cabalear
Spanish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kabaleˈaɾ/ [ka.β̞a.leˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ca‧ba‧le‧ar
Verb
cabalear (first-person singular present cabaleo, first-person singular preterite cabaleé, past participle cabaleado)
- (El Salvador) to complete or finish filling something
Conjugation
Conjugation of cabalear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | cabalear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | cabaleando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | cabaleado | cabaleada | |||||
| plural | cabaleados | cabaleadas | |||||
| 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 | cabaleo | cabaleastú cabaleásvos |
cabalea | cabaleamos | cabaleáis | cabalean | |
| imperfect | cabaleaba | cabaleabas | cabaleaba | cabaleábamos | cabaleabais | cabaleaban | |
| preterite | cabaleé | cabaleaste | cabaleó | cabaleamos | cabaleasteis | cabalearon | |
| future | cabalearé | cabalearás | cabaleará | cabalearemos | cabalearéis | cabalearán | |
| conditional | cabalearía | cabalearías | cabalearía | cabalearíamos | cabalearíais | cabalearían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | cabalee | cabaleestú cabaleésvos2 |
cabalee | cabaleemos | cabaleéis | cabaleen | |
| imperfect (ra) |
cabaleara | cabalearas | cabaleara | cabaleáramos | cabalearais | cabalearan | |
| imperfect (se) |
cabalease | cabaleases | cabalease | cabaleásemos | cabaleaseis | cabaleasen | |
| future1 | cabaleare | cabaleares | cabaleare | cabaleáremos | cabaleareis | cabalearen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | cabaleatú cabaleávos |
cabalee | cabaleemos | cabalead | cabaleen | ||
| negative | no cabalees | no cabalee | no cabaleemos | no cabaleéis | no cabaleen | ||
Selected combined forms of cabalear
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 cabalear | dative | cabalearme | cabalearte | cabalearle, cabalearse | cabalearnos | cabalearos | cabalearles, cabalearse |
| accusative | cabalearme | cabalearte | cabalearlo, cabalearla, cabalearse | cabalearnos | cabalearos | cabalearlos, cabalearlas, cabalearse | |
| with gerund cabaleando | dative | cabaleándome | cabaleándote | cabaleándole, cabaleándose | cabaleándonos | cabaleándoos | cabaleándoles, cabaleándose |
| accusative | cabaleándome | cabaleándote | cabaleándolo, cabaleándola, cabaleándose | cabaleándonos | cabaleándoos | cabaleándolos, cabaleándolas, cabaleándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative cabalea | dative | cabaléame | cabaléate | cabaléale | cabaléanos | not used | cabaléales |
| accusative | cabaléame | cabaléate | cabaléalo, cabaléala | cabaléanos | not used | cabaléalos, cabaléalas | |
| with informal second-person singular voseo imperative cabaleá | dative | cabaleame | cabaleate | cabaleale | cabaleanos | not used | cabaleales |
| accusative | cabaleame | cabaleate | cabalealo, cabaleala | cabaleanos | not used | cabalealos, cabalealas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative cabalee | dative | cabaléeme | not used | cabaléele, cabaléese | cabaléenos | not used | cabaléeles |
| accusative | cabaléeme | not used | cabaléelo, cabaléela, cabaléese | cabaléenos | not used | cabaléelos, cabaléelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative cabaleemos | dative | not used | cabaleémoste | cabaleémosle | cabaleémonos | cabaleémoos | cabaleémosles |
| accusative | not used | cabaleémoste | cabaleémoslo, cabaleémosla | cabaleémonos | cabaleémoos | cabaleémoslos, cabaleémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative cabalead | dative | cabaleadme | not used | cabaleadle | cabaleadnos | cabaleaos | cabaleadles |
| accusative | cabaleadme | not used | cabaleadlo, cabaleadla | cabaleadnos | cabaleaos | cabaleadlos, cabaleadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative cabaleen | dative | cabaléenme | not used | cabaléenle | cabaléennos | not used | cabaléenles, cabaléense |
| accusative | cabaléenme | not used | cabaléenlo, cabaléenla | cabaléennos | not used | cabaléenlos, cabaléenlas, cabaléense | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “cabalear”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
- “cabalear”, in Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española [Thesaurus of the Historical Dictionaries of the Spanish Language], Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2021