alborear
Spanish
Etymology
From albor (“whiteness; dawn”) + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alboɾeˈaɾ/ [al.β̞o.ɾeˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: al‧bo‧re‧ar
Verb
alborear (first-person singular present alboreo, first-person singular preterite alboreé, past participle alboreado)
- (intransitive, impersonal) to dawn (to begin to brighten with daylight)
- (intransitive, by extension) to originate, to begin
Conjugation
Conjugation of alborear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | alborear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | alboreando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | alboreado | alboreada | |||||
| plural | alboreados | alboreadas | |||||
| 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 | alboreo | alboreastú alboreásvos | alborea | alboreamos | alboreáis | alborean | |
| imperfect | alboreaba | alboreabas | alboreaba | alboreábamos | alboreabais | alboreaban | |
| preterite | alboreé | alboreaste | alboreó | alboreamos | alboreasteis | alborearon | |
| future | alborearé | alborearás | alboreará | alborearemos | alborearéis | alborearán | |
| conditional | alborearía | alborearías | alborearía | alborearíamos | alborearíais | alborearían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | alboree | alboreestú alboreésvos2 | alboree | alboreemos | alboreéis | alboreen | |
| imperfect (ra) | alboreara | alborearas | alboreara | alboreáramos | alborearais | alborearan | |
| imperfect (se) | alborease | alboreases | alborease | alboreásemos | alboreaseis | alboreasen | |
| future1 | alboreare | alboreares | alboreare | alboreáremos | alboreareis | alborearen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | alboreatú alboreávos | alboree | alboreemos | alboread | alboreen | ||
| negative | no alborees | no alboree | no alboreemos | no alboreéis | no alboreen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “alborear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014