entresacar
Spanish
Etymology
From entre- (“between”) + sacar (“take out, take off, remove”).
Verb
entresacar (first-person singular present entresaco, first-person singular preterite entresaqué, past participle entresacado)
- to pick out
- 2015 October 15, “Ocho libros de esta semana”, in El País:
- Y apenas hemos querido entresacar algunos momentos de sus vidas; ni siquiera hemos caído en la tentación de hacer mucha psicología.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of entresacar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | entresacar | ||||||
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gerund | entresacando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | entresacado | entresacada | |||||
plural | entresacados | entresacadas | |||||
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 | entresaco | entresacastú entresacásvos | entresaca | entresacamos | entresacáis | entresacan | |
imperfect | entresacaba | entresacabas | entresacaba | entresacábamos | entresacabais | entresacaban | |
preterite | entresaqué | entresacaste | entresacó | entresacamos | entresacasteis | entresacaron | |
future | entresacaré | entresacarás | entresacará | entresacaremos | entresacaréis | entresacarán | |
conditional | entresacaría | entresacarías | entresacaría | entresacaríamos | entresacaríais | entresacarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | entresaque | entresaquestú entresaquésvos2 | entresaque | entresaquemos | entresaquéis | entresaquen | |
imperfect (ra) | entresacara | entresacaras | entresacara | entresacáramos | entresacarais | entresacaran | |
imperfect (se) | entresacase | entresacases | entresacase | entresacásemos | entresacaseis | entresacasen | |
future1 | entresacare | entresacares | entresacare | entresacáremos | entresacareis | entresacaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | entresacatú entresacávos | entresaque | entresaquemos | entresacad | entresaquen | ||
negative | no entresaques | no entresaque | no entresaquemos | no entresaquéis | no entresaquen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of entresacar (c-qu alternation)
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 entresacar | |||||||
dative | entresacarme | entresacarte | entresacarle, entresacarse | entresacarnos | entresacaros | entresacarles, entresacarse | |
accusative | entresacarme | entresacarte | entresacarlo, entresacarla, entresacarse | entresacarnos | entresacaros | entresacarlos, entresacarlas, entresacarse | |
with gerund entresacando | |||||||
dative | entresacándome | entresacándote | entresacándole, entresacándose | entresacándonos | entresacándoos | entresacándoles, entresacándose | |
accusative | entresacándome | entresacándote | entresacándolo, entresacándola, entresacándose | entresacándonos | entresacándoos | entresacándolos, entresacándolas, entresacándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative entresaca | |||||||
dative | entresácame | entresácate | entresácale | entresácanos | not used | entresácales | |
accusative | entresácame | entresácate | entresácalo, entresácala | entresácanos | not used | entresácalos, entresácalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative entresacá | |||||||
dative | entresacame | entresacate | entresacale | entresacanos | not used | entresacales | |
accusative | entresacame | entresacate | entresacalo, entresacala | entresacanos | not used | entresacalos, entresacalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative entresaque | |||||||
dative | entresáqueme | not used | entresáquele, entresáquese | entresáquenos | not used | entresáqueles | |
accusative | entresáqueme | not used | entresáquelo, entresáquela, entresáquese | entresáquenos | not used | entresáquelos, entresáquelas | |
with first-person plural imperative entresaquemos | |||||||
dative | not used | entresaquémoste | entresaquémosle | entresaquémonos | entresaquémoos | entresaquémosles | |
accusative | not used | entresaquémoste | entresaquémoslo, entresaquémosla | entresaquémonos | entresaquémoos | entresaquémoslos, entresaquémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative entresacad | |||||||
dative | entresacadme | not used | entresacadle | entresacadnos | entresacaos | entresacadles | |
accusative | entresacadme | not used | entresacadlo, entresacadla | entresacadnos | entresacaos | entresacadlos, entresacadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative entresaquen | |||||||
dative | entresáquenme | not used | entresáquenle | entresáquennos | not used | entresáquenles, entresáquense | |
accusative | entresáquenme | not used | entresáquenlo, entresáquenla | entresáquennos | not used | entresáquenlos, entresáquenlas, entresáquense |
Derived terms
- tijeras de entresacar
Further reading
- “entresacar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014