maleducar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maleduˈkaɾ/ [ma.le.ð̞uˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ma‧le‧du‧car
Verb
maleducar (first-person singular present maleduco, first-person singular preterite maleduqué, past participle maleducado)
- to spoil; coddle
- Synonym: malcriar
Conjugation
Conjugation of maleducar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | maleducar | ||||||
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gerund | maleducando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | maleducado | maleducada | |||||
plural | maleducados | maleducadas | |||||
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 | maleduco | maleducastú maleducásvos | maleduca | maleducamos | maleducáis | maleducan | |
imperfect | maleducaba | maleducabas | maleducaba | maleducábamos | maleducabais | maleducaban | |
preterite | maleduqué | maleducaste | maleducó | maleducamos | maleducasteis | maleducaron | |
future | maleducaré | maleducarás | maleducará | maleducaremos | maleducaréis | maleducarán | |
conditional | maleducaría | maleducarías | maleducaría | maleducaríamos | maleducaríais | maleducarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | maleduque | maleduquestú maleduquésvos2 | maleduque | maleduquemos | maleduquéis | maleduquen | |
imperfect (ra) | maleducara | maleducaras | maleducara | maleducáramos | maleducarais | maleducaran | |
imperfect (se) | maleducase | maleducases | maleducase | maleducásemos | maleducaseis | maleducasen | |
future1 | maleducare | maleducares | maleducare | maleducáremos | maleducareis | maleducaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | maleducatú maleducávos | maleduque | maleduquemos | maleducad | maleduquen | ||
negative | no maleduques | no maleduque | no maleduquemos | no maleduquéis | no maleduquen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of maleducar (c-qu alternation)
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 maleducar | |||||||
dative | maleducarme | maleducarte | maleducarle, maleducarse | maleducarnos | maleducaros | maleducarles, maleducarse | |
accusative | maleducarme | maleducarte | maleducarlo, maleducarla, maleducarse | maleducarnos | maleducaros | maleducarlos, maleducarlas, maleducarse | |
with gerund maleducando | |||||||
dative | maleducándome | maleducándote | maleducándole, maleducándose | maleducándonos | maleducándoos | maleducándoles, maleducándose | |
accusative | maleducándome | maleducándote | maleducándolo, maleducándola, maleducándose | maleducándonos | maleducándoos | maleducándolos, maleducándolas, maleducándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative maleduca | |||||||
dative | maledúcame | maledúcate | maledúcale | maledúcanos | not used | maledúcales | |
accusative | maledúcame | maledúcate | maledúcalo, maledúcala | maledúcanos | not used | maledúcalos, maledúcalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative maleducá | |||||||
dative | maleducame | maleducate | maleducale | maleducanos | not used | maleducales | |
accusative | maleducame | maleducate | maleducalo, maleducala | maleducanos | not used | maleducalos, maleducalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative maleduque | |||||||
dative | maledúqueme | not used | maledúquele, maledúquese | maledúquenos | not used | maledúqueles | |
accusative | maledúqueme | not used | maledúquelo, maledúquela, maledúquese | maledúquenos | not used | maledúquelos, maledúquelas | |
with first-person plural imperative maleduquemos | |||||||
dative | not used | maleduquémoste | maleduquémosle | maleduquémonos | maleduquémoos | maleduquémosles | |
accusative | not used | maleduquémoste | maleduquémoslo, maleduquémosla | maleduquémonos | maleduquémoos | maleduquémoslos, maleduquémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative maleducad | |||||||
dative | maleducadme | not used | maleducadle | maleducadnos | maleducaos | maleducadles | |
accusative | maleducadme | not used | maleducadlo, maleducadla | maleducadnos | maleducaos | maleducadlos, maleducadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative maleduquen | |||||||
dative | maledúquenme | not used | maledúquenle | maledúquennos | not used | maledúquenles, maledúquense | |
accusative | maledúquenme | not used | maledúquenlo, maledúquenla | maledúquennos | not used | maledúquenlos, maledúquenlas, maledúquense |
Further reading
- “maleducar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014