jabonar

Spanish

Etymology

From jabón +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

jabonar (first-person singular present jabono, first-person singular preterite jaboné, past participle jabonado)

1. (intransitive) to soap up; to lather
2. (transitive) to soap oneself up

Conjugation

    Conjugation of jabonar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			jabonar
gerund			jabonando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		jabonado		jabonada
		plural		jabonados		jabonadas
		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	jabono	jabonastú jabonásvos	jabona	jabonamos	jabonáis	jabonan
	imperfect	jabonaba	jabonabas	jabonaba	jabonábamos	jabonabais	jabonaban
	preterite	jaboné	jabonaste	jabonó	jabonamos	jabonasteis	jabonaron
	future	jabonaré	jabonarás	jabonará	jabonaremos	jabonaréis	jabonarán
	conditional	jabonaría	jabonarías	jabonaría	jabonaríamos	jabonaríais	jabonarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	jabone	jabonestú jabonésvos2	jabone	jabonemos	jabonéis	jabonen
	imperfect (ra)	jabonara	jabonaras	jabonara	jabonáramos	jabonarais	jabonaran
	imperfect (se)	jabonase	jabonases	jabonase	jabonásemos	jabonaseis	jabonasen
	future1	jabonare	jabonares	jabonare	jabonáremos	jabonareis	jabonaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		jabonatú jabonávos	jabone	jabonemos	jabonad	jabonen
	negative		no jabones	no jabone	no jabonemos	no jabonéis	no jabonen

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

    Selected combined forms of jabonar

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 jabonar
	dative	jabonarme	jabonarte	jabonarle, jabonarse	jabonarnos	jabonaros	jabonarles, jabonarse
	accusative	jabonarme	jabonarte	jabonarlo, jabonarla, jabonarse	jabonarnos	jabonaros	jabonarlos, jabonarlas, jabonarse
with gerund jabonando
	dative	jabonándome	jabonándote	jabonándole, jabonándose	jabonándonos	jabonándoos	jabonándoles, jabonándose
	accusative	jabonándome	jabonándote	jabonándolo, jabonándola, jabonándose	jabonándonos	jabonándoos	jabonándolos, jabonándolas, jabonándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative jabona
	dative	jabóname	jabónate	jabónale	jabónanos	not used	jabónales
	accusative	jabóname	jabónate	jabónalo, jabónala	jabónanos	not used	jabónalos, jabónalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative jaboná
	dative	jaboname	jabonate	jabonale	jabonanos	not used	jabonales
	accusative	jaboname	jabonate	jabonalo, jabonala	jabonanos	not used	jabonalos, jabonalas
with formal second-person singular imperative jabone
	dative	jabóneme	not used	jabónele, jabónese	jabónenos	not used	jabóneles
	accusative	jabóneme	not used	jabónelo, jabónela, jabónese	jabónenos	not used	jabónelos, jabónelas
with first-person plural imperative jabonemos
	dative	not used	jabonémoste	jabonémosle	jabonémonos	jabonémoos	jabonémosles
	accusative	not used	jabonémoste	jabonémoslo, jabonémosla	jabonémonos	jabonémoos	jabonémoslos, jabonémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative jabonad
	dative	jabonadme	not used	jabonadle	jabonadnos	jabonaos	jabonadles
	accusative	jabonadme	not used	jabonadlo, jabonadla	jabonadnos	jabonaos	jabonadlos, jabonadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative jabonen
	dative	jabónenme	not used	jabónenle	jabónennos	not used	jabónenles, jabónense
	accusative	jabónenme	not used	jabónenlo, jabónenla	jabónennos	not used	jabónenlos, jabónenlas, jabónense

Related terms

• jabón

 

Further reading

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