apabullar
Spanish
Etymology
Compare with magullar (“to bruise”), possibly inflated with apalear (“to beat up”) through an intermediary form similar to apagullar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /apabuˈʝaɾ/ [a.pa.β̞uˈʝaɾ]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /apabuˈʎaɾ/ [a.pa.β̞uˈʎaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /apabuˈʃaɾ/ [a.pa.β̞uˈʃaɾ]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /apabuˈʒaɾ/ [a.pa.β̞uˈʒaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧pa‧bu‧llar
Verb
apabullar (first-person singular present apabullo, first-person singular preterite apabullé, past participle apabullado)
- (transitive) to overwhelm
- Synonym: abrumar
Conjugation
Conjugation of apabullar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | apabullar | ||||||
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gerund | apabullando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | apabullado | apabullada | |||||
plural | apabullados | apabulladas | |||||
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 | apabullo | apabullastú apabullásvos | apabulla | apabullamos | apabulláis | apabullan | |
imperfect | apabullaba | apabullabas | apabullaba | apabullábamos | apabullabais | apabullaban | |
preterite | apabullé | apabullaste | apabulló | apabullamos | apabullasteis | apabullaron | |
future | apabullaré | apabullarás | apabullará | apabullaremos | apabullaréis | apabullarán | |
conditional | apabullaría | apabullarías | apabullaría | apabullaríamos | apabullaríais | apabullarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | apabulle | apabullestú apabullésvos2 | apabulle | apabullemos | apabulléis | apabullen | |
imperfect (ra) | apabullara | apabullaras | apabullara | apabulláramos | apabullarais | apabullaran | |
imperfect (se) | apabullase | apabullases | apabullase | apabullásemos | apabullaseis | apabullasen | |
future1 | apabullare | apabullares | apabullare | apabulláremos | apabullareis | apabullaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | apabullatú apabullávos | apabulle | apabullemos | apabullad | apabullen | ||
negative | no apabulles | no apabulle | no apabullemos | no apabulléis | no apabullen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of apabullar
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 apabullar | |||||||
dative | apabullarme | apabullarte | apabullarle, apabullarse | apabullarnos | apabullaros | apabullarles, apabullarse | |
accusative | apabullarme | apabullarte | apabullarlo, apabullarla, apabullarse | apabullarnos | apabullaros | apabullarlos, apabullarlas, apabullarse | |
with gerund apabullando | |||||||
dative | apabullándome | apabullándote | apabullándole, apabullándose | apabullándonos | apabullándoos | apabullándoles, apabullándose | |
accusative | apabullándome | apabullándote | apabullándolo, apabullándola, apabullándose | apabullándonos | apabullándoos | apabullándolos, apabullándolas, apabullándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative apabulla | |||||||
dative | apabúllame | apabúllate | apabúllale | apabúllanos | not used | apabúllales | |
accusative | apabúllame | apabúllate | apabúllalo, apabúllala | apabúllanos | not used | apabúllalos, apabúllalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative apabullá | |||||||
dative | apabullame | apabullate | apabullale | apabullanos | not used | apabullales | |
accusative | apabullame | apabullate | apabullalo, apabullala | apabullanos | not used | apabullalos, apabullalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative apabulle | |||||||
dative | apabúlleme | not used | apabúllele, apabúllese | apabúllenos | not used | apabúlleles | |
accusative | apabúlleme | not used | apabúllelo, apabúllela, apabúllese | apabúllenos | not used | apabúllelos, apabúllelas | |
with first-person plural imperative apabullemos | |||||||
dative | not used | apabullémoste | apabullémosle | apabullémonos | apabullémoos | apabullémosles | |
accusative | not used | apabullémoste | apabullémoslo, apabullémosla | apabullémonos | apabullémoos | apabullémoslos, apabullémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative apabullad | |||||||
dative | apabulladme | not used | apabulladle | apabulladnos | apabullaos | apabulladles | |
accusative | apabulladme | not used | apabulladlo, apabulladla | apabulladnos | apabullaos | apabulladlos, apabulladlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative apabullen | |||||||
dative | apabúllenme | not used | apabúllenle | apabúllennos | not used | apabúllenles, apabúllense | |
accusative | apabúllenme | not used | apabúllenlo, apabúllenla | apabúllennos | not used | apabúllenlos, apabúllenlas, apabúllense |
Derived terms
- apabullante
Further reading
- “apabullar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014