alborotar
Spanish
Etymology
Perhaps from Latin volūtāre crossed with Spanish alborozar. Compare Catalan avalotar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alboɾoˈtaɾ/ [al.β̞o.ɾoˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: al‧bo‧ro‧tar
Verb
alborotar (first-person singular present alboroto, first-person singular preterite alboroté, past participle alborotado)
- (transitive) to stir up, agitate
- Synonym: (Colombia) embullar
- 1888, José María de Pereda, La Montálvez:
- […] un huésped desconocido que se mete a las dos de la mañana en casa de su prójimo, robándole el sueño y alborotándole el hogar […]
- […] an unknown guest who comes back home at two in the morning, keeping him awake and stirring up his home […]
- (transitive) to disturb, tease (provoke or disturb)
- Synonym: provocar
- 1887, Emilia Pardo Bazán, La madre Naturaleza:
- ¡Mecachis en los que vienen ahí a alborotar a la gente!
- A pox on those who came here to disturb the people!
- (transitive) to excite
- (transitive) to infect, ballyhoo (make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion)
Conjugation
Conjugation of alborotar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | alborotar | ||||||
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gerund | alborotando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | alborotado | alborotada | |||||
plural | alborotados | alborotadas | |||||
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 | alboroto | alborotastú alborotásvos | alborota | alborotamos | alborotáis | alborotan | |
imperfect | alborotaba | alborotabas | alborotaba | alborotábamos | alborotabais | alborotaban | |
preterite | alboroté | alborotaste | alborotó | alborotamos | alborotasteis | alborotaron | |
future | alborotaré | alborotarás | alborotará | alborotaremos | alborotaréis | alborotarán | |
conditional | alborotaría | alborotarías | alborotaría | alborotaríamos | alborotaríais | alborotarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | alborote | alborotestú alborotésvos2 | alborote | alborotemos | alborotéis | alboroten | |
imperfect (ra) | alborotara | alborotaras | alborotara | alborotáramos | alborotarais | alborotaran | |
imperfect (se) | alborotase | alborotases | alborotase | alborotásemos | alborotaseis | alborotasen | |
future1 | alborotare | alborotares | alborotare | alborotáremos | alborotareis | alborotaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | alborotatú alborotávos | alborote | alborotemos | alborotad | alboroten | ||
negative | no alborotes | no alborote | no alborotemos | no alborotéis | no alboroten |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of alborotar
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 alborotar | |||||||
dative | alborotarme | alborotarte | alborotarle, alborotarse | alborotarnos | alborotaros | alborotarles, alborotarse | |
accusative | alborotarme | alborotarte | alborotarlo, alborotarla, alborotarse | alborotarnos | alborotaros | alborotarlos, alborotarlas, alborotarse | |
with gerund alborotando | |||||||
dative | alborotándome | alborotándote | alborotándole, alborotándose | alborotándonos | alborotándoos | alborotándoles, alborotándose | |
accusative | alborotándome | alborotándote | alborotándolo, alborotándola, alborotándose | alborotándonos | alborotándoos | alborotándolos, alborotándolas, alborotándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative alborota | |||||||
dative | alborótame | alborótate | alborótale | alborótanos | not used | alborótales | |
accusative | alborótame | alborótate | alborótalo, alborótala | alborótanos | not used | alborótalos, alborótalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative alborotá | |||||||
dative | alborotame | alborotate | alborotale | alborotanos | not used | alborotales | |
accusative | alborotame | alborotate | alborotalo, alborotala | alborotanos | not used | alborotalos, alborotalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative alborote | |||||||
dative | alboróteme | not used | alborótele, alborótese | alborótenos | not used | alboróteles | |
accusative | alboróteme | not used | alborótelo, alborótela, alborótese | alborótenos | not used | alborótelos, alborótelas | |
with first-person plural imperative alborotemos | |||||||
dative | not used | alborotémoste | alborotémosle | alborotémonos | alborotémoos | alborotémosles | |
accusative | not used | alborotémoste | alborotémoslo, alborotémosla | alborotémonos | alborotémoos | alborotémoslos, alborotémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative alborotad | |||||||
dative | alborotadme | not used | alborotadle | alborotadnos | alborotaos | alborotadles | |
accusative | alborotadme | not used | alborotadlo, alborotadla | alborotadnos | alborotaos | alborotadlos, alborotadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative alboroten | |||||||
dative | alborótenme | not used | alborótenle | alborótennos | not used | alborótenles, alborótense | |
accusative | alborótenme | not used | alborótenlo, alborótenla | alborótennos | not used | alborótenlos, alborótenlas, alborótense |
Derived terms
- alborotado
- alborotador
- alboroto
Further reading
- “alborotar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014