cautivar
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin captivo. Cognate with English captivate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kautiˈbaɾ/ [kau̯.t̪iˈβ̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: cau‧ti‧var
Verb
cautivar (first-person singular present cautivo, first-person singular preterite cautivé, past participle cautivado)
- (transitive) to captivate, to enthral, to enthrall, to charm, to enchant, to mesmerize, to rapture, to entice
- El bardo, con su canción, cautivó a la princesa.
- The bard, by way of his song, captivated the princess.
- (transitive) to take prisoner
- (transitive) to capture, to win over
Conjugation
Conjugation of cautivar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | cautivar | ||||||
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gerund | cautivando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | cautivado | cautivada | |||||
plural | cautivados | cautivadas | |||||
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 | cautivo | cautivastú cautivásvos | cautiva | cautivamos | cautiváis | cautivan | |
imperfect | cautivaba | cautivabas | cautivaba | cautivábamos | cautivabais | cautivaban | |
preterite | cautivé | cautivaste | cautivó | cautivamos | cautivasteis | cautivaron | |
future | cautivaré | cautivarás | cautivará | cautivaremos | cautivaréis | cautivarán | |
conditional | cautivaría | cautivarías | cautivaría | cautivaríamos | cautivaríais | cautivarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | cautive | cautivestú cautivésvos2 | cautive | cautivemos | cautivéis | cautiven | |
imperfect (ra) | cautivara | cautivaras | cautivara | cautiváramos | cautivarais | cautivaran | |
imperfect (se) | cautivase | cautivases | cautivase | cautivásemos | cautivaseis | cautivasen | |
future1 | cautivare | cautivares | cautivare | cautiváremos | cautivareis | cautivaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | cautivatú cautivávos | cautive | cautivemos | cautivad | cautiven | ||
negative | no cautives | no cautive | no cautivemos | no cautivéis | no cautiven |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of cautivar
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 cautivar | |||||||
dative | cautivarme | cautivarte | cautivarle, cautivarse | cautivarnos | cautivaros | cautivarles, cautivarse | |
accusative | cautivarme | cautivarte | cautivarlo, cautivarla, cautivarse | cautivarnos | cautivaros | cautivarlos, cautivarlas, cautivarse | |
with gerund cautivando | |||||||
dative | cautivándome | cautivándote | cautivándole, cautivándose | cautivándonos | cautivándoos | cautivándoles, cautivándose | |
accusative | cautivándome | cautivándote | cautivándolo, cautivándola, cautivándose | cautivándonos | cautivándoos | cautivándolos, cautivándolas, cautivándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cautiva | |||||||
dative | cautívame | cautívate | cautívale | cautívanos | not used | cautívales | |
accusative | cautívame | cautívate | cautívalo, cautívala | cautívanos | not used | cautívalos, cautívalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cautivá | |||||||
dative | cautivame | cautivate | cautivale | cautivanos | not used | cautivales | |
accusative | cautivame | cautivate | cautivalo, cautivala | cautivanos | not used | cautivalos, cautivalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative cautive | |||||||
dative | cautíveme | not used | cautívele, cautívese | cautívenos | not used | cautíveles | |
accusative | cautíveme | not used | cautívelo, cautívela, cautívese | cautívenos | not used | cautívelos, cautívelas | |
with first-person plural imperative cautivemos | |||||||
dative | not used | cautivémoste | cautivémosle | cautivémonos | cautivémoos | cautivémosles | |
accusative | not used | cautivémoste | cautivémoslo, cautivémosla | cautivémonos | cautivémoos | cautivémoslos, cautivémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative cautivad | |||||||
dative | cautivadme | not used | cautivadle | cautivadnos | cautivaos | cautivadles | |
accusative | cautivadme | not used | cautivadlo, cautivadla | cautivadnos | cautivaos | cautivadlos, cautivadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative cautiven | |||||||
dative | cautívenme | not used | cautívenle | cautívennos | not used | cautívenles, cautívense | |
accusative | cautívenme | not used | cautívenlo, cautívenla | cautívennos | not used | cautívenlos, cautívenlas, cautívense |
Related terms
- caber
- cautivador
- cautiverio
- cautividad
- cautivo
- cazar
- mentecato
Further reading
- “cautivar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014