roblar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin roborāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈblaɾ/ [roˈβ̞laɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ro‧blar

Verb

roblar (first-person singular present roblo, first-person singular preterite roblé, past participle roblado)

1. (transitive) to rivet
2. (transitive) to clinch

Conjugation

    Conjugation of roblar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			roblar
gerund			roblando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		roblado		roblada
		plural		roblados		robladas
		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	roblo	roblastú roblásvos	robla	roblamos	robláis	roblan
	imperfect	roblaba	roblabas	roblaba	roblábamos	roblabais	roblaban
	preterite	roblé	roblaste	robló	roblamos	roblasteis	roblaron
	future	roblaré	roblarás	roblará	roblaremos	roblaréis	roblarán
	conditional	roblaría	roblarías	roblaría	roblaríamos	roblaríais	roblarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	roble	roblestú roblésvos2	roble	roblemos	robléis	roblen
	imperfect (ra)	roblara	roblaras	roblara	robláramos	roblarais	roblaran
	imperfect (se)	roblase	roblases	roblase	roblásemos	roblaseis	roblasen
	future1	roblare	roblares	roblare	robláremos	roblareis	roblaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		roblatú roblávos	roble	roblemos	roblad	roblen
	negative		no robles	no roble	no roblemos	no robléis	no roblen

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

    Selected combined forms of roblar

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 roblar
	dative	roblarme	roblarte	roblarle, roblarse	roblarnos	roblaros	roblarles, roblarse
	accusative	roblarme	roblarte	roblarlo, roblarla, roblarse	roblarnos	roblaros	roblarlos, roblarlas, roblarse
with gerund roblando
	dative	roblándome	roblándote	roblándole, roblándose	roblándonos	roblándoos	roblándoles, roblándose
	accusative	roblándome	roblándote	roblándolo, roblándola, roblándose	roblándonos	roblándoos	roblándolos, roblándolas, roblándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative robla
	dative	róblame	róblate	róblale	róblanos	not used	róblales
	accusative	róblame	róblate	róblalo, róblala	róblanos	not used	róblalos, róblalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative roblá
	dative	roblame	roblate	roblale	roblanos	not used	roblales
	accusative	roblame	roblate	roblalo, roblala	roblanos	not used	roblalos, roblalas
with formal second-person singular imperative roble
	dative	róbleme	not used	róblele, róblese	róblenos	not used	róbleles
	accusative	róbleme	not used	róblelo, róblela, róblese	róblenos	not used	róblelos, róblelas
with first-person plural imperative roblemos
	dative	not used	roblémoste	roblémosle	roblémonos	roblémoos	roblémosles
	accusative	not used	roblémoste	roblémoslo, roblémosla	roblémonos	roblémoos	roblémoslos, roblémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative roblad
	dative	robladme	not used	robladle	robladnos	roblaos	robladles
	accusative	robladme	not used	robladlo, robladla	robladnos	roblaos	robladlos, robladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative roblen
	dative	róblenme	not used	róblenle	róblennos	not used	róblenles, róblense
	accusative	róblenme	not used	róblenlo, róblenla	róblennos	not used	róblenlos, róblenlas, róblense

Further reading

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