alfalfar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alfalˈfaɾ/ [al.falˈfaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: al‧fal‧far
Etymology 1
From alfalfa + -ar.
Noun
alfalfar m (plural alfalfares)
- alfalfa field (place where alfalfa is grown)
Etymology 2
From alfalfa + -ar.
Verb
alfalfar (first-person singular present alfalfo, first-person singular preterite alfalfé, past participle alfalfado)
- (transitive) to plant alfalfa
Conjugation
Conjugation of alfalfar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | alfalfar | ||||||
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gerund | alfalfando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | alfalfado | alfalfada | |||||
plural | alfalfados | alfalfadas | |||||
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 | alfalfo | alfalfastú alfalfásvos | alfalfa | alfalfamos | alfalfáis | alfalfan | |
imperfect | alfalfaba | alfalfabas | alfalfaba | alfalfábamos | alfalfabais | alfalfaban | |
preterite | alfalfé | alfalfaste | alfalfó | alfalfamos | alfalfasteis | alfalfaron | |
future | alfalfaré | alfalfarás | alfalfará | alfalfaremos | alfalfaréis | alfalfarán | |
conditional | alfalfaría | alfalfarías | alfalfaría | alfalfaríamos | alfalfaríais | alfalfarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | alfalfe | alfalfestú alfalfésvos2 | alfalfe | alfalfemos | alfalféis | alfalfen | |
imperfect (ra) | alfalfara | alfalfaras | alfalfara | alfalfáramos | alfalfarais | alfalfaran | |
imperfect (se) | alfalfase | alfalfases | alfalfase | alfalfásemos | alfalfaseis | alfalfasen | |
future1 | alfalfare | alfalfares | alfalfare | alfalfáremos | alfalfareis | alfalfaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | alfalfatú alfalfávos | alfalfe | alfalfemos | alfalfad | alfalfen | ||
negative | no alfalfes | no alfalfe | no alfalfemos | no alfalféis | no alfalfen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “alfalfar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014