fosar
Spanish
Verb
fosar (first-person singular present foso, first-person singular preterite fosé, past participle fosado)
- to dig a hole or moat
Conjugation
Conjugation of fosar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | fosar | ||||||
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gerund | fosando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | fosado | fosada | |||||
plural | fosados | fosadas | |||||
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 | foso | fosastú fosásvos | fosa | fosamos | fosáis | fosan | |
imperfect | fosaba | fosabas | fosaba | fosábamos | fosabais | fosaban | |
preterite | fosé | fosaste | fosó | fosamos | fosasteis | fosaron | |
future | fosaré | fosarás | fosará | fosaremos | fosaréis | fosarán | |
conditional | fosaría | fosarías | fosaría | fosaríamos | fosaríais | fosarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | fose | fosestú fosésvos2 | fose | fosemos | foséis | fosen | |
imperfect (ra) | fosara | fosaras | fosara | fosáramos | fosarais | fosaran | |
imperfect (se) | fosase | fosases | fosase | fosásemos | fosaseis | fosasen | |
future1 | fosare | fosares | fosare | fosáremos | fosareis | fosaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | fosatú fosávos | fose | fosemos | fosad | fosen | ||
negative | no foses | no fose | no fosemos | no foséis | no fosen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of fosar
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 fosar | |||||||
dative | fosarme | fosarte | fosarle, fosarse | fosarnos | fosaros | fosarles, fosarse | |
accusative | fosarme | fosarte | fosarlo, fosarla, fosarse | fosarnos | fosaros | fosarlos, fosarlas, fosarse | |
with gerund fosando | |||||||
dative | fosándome | fosándote | fosándole, fosándose | fosándonos | fosándoos | fosándoles, fosándose | |
accusative | fosándome | fosándote | fosándolo, fosándola, fosándose | fosándonos | fosándoos | fosándolos, fosándolas, fosándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative fosa | |||||||
dative | fósame | fósate | fósale | fósanos | not used | fósales | |
accusative | fósame | fósate | fósalo, fósala | fósanos | not used | fósalos, fósalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative fosá | |||||||
dative | fosame | fosate | fosale | fosanos | not used | fosales | |
accusative | fosame | fosate | fosalo, fosala | fosanos | not used | fosalos, fosalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative fose | |||||||
dative | fóseme | not used | fósele, fósese | fósenos | not used | fóseles | |
accusative | fóseme | not used | fóselo, fósela, fósese | fósenos | not used | fóselos, fóselas | |
with first-person plural imperative fosemos | |||||||
dative | not used | fosémoste | fosémosle | fosémonos | fosémoos | fosémosles | |
accusative | not used | fosémoste | fosémoslo, fosémosla | fosémonos | fosémoos | fosémoslos, fosémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative fosad | |||||||
dative | fosadme | not used | fosadle | fosadnos | fosaos | fosadles | |
accusative | fosadme | not used | fosadlo, fosadla | fosadnos | fosaos | fosadlos, fosadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative fosen | |||||||
dative | fósenme | not used | fósenle | fósennos | not used | fósenles, fósense | |
accusative | fósenme | not used | fósenlo, fósenla | fósennos | not used | fósenlos, fósenlas, fósense |
Further reading
- “fosar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014