silabear
Spanish
Etymology
sílaba + -ear
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /silabeˈaɾ/ [si.la.β̞eˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: si‧la‧be‧ar
Verb
silabear (first-person singular present silabeo, first-person singular preterite silabeé, past participle silabeado)
- (intransitive) to syllabify; to enunciate each syllable
- Synonym: silabar
Conjugation
Conjugation of silabear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | silabear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | silabeando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | silabeado | silabeada | |||||
| plural | silabeados | silabeadas | |||||
| 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 | silabeo | silabeastú silabeásvos | silabea | silabeamos | silabeáis | silabean | |
| imperfect | silabeaba | silabeabas | silabeaba | silabeábamos | silabeabais | silabeaban | |
| preterite | silabeé | silabeaste | silabeó | silabeamos | silabeasteis | silabearon | |
| future | silabearé | silabearás | silabeará | silabearemos | silabearéis | silabearán | |
| conditional | silabearía | silabearías | silabearía | silabearíamos | silabearíais | silabearían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | silabee | silabeestú silabeésvos2 | silabee | silabeemos | silabeéis | silabeen | |
| imperfect (ra) | silabeara | silabearas | silabeara | silabeáramos | silabearais | silabearan | |
| imperfect (se) | silabease | silabeases | silabease | silabeásemos | silabeaseis | silabeasen | |
| future1 | silabeare | silabeares | silabeare | silabeáremos | silabeareis | silabearen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | silabeatú silabeávos | silabee | silabeemos | silabead | silabeen | ||
| negative | no silabees | no silabee | no silabeemos | no silabeéis | no silabeen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Derived terms
- silabeo
Further reading
- “silabear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014