sabanear
Spanish
Etymology
From sabana.
Verb
sabanear (first-person singular present sabaneo, first-person singular preterite sabaneé, past participle sabaneado)
- (Latin America, intransitive) To look for, or herd, cattle on the savannah.
Conjugation
Conjugation of sabanear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | sabanear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | sabaneando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | sabaneado | sabaneada | |||||
| plural | sabaneados | sabaneadas | |||||
| 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 | sabaneo | sabaneastú sabaneásvos | sabanea | sabaneamos | sabaneáis | sabanean | |
| imperfect | sabaneaba | sabaneabas | sabaneaba | sabaneábamos | sabaneabais | sabaneaban | |
| preterite | sabaneé | sabaneaste | sabaneó | sabaneamos | sabaneasteis | sabanearon | |
| future | sabanearé | sabanearás | sabaneará | sabanearemos | sabanearéis | sabanearán | |
| conditional | sabanearía | sabanearías | sabanearía | sabanearíamos | sabanearíais | sabanearían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | sabanee | sabaneestú sabaneésvos2 | sabanee | sabaneemos | sabaneéis | sabaneen | |
| imperfect (ra) | sabaneara | sabanearas | sabaneara | sabaneáramos | sabanearais | sabanearan | |
| imperfect (se) | sabanease | sabaneases | sabanease | sabaneásemos | sabaneaseis | sabaneasen | |
| future1 | sabaneare | sabaneares | sabaneare | sabaneáremos | sabaneareis | sabanearen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | sabaneatú sabaneávos | sabanee | sabaneemos | sabanead | sabaneen | ||
| negative | no sabanees | no sabanee | no sabaneemos | no sabaneéis | no sabaneen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of sabanear
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive sabanear | |||||||
| dative | sabanearme | sabanearte | sabanearle, sabanearse | sabanearnos | sabanearos | sabanearles, sabanearse | |
| accusative | sabanearme | sabanearte | sabanearlo, sabanearla, sabanearse | sabanearnos | sabanearos | sabanearlos, sabanearlas, sabanearse | |
| with gerund sabaneando | |||||||
| dative | sabaneándome | sabaneándote | sabaneándole, sabaneándose | sabaneándonos | sabaneándoos | sabaneándoles, sabaneándose | |
| accusative | sabaneándome | sabaneándote | sabaneándolo, sabaneándola, sabaneándose | sabaneándonos | sabaneándoos | sabaneándolos, sabaneándolas, sabaneándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative sabanea | |||||||
| dative | sabanéame | sabanéate | sabanéale | sabanéanos | not used | sabanéales | |
| accusative | sabanéame | sabanéate | sabanéalo, sabanéala | sabanéanos | not used | sabanéalos, sabanéalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative sabaneá | |||||||
| dative | sabaneame | sabaneate | sabaneale | sabaneanos | not used | sabaneales | |
| accusative | sabaneame | sabaneate | sabanealo, sabaneala | sabaneanos | not used | sabanealos, sabanealas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative sabanee | |||||||
| dative | sabanéeme | not used | sabanéele, sabanéese | sabanéenos | not used | sabanéeles | |
| accusative | sabanéeme | not used | sabanéelo, sabanéela, sabanéese | sabanéenos | not used | sabanéelos, sabanéelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative sabaneemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | sabaneémoste | sabaneémosle | sabaneémonos | sabaneémoos | sabaneémosles | |
| accusative | not used | sabaneémoste | sabaneémoslo, sabaneémosla | sabaneémonos | sabaneémoos | sabaneémoslos, sabaneémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative sabanead | |||||||
| dative | sabaneadme | not used | sabaneadle | sabaneadnos | sabaneaos | sabaneadles | |
| accusative | sabaneadme | not used | sabaneadlo, sabaneadla | sabaneadnos | sabaneaos | sabaneadlos, sabaneadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative sabaneen | |||||||
| dative | sabanéenme | not used | sabanéenle | sabanéennos | not used | sabanéenles, sabanéense | |
| accusative | sabanéenme | not used | sabanéenlo, sabanéenla | sabanéennos | not used | sabanéenlos, sabanéenlas, sabanéense | |
Further reading
- “sabanear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014