 37% didn't finish the course.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reprobar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive reprobar
gerund reprobando
past participle masculine feminine
singular reprobado reprobada
plural reprobados reprobadas
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 repruebo repruebastú
reprobásvos 		reprueba reprobamos reprobáis reprueban
imperfect reprobaba reprobabas reprobaba reprobábamos reprobabais reprobaban
preterite reprobé reprobaste reprobó reprobamos reprobasteis reprobaron
future reprobaré reprobarás reprobará reprobaremos reprobaréis reprobarán
conditional reprobaría reprobarías reprobaría reprobaríamos reprobaríais reprobarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present repruebe repruebestú
reprobésvos2 		repruebe reprobemos reprobéis reprueben
imperfect
(ra) 		reprobara reprobaras reprobara reprobáramos reprobarais reprobaran
imperfect
(se) 		reprobase reprobases reprobase reprobásemos reprobaseis reprobasen
future1 reprobare reprobares reprobare reprobáremos reprobareis reprobaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative repruebatú
reprobávos 		repruebe reprobemos reprobad reprueben
negative no repruebes no repruebe no reprobemos no reprobéis no reprueben

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

    Selected combined forms of reprobar (o-ue alternation)

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 reprobar
dative reprobarme reprobarte reprobarle, reprobarse reprobarnos reprobaros reprobarles, reprobarse
accusative reprobarme reprobarte reprobarlo, reprobarla, reprobarse reprobarnos reprobaros reprobarlos, reprobarlas, reprobarse
with gerund reprobando
dative reprobándome reprobándote reprobándole, reprobándose reprobándonos reprobándoos reprobándoles, reprobándose
accusative reprobándome reprobándote reprobándolo, reprobándola, reprobándose reprobándonos reprobándoos reprobándolos, reprobándolas, reprobándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative reprueba
dative repruébame repruébate repruébale repruébanos not used repruébales
accusative repruébame repruébate repruébalo, repruébala repruébanos not used repruébalos, repruébalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative reprobá
dative reprobame reprobate reprobale reprobanos not used reprobales
accusative reprobame reprobate reprobalo, reprobala reprobanos not used reprobalos, reprobalas
with formal second-person singular imperative repruebe
dative repruébeme not used repruébele, repruébese repruébenos not used repruébeles
accusative repruébeme not used repruébelo, repruébela, repruébese repruébenos not used repruébelos, repruébelas
with first-person plural imperative reprobemos
dative not used reprobémoste reprobémosle reprobémonos reprobémoos reprobémosles
accusative not used reprobémoste reprobémoslo, reprobémosla reprobémonos reprobémoos reprobémoslos, reprobémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative reprobad
dative reprobadme not used reprobadle reprobadnos reprobaos reprobadles
accusative reprobadme not used reprobadlo, reprobadla reprobadnos reprobaos reprobadlos, reprobadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative reprueben
dative repruébenme not used repruébenle repruébennos not used repruébenles, repruébense
accusative repruébenme not used repruébenlo, repruébenla repruébennos not used repruébenlos, repruébenlas, repruébense

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