circunvolar
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin circumvolāre, present active infinitive of circumvolō, from circum- + volō. Synchronically, circun- + volar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θiɾkumboˈlaɾ/ [θiɾ.kũm.boˈlaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /siɾkumboˈlaɾ/ [siɾ.kũm.boˈlaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: cir‧cun‧vo‧lar
Verb
circunvolar (first-person singular present circunvuelo, first-person singular preterite circunvolé, past participle circunvolado)
- (transitive) to fly around
Conjugation
Conjugation of circunvolar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | circunvolar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | circunvolando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | circunvolado | circunvolada | |||||
| plural | circunvolados | circunvoladas | |||||
| 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 | circunvuelo | circunvuelastú circunvolásvos | circunvuela | circunvolamos | circunvoláis | circunvuelan | |
| imperfect | circunvolaba | circunvolabas | circunvolaba | circunvolábamos | circunvolabais | circunvolaban | |
| preterite | circunvolé | circunvolaste | circunvoló | circunvolamos | circunvolasteis | circunvolaron | |
| future | circunvolaré | circunvolarás | circunvolará | circunvolaremos | circunvolaréis | circunvolarán | |
| conditional | circunvolaría | circunvolarías | circunvolaría | circunvolaríamos | circunvolaríais | circunvolarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | circunvuele | circunvuelestú circunvolésvos2 | circunvuele | circunvolemos | circunvoléis | circunvuelen | |
| imperfect (ra) | circunvolara | circunvolaras | circunvolara | circunvoláramos | circunvolarais | circunvolaran | |
| imperfect (se) | circunvolase | circunvolases | circunvolase | circunvolásemos | circunvolaseis | circunvolasen | |
| future1 | circunvolare | circunvolares | circunvolare | circunvoláremos | circunvolareis | circunvolaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | circunvuelatú circunvolávos | circunvuele | circunvolemos | circunvolad | circunvuelen | ||
| negative | no circunvueles | no circunvuele | no circunvolemos | no circunvoléis | no circunvuelen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “circunvolar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014