alabear

Spanish

Etymology

From álabe +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alabeˈaɾ/ [a.la.β̞eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧la‧be‧ar

Verb

alabear (first-person singular present alabeo, first-person singular preterite alabeé, past participle alabeado)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to warp (especially wood)

   Synonyms: combar, curvar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alabear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			alabear
gerund			alabeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		alabeado		alabeada
		plural		alabeados		alabeadas
		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	alabeo	alabeastú alabeásvos	alabea	alabeamos	alabeáis	alabean
	imperfect	alabeaba	alabeabas	alabeaba	alabeábamos	alabeabais	alabeaban
	preterite	alabeé	alabeaste	alabeó	alabeamos	alabeasteis	alabearon
	future	alabearé	alabearás	alabeará	alabearemos	alabearéis	alabearán
	conditional	alabearía	alabearías	alabearía	alabearíamos	alabearíais	alabearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	alabee	alabeestú alabeésvos2	alabee	alabeemos	alabeéis	alabeen
	imperfect (ra)	alabeara	alabearas	alabeara	alabeáramos	alabearais	alabearan
	imperfect (se)	alabease	alabeases	alabease	alabeásemos	alabeaseis	alabeasen
	future1	alabeare	alabeares	alabeare	alabeáremos	alabeareis	alabearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		alabeatú alabeávos	alabee	alabeemos	alabead	alabeen
	negative		no alabees	no alabee	no alabeemos	no alabeéis	no alabeen

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

    Selected combined forms of alabear

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 alabear
	dative	alabearme	alabearte	alabearle, alabearse	alabearnos	alabearos	alabearles, alabearse
	accusative	alabearme	alabearte	alabearlo, alabearla, alabearse	alabearnos	alabearos	alabearlos, alabearlas, alabearse
with gerund alabeando
	dative	alabeándome	alabeándote	alabeándole, alabeándose	alabeándonos	alabeándoos	alabeándoles, alabeándose
	accusative	alabeándome	alabeándote	alabeándolo, alabeándola, alabeándose	alabeándonos	alabeándoos	alabeándolos, alabeándolas, alabeándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative alabea
	dative	alabéame	alabéate	alabéale	alabéanos	not used	alabéales
	accusative	alabéame	alabéate	alabéalo, alabéala	alabéanos	not used	alabéalos, alabéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative alabeá
	dative	alabeame	alabeate	alabeale	alabeanos	not used	alabeales
	accusative	alabeame	alabeate	alabealo, alabeala	alabeanos	not used	alabealos, alabealas
with formal second-person singular imperative alabee
	dative	alabéeme	not used	alabéele, alabéese	alabéenos	not used	alabéeles
	accusative	alabéeme	not used	alabéelo, alabéela, alabéese	alabéenos	not used	alabéelos, alabéelas
with first-person plural imperative alabeemos
	dative	not used	alabeémoste	alabeémosle	alabeémonos	alabeémoos	alabeémosles
	accusative	not used	alabeémoste	alabeémoslo, alabeémosla	alabeémonos	alabeémoos	alabeémoslos, alabeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative alabead
	dative	alabeadme	not used	alabeadle	alabeadnos	alabeaos	alabeadles
	accusative	alabeadme	not used	alabeadlo, alabeadla	alabeadnos	alabeaos	alabeadlos, alabeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative alabeen
	dative	alabéenme	not used	alabéenle	alabéennos	not used	alabéenles, alabéense
	accusative	alabéenme	not used	alabéenlo, alabéenla	alabéennos	not used	alabéenlos, alabéenlas, alabéense

Derived terms

• alabeado
• alabeo

 

Further reading

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