enyerbar
Spanish
Alternative forms
- enhierbar
Etymology
Probably from en- + yerba (“grass, herb”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /enʝeɾˈbaɾ/ [ẽɲ.ɟ͡ʝeɾˈβ̞aɾ]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /enʃeɾˈbaɾ/ [ẽnʲ.ʃeɾˈβ̞aɾ]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /enʒeɾˈbaɾ/ [ẽnʲ.ʒeɾˈβ̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: en‧yer‧bar
Verb
enyerbar (first-person singular present enyerbo, first-person singular preterite enyerbé, past participle enyerbado)
- (Cuba) to bewitch
- (Mexico) to give someone a poisonous drink
- (pronomial, said of terrain) to cover with grass
Conjugation
Conjugation of enyerbar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | |||||||
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gerund | |||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | |||||||
plural | |||||||
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 | vos | tú||||||
imperfect | |||||||
preterite | |||||||
future | |||||||
conditional | |||||||
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | vos2 | tú||||||
imperfect (ra) | |||||||
imperfect (se) | |||||||
future1 | |||||||
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | vos | tú||||||
negative | no enyerbes | no enyerbe | no enyerbemos | no enyerbéis | no enyerben |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “enyerbar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014