enjabonar

Spanish

Etymology

From en- +‎ jabonar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enxaboˈnaɾ/ [ẽŋ.xa.β̞oˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧ja‧bo‧nar

Verb

enjabonar (first-person singular present enjabono, first-person singular preterite enjaboné, past participle enjabonado)

1. to lather
2. to soap
3. (colloquial) to flatter

   Synonym: dar jabón

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enjabonar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			enjabonar
gerund			enjabonando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		enjabonado		enjabonada
		plural		enjabonados		enjabonadas
		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	enjabono	enjabonastú enjabonásvos	enjabona	enjabonamos	enjabonáis	enjabonan
	imperfect	enjabonaba	enjabonabas	enjabonaba	enjabonábamos	enjabonabais	enjabonaban
	preterite	enjaboné	enjabonaste	enjabonó	enjabonamos	enjabonasteis	enjabonaron
	future	enjabonaré	enjabonarás	enjabonará	enjabonaremos	enjabonaréis	enjabonarán
	conditional	enjabonaría	enjabonarías	enjabonaría	enjabonaríamos	enjabonaríais	enjabonarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	enjabone	enjabonestú enjabonésvos2	enjabone	enjabonemos	enjabonéis	enjabonen
	imperfect (ra)	enjabonara	enjabonaras	enjabonara	enjabonáramos	enjabonarais	enjabonaran
	imperfect (se)	enjabonase	enjabonases	enjabonase	enjabonásemos	enjabonaseis	enjabonasen
	future1	enjabonare	enjabonares	enjabonare	enjabonáremos	enjabonareis	enjabonaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		enjabonatú enjabonávos	enjabone	enjabonemos	enjabonad	enjabonen
	negative		no enjabones	no enjabone	no enjabonemos	no enjabonéis	no enjabonen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of enjabonar

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 enjabonar
	dative	enjabonarme	enjabonarte	enjabonarle, enjabonarse	enjabonarnos	enjabonaros	enjabonarles, enjabonarse
	accusative	enjabonarme	enjabonarte	enjabonarlo, enjabonarla, enjabonarse	enjabonarnos	enjabonaros	enjabonarlos, enjabonarlas, enjabonarse
with gerund enjabonando
	dative	enjabonándome	enjabonándote	enjabonándole, enjabonándose	enjabonándonos	enjabonándoos	enjabonándoles, enjabonándose
	accusative	enjabonándome	enjabonándote	enjabonándolo, enjabonándola, enjabonándose	enjabonándonos	enjabonándoos	enjabonándolos, enjabonándolas, enjabonándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative enjabona
	dative	enjabóname	enjabónate	enjabónale	enjabónanos	not used	enjabónales
	accusative	enjabóname	enjabónate	enjabónalo, enjabónala	enjabónanos	not used	enjabónalos, enjabónalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative enjaboná
	dative	enjaboname	enjabonate	enjabonale	enjabonanos	not used	enjabonales
	accusative	enjaboname	enjabonate	enjabonalo, enjabonala	enjabonanos	not used	enjabonalos, enjabonalas
with formal second-person singular imperative enjabone
	dative	enjabóneme	not used	enjabónele, enjabónese	enjabónenos	not used	enjabóneles
	accusative	enjabóneme	not used	enjabónelo, enjabónela, enjabónese	enjabónenos	not used	enjabónelos, enjabónelas
with first-person plural imperative enjabonemos
	dative	not used	enjabonémoste	enjabonémosle	enjabonémonos	enjabonémoos	enjabonémosles
	accusative	not used	enjabonémoste	enjabonémoslo, enjabonémosla	enjabonémonos	enjabonémoos	enjabonémoslos, enjabonémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative enjabonad
	dative	enjabonadme	not used	enjabonadle	enjabonadnos	enjabonaos	enjabonadles
	accusative	enjabonadme	not used	enjabonadlo, enjabonadla	enjabonadnos	enjabonaos	enjabonadlos, enjabonadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative enjabonen
	dative	enjabónenme	not used	enjabónenle	enjabónennos	not used	enjabónenles, enjabónense
	accusative	enjabónenme	not used	enjabónenlo, enjabónenla	enjabónennos	not used	enjabónenlos, enjabónenlas, enjabónense

Related terms

• jabón

 

Further reading

• “enjabonar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014