cobijar
Spanish
Etymology
Probably from cobijo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kobiˈxaɾ/ [ko.β̞iˈxaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: co‧bi‧jar
Verb
cobijar (first-person singular present cobijo, first-person singular preterite cobijé, past participle cobijado)
- (transitive) to cover
- (transitive) to shelter
- (transitive) to protect
- (reflexive) to take refuge
Conjugation
Conjugation of cobijar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | cobijar | ||||||
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gerund | cobijando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | cobijado | cobijada | |||||
plural | cobijados | cobijadas | |||||
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 | cobijo | cobijastú cobijásvos | cobija | cobijamos | cobijáis | cobijan | |
imperfect | cobijaba | cobijabas | cobijaba | cobijábamos | cobijabais | cobijaban | |
preterite | cobijé | cobijaste | cobijó | cobijamos | cobijasteis | cobijaron | |
future | cobijaré | cobijarás | cobijará | cobijaremos | cobijaréis | cobijarán | |
conditional | cobijaría | cobijarías | cobijaría | cobijaríamos | cobijaríais | cobijarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | cobije | cobijestú cobijésvos2 | cobije | cobijemos | cobijéis | cobijen | |
imperfect (ra) | cobijara | cobijaras | cobijara | cobijáramos | cobijarais | cobijaran | |
imperfect (se) | cobijase | cobijases | cobijase | cobijásemos | cobijaseis | cobijasen | |
future1 | cobijare | cobijares | cobijare | cobijáremos | cobijareis | cobijaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | cobijatú cobijávos | cobije | cobijemos | cobijad | cobijen | ||
negative | no cobijes | no cobije | no cobijemos | no cobijéis | no cobijen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of cobijar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive cobijar | |||||||
dative | cobijarme | cobijarte | cobijarle, cobijarse | cobijarnos | cobijaros | cobijarles, cobijarse | |
accusative | cobijarme | cobijarte | cobijarlo, cobijarla, cobijarse | cobijarnos | cobijaros | cobijarlos, cobijarlas, cobijarse | |
with gerund cobijando | |||||||
dative | cobijándome | cobijándote | cobijándole, cobijándose | cobijándonos | cobijándoos | cobijándoles, cobijándose | |
accusative | cobijándome | cobijándote | cobijándolo, cobijándola, cobijándose | cobijándonos | cobijándoos | cobijándolos, cobijándolas, cobijándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cobija | |||||||
dative | cobíjame | cobíjate | cobíjale | cobíjanos | not used | cobíjales | |
accusative | cobíjame | cobíjate | cobíjalo, cobíjala | cobíjanos | not used | cobíjalos, cobíjalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cobijá | |||||||
dative | cobijame | cobijate | cobijale | cobijanos | not used | cobijales | |
accusative | cobijame | cobijate | cobijalo, cobijala | cobijanos | not used | cobijalos, cobijalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative cobije | |||||||
dative | cobíjeme | not used | cobíjele, cobíjese | cobíjenos | not used | cobíjeles | |
accusative | cobíjeme | not used | cobíjelo, cobíjela, cobíjese | cobíjenos | not used | cobíjelos, cobíjelas | |
with first-person plural imperative cobijemos | |||||||
dative | not used | cobijémoste | cobijémosle | cobijémonos | cobijémoos | cobijémosles | |
accusative | not used | cobijémoste | cobijémoslo, cobijémosla | cobijémonos | cobijémoos | cobijémoslos, cobijémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative cobijad | |||||||
dative | cobijadme | not used | cobijadle | cobijadnos | cobijaos | cobijadles | |
accusative | cobijadme | not used | cobijadlo, cobijadla | cobijadnos | cobijaos | cobijadlos, cobijadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative cobijen | |||||||
dative | cobíjenme | not used | cobíjenle | cobíjennos | not used | cobíjenles, cobíjense | |
accusative | cobíjenme | not used | cobíjenlo, cobíjenla | cobíjennos | not used | cobíjenlos, cobíjenlas, cobíjense |
Alternative forms
- acobijar
Derived terms
- quien a buen árbol se arrima, buena sombra le cobija
Related terms
- cobija
- cobijo
- descobijar
- encobijar
Further reading
- “cobijar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014