desbravar
Spanish
Etymology
des- + bravo + -ar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /desbɾaˈbaɾ/ [d̪ez.β̞ɾaˈβ̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧bra‧var
Verb
desbravar (first-person singular present desbravo, first-person singular preterite desbravé, past participle desbravado)
- (transitive) to tame (to make an animal tame)
- Synonym: amansar
Conjugation
Conjugation of desbravar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | desbravar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | desbravando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | desbravado | desbravada | |||||
| plural | desbravados | desbravadas | |||||
| 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 | desbravo | desbravastú desbravásvos | desbrava | desbravamos | desbraváis | desbravan | |
| imperfect | desbravaba | desbravabas | desbravaba | desbravábamos | desbravabais | desbravaban | |
| preterite | desbravé | desbravaste | desbravó | desbravamos | desbravasteis | desbravaron | |
| future | desbravaré | desbravarás | desbravará | desbravaremos | desbravaréis | desbravarán | |
| conditional | desbravaría | desbravarías | desbravaría | desbravaríamos | desbravaríais | desbravarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | desbrave | desbravestú desbravésvos2 | desbrave | desbravemos | desbravéis | desbraven | |
| imperfect (ra) | desbravara | desbravaras | desbravara | desbraváramos | desbravarais | desbravaran | |
| imperfect (se) | desbravase | desbravases | desbravase | desbravásemos | desbravaseis | desbravasen | |
| future1 | desbravare | desbravares | desbravare | desbraváremos | desbravareis | desbravaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | desbravatú desbravávos | desbrave | desbravemos | desbravad | desbraven | ||
| negative | no desbraves | no desbrave | no desbravemos | no desbravéis | no desbraven | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “desbravar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014