ababillarse
Spanish
Etymology
From a- + babilla (“the stifle (as of a horse)”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ababiˈʝaɾse/ [a.β̞a.β̞iˈʝaɾ.se]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ababiˈʎaɾse/ [a.β̞a.β̞iˈʎaɾ.se]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ababiˈʃaɾse/ [a.β̞a.β̞iˈʃaɾ.se]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ababiˈʒaɾse/ [a.β̞a.β̞iˈʒaɾ.se]
- Rhymes: -aɾse
- Syllabification: a‧ba‧bi‧llar‧se
Verb
ababillarse (first-person singular present me ababillo, first-person singular preterite me ababillé, past participle ababillado)
- (veterinary medicine, Chile, Mexico) to be sick with the stifle (of horses and other quadrupeds)
Conjugation
Conjugation of ababillarse (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | ababillarse | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | ababillándose | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | ababillado | ababillada | |||||
| plural | ababillados | ababilladas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| personal non-finite | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| infinitive | ababillarme | ababillarte | ababillarse | ababillarnos | ababillaros | ababillarse | |
| gerund | ababillándome | ababillándote | ababillándose | ababillándonos | ababillándoos | ababillándose | |
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | me ababillo | te ababillastú te ababillásvos | se ababilla | nos ababillamos | os ababilláis | se ababillan | |
| imperfect | me ababillaba | te ababillabas | se ababillaba | nos ababillábamos | os ababillabais | se ababillaban | |
| preterite | me ababillé | te ababillaste | se ababilló | nos ababillamos | os ababillasteis | se ababillaron | |
| future | me ababillaré | te ababillarás | se ababillará | nos ababillaremos | os ababillaréis | se ababillarán | |
| conditional | me ababillaría | te ababillarías | se ababillaría | nos ababillaríamos | os ababillaríais | se ababillarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | me ababille | te ababillestú te ababillésvos2 | se ababille | nos ababillemos | os ababilléis | se ababillen | |
| imperfect (ra) | me ababillara | te ababillaras | se ababillara | nos ababilláramos | os ababillarais | se ababillaran | |
| imperfect (se) | me ababillase | te ababillases | se ababillase | nos ababillásemos | os ababillaseis | se ababillasen | |
| future1 | me ababillare | te ababillares | se ababillare | nos ababilláremos | os ababillareis | se ababillaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | ababíllatetú ababillatevos | ababíllese | ababillémonos | ababillaos | ababíllense | ||
| negative | no te ababilles | no se ababille | no nos ababillemos | no os ababilléis | no se ababillen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Related terms
- babilla
Further reading
- “ababillarse”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014