sabotear

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saboteˈaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: sa‧bo‧te‧ar

Verb

sabotear (first-person singular present saboteo, first-person singular preterite saboteé, past participle saboteado)

  1. (transitive) to sabotage

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sabotear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive sabotear
gerund saboteando
past participle masculine feminine
singular saboteado saboteada
plural saboteados saboteadas
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 saboteo saboteastú
saboteásvos 		sabotea saboteamos saboteáis sabotean
imperfect saboteaba saboteabas saboteaba saboteábamos saboteabais saboteaban
preterite saboteé saboteaste saboteó saboteamos saboteasteis sabotearon
future sabotearé sabotearás saboteará sabotearemos sabotearéis sabotearán
conditional sabotearía sabotearías sabotearía sabotearíamos sabotearíais sabotearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present sabotee saboteestú
saboteésvos2 		sabotee saboteemos saboteéis saboteen
imperfect
(ra) 		saboteara sabotearas saboteara saboteáramos sabotearais sabotearan
imperfect
(se) 		sabotease saboteases sabotease saboteásemos saboteaseis saboteasen
future1 saboteare saboteares saboteare saboteáremos saboteareis sabotearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative saboteatú
saboteávos 		sabotee saboteemos sabotead saboteen
negative no sabotees no sabotee no saboteemos no saboteéis no saboteen

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

    Selected combined forms of sabotear

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 sabotear
dative sabotearme sabotearte sabotearle, sabotearse sabotearnos sabotearos sabotearles, sabotearse
accusative sabotearme sabotearte sabotearlo, sabotearla, sabotearse sabotearnos sabotearos sabotearlos, sabotearlas, sabotearse
with gerund saboteando
dative saboteándome saboteándote saboteándole, saboteándose saboteándonos saboteándoos saboteándoles, saboteándose
accusative saboteándome saboteándote saboteándolo, saboteándola, saboteándose saboteándonos saboteándoos saboteándolos, saboteándolas, saboteándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative sabotea
dative sabotéame sabotéate sabotéale sabotéanos not used sabotéales
accusative sabotéame sabotéate sabotéalo, sabotéala sabotéanos not used sabotéalos, sabotéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative saboteá
dative saboteame saboteate saboteale saboteanos not used saboteales
accusative saboteame saboteate sabotealo, saboteala saboteanos not used sabotealos, sabotealas
with formal second-person singular imperative sabotee
dative sabotéeme not used sabotéele, sabotéese sabotéenos not used sabotéeles
accusative sabotéeme not used sabotéelo, sabotéela, sabotéese sabotéenos not used sabotéelos, sabotéelas
with first-person plural imperative saboteemos
dative not used saboteémoste saboteémosle saboteémonos saboteémoos saboteémosles
accusative not used saboteémoste saboteémoslo, saboteémosla saboteémonos saboteémoos saboteémoslos, saboteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sabotead
dative saboteadme not used saboteadle saboteadnos saboteaos saboteadles
accusative saboteadme not used saboteadlo, saboteadla saboteadnos saboteaos saboteadlos, saboteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative saboteen
dative sabotéenme not used sabotéenle sabotéennos not used sabotéenles, sabotéense
accusative sabotéenme not used sabotéenlo, sabotéenla sabotéennos not used sabotéenlos, sabotéenlas, sabotéense

Derived terms

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