sujetar

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Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin subiectāre (“to put under, to bring near”), frequentative of subiciō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suxeˈtaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: su‧je‧tar

Verb

sujetar (first-person singular present sujeto, first-person singular preterite sujeté, past participle sujetado)

  1. to steady, hold, secure, attach, fasten
  2. to subject

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sujetar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive sujetar
gerund sujetando
past participle masculine feminine
singular sujetado sujetada
plural sujetados sujetadas
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 sujeto sujetastú
sujetásvos 		sujeta sujetamos sujetáis sujetan
imperfect sujetaba sujetabas sujetaba sujetábamos sujetabais sujetaban
preterite sujeté sujetaste sujetó sujetamos sujetasteis sujetaron
future sujetaré sujetarás sujetará sujetaremos sujetaréis sujetarán
conditional sujetaría sujetarías sujetaría sujetaríamos sujetaríais sujetarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present sujete sujetestú
sujetésvos2 		sujete sujetemos sujetéis sujeten
imperfect
(ra) 		sujetara sujetaras sujetara sujetáramos sujetarais sujetaran
imperfect
(se) 		sujetase sujetases sujetase sujetásemos sujetaseis sujetasen
future1 sujetare sujetares sujetare sujetáremos sujetareis sujetaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative sujetatú
sujetávos 		sujete sujetemos sujetad sujeten
negative no sujetes no sujete no sujetemos no sujetéis no sujeten

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

    Selected combined forms of sujetar

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 sujetar dative sujetarme sujetarte sujetarle, sujetarse sujetarnos sujetaros sujetarles, sujetarse
accusative sujetarme sujetarte sujetarlo, sujetarla, sujetarse sujetarnos sujetaros sujetarlos, sujetarlas, sujetarse
with gerund sujetando dative sujetándome sujetándote sujetándole, sujetándose sujetándonos sujetándoos sujetándoles, sujetándose
accusative sujetándome sujetándote sujetándolo, sujetándola, sujetándose sujetándonos sujetándoos sujetándolos, sujetándolas, sujetándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative sujeta dative sujétame sujétate sujétale sujétanos not used sujétales
accusative sujétame sujétate sujétalo, sujétala sujétanos not used sujétalos, sujétalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative sujetá dative sujetame sujetate sujetale sujetanos not used sujetales
accusative sujetame sujetate sujetalo, sujetala sujetanos not used sujetalos, sujetalas
with formal second-person singular imperative sujete dative sujéteme not used sujétele, sujétese sujétenos not used sujételes
accusative sujéteme not used sujételo, sujétela, sujétese sujétenos not used sujételos, sujételas
with first-person plural imperative sujetemos dative not used sujetémoste sujetémosle sujetémonos sujetémoos sujetémosles
accusative not used sujetémoste sujetémoslo, sujetémosla sujetémonos sujetémoos sujetémoslos, sujetémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sujetad dative sujetadme not used sujetadle sujetadnos sujetaos sujetadles
accusative sujetadme not used sujetadlo, sujetadla sujetadnos sujetaos sujetadlos, sujetadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative sujeten dative sujétenme not used sujétenle sujétennos not used sujétenles, sujétense
accusative sujétenme not used sujétenlo, sujétenla sujétennos not used sujétenlos, sujétenlas, sujétense

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