reprobar
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin reprobō, reprobāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /repɾoˈbaɾ/ [re.pɾoˈβ̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: re‧pro‧bar
Verb
reprobar (first-person singular present repruebo, first-person singular preterite reprobé, past participle reprobado)
- (transitive) to condemn, disapprove, reprove
- Synonym: renunciar
- reprobamos la violencia
- we condemn the violence
- reprueban su papel
- they disapprove of her role
- 2020 August 27, “El Ayuntamiento de Barcelona reprueba el papel del Gobierno en la marcha de Juan Carlos I”, in El País:
- (Latin America) to flunk, fail (to pass an exam, course etc.)
- Synonyms: aplazar, suspender
- Paco reprobó el examen.
- Paco flunked the exam.
Conjugation
Conjugation of reprobar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | |||||||
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gerund | |||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | |||||||
plural | |||||||
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 | vos | tú||||||
imperfect | |||||||
preterite | |||||||
future | |||||||
conditional | |||||||
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | vos2 | tú||||||
imperfect (ra) | |||||||
imperfect (se) | |||||||
future1 | |||||||
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | vos | tú||||||
negative | no repruebes | no repruebe | no reprobemos | no reprobéis | no reprueben |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of reprobar (o-ue 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 | |||||||
dative | , | , | |||||
accusative | , , | , , | |||||
with gerund | |||||||
dative | , | , | |||||
accusative | , , | , , | |||||
with informal second-person singular tú imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | , | not used | , | ||||
with informal second-person singular vos imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | , | not used | , | ||||
with formal second-person singular imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | , | not used | ||||
accusative | not used | , , | not used | , | |||
with first-person plural imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | not used | , | , | ||||
with informal second-person plural imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | not used | , | , | ||||
with formal second-person plural imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | not used | , | ||||
accusative | not used | , | not used | , , |
Related terms
- aprobar
- probar
- reprobación
Further reading
- “reprobar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014