sobornar
Spanish
Alternative forms
- subornar (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin subōrnāre[1] and perhaps adapted to the native prefix so-. Cognate with English suborn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /soboɾˈnaɾ/ [so.β̞oɾˈnaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: so‧bor‧nar
Verb
sobornar (first-person singular present soborno, first-person singular preterite soborné, past participle sobornado)
- (transitive) to bribe
- 2015 July 13, “Así fue la primera fuga de 'El Chapo'”, in El País:
- El 19 de enero de 2001, el capo mexicano del cartel de Sinaloa escapó de otro fortín, el Puente Grande, oculto en el carro de la ropa sucia y acompañado por funcionarios sobornados que empujaron el carrito hasta el garaje de la prisión.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- Synonym: cohechar
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- (formal) to suborn
Conjugation
Conjugation of sobornar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | sobornar | ||||||
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gerund | sobornando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | sobornado | sobornada | |||||
plural | sobornados | sobornadas | |||||
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 | soborno | sobornastú sobornásvos | soborna | sobornamos | sobornáis | sobornan | |
imperfect | sobornaba | sobornabas | sobornaba | sobornábamos | sobornabais | sobornaban | |
preterite | soborné | sobornaste | sobornó | sobornamos | sobornasteis | sobornaron | |
future | sobornaré | sobornarás | sobornará | sobornaremos | sobornaréis | sobornarán | |
conditional | sobornaría | sobornarías | sobornaría | sobornaríamos | sobornaríais | sobornarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | soborne | sobornestú sobornésvos2 | soborne | sobornemos | sobornéis | sobornen | |
imperfect (ra) | sobornara | sobornaras | sobornara | sobornáramos | sobornarais | sobornaran | |
imperfect (se) | sobornase | sobornases | sobornase | sobornásemos | sobornaseis | sobornasen | |
future1 | sobornare | sobornares | sobornare | sobornáremos | sobornareis | sobornaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | sobornatú sobornávos | soborne | sobornemos | sobornad | sobornen | ||
negative | no sobornes | no soborne | no sobornemos | no sobornéis | no sobornen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of sobornar
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 sobornar | |||||||
dative | sobornarme | sobornarte | sobornarle, sobornarse | sobornarnos | sobornaros | sobornarles, sobornarse | |
accusative | sobornarme | sobornarte | sobornarlo, sobornarla, sobornarse | sobornarnos | sobornaros | sobornarlos, sobornarlas, sobornarse | |
with gerund sobornando | |||||||
dative | sobornándome | sobornándote | sobornándole, sobornándose | sobornándonos | sobornándoos | sobornándoles, sobornándose | |
accusative | sobornándome | sobornándote | sobornándolo, sobornándola, sobornándose | sobornándonos | sobornándoos | sobornándolos, sobornándolas, sobornándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative soborna | |||||||
dative | sobórname | sobórnate | sobórnale | sobórnanos | not used | sobórnales | |
accusative | sobórname | sobórnate | sobórnalo, sobórnala | sobórnanos | not used | sobórnalos, sobórnalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative soborná | |||||||
dative | soborname | sobornate | sobornale | sobornanos | not used | sobornales | |
accusative | soborname | sobornate | sobornalo, sobornala | sobornanos | not used | sobornalos, sobornalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative soborne | |||||||
dative | sobórneme | not used | sobórnele, sobórnese | sobórnenos | not used | sobórneles | |
accusative | sobórneme | not used | sobórnelo, sobórnela, sobórnese | sobórnenos | not used | sobórnelos, sobórnelas | |
with first-person plural imperative sobornemos | |||||||
dative | not used | sobornémoste | sobornémosle | sobornémonos | sobornémoos | sobornémosles | |
accusative | not used | sobornémoste | sobornémoslo, sobornémosla | sobornémonos | sobornémoos | sobornémoslos, sobornémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative sobornad | |||||||
dative | sobornadme | not used | sobornadle | sobornadnos | sobornaos | sobornadles | |
accusative | sobornadme | not used | sobornadlo, sobornadla | sobornadnos | sobornaos | sobornadlos, sobornadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative sobornen | |||||||
dative | sobórnenme | not used | sobórnenle | sobórnennos | not used | sobórnenles, sobórnense | |
accusative | sobórnenme | not used | sobórnenlo, sobórnenla | sobórnennos | not used | sobórnenlos, sobórnenlas, sobórnense |
Derived terms
- soborno
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1985), “ornar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 302
Further reading
- “sobornar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014