carmenar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin carmināre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾmeˈnaɾ/ [kaɾ.meˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: car‧me‧nar

Verb

carmenar (first-person singular present carmeno, first-person singular preterite carmené, past participle carmenado)

1. (transitive) to untangle
2. (transitive) to pull someone's hair

   Synonym: repelar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of carmenar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			carmenar
gerund			carmenando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		carmenado		carmenada
		plural		carmenados		carmenadas
		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	carmeno	carmenastú carmenásvos	carmena	carmenamos	carmenáis	carmenan
	imperfect	carmenaba	carmenabas	carmenaba	carmenábamos	carmenabais	carmenaban
	preterite	carmené	carmenaste	carmenó	carmenamos	carmenasteis	carmenaron
	future	carmenaré	carmenarás	carmenará	carmenaremos	carmenaréis	carmenarán
	conditional	carmenaría	carmenarías	carmenaría	carmenaríamos	carmenaríais	carmenarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	carmene	carmenestú carmenésvos2	carmene	carmenemos	carmenéis	carmenen
	imperfect (ra)	carmenara	carmenaras	carmenara	carmenáramos	carmenarais	carmenaran
	imperfect (se)	carmenase	carmenases	carmenase	carmenásemos	carmenaseis	carmenasen
	future1	carmenare	carmenares	carmenare	carmenáremos	carmenareis	carmenaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		carmenatú carmenávos	carmene	carmenemos	carmenad	carmenen
	negative		no carmenes	no carmene	no carmenemos	no carmenéis	no carmenen

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

    Selected combined forms of carmenar

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 carmenar
	dative	carmenarme	carmenarte	carmenarle, carmenarse	carmenarnos	carmenaros	carmenarles, carmenarse
	accusative	carmenarme	carmenarte	carmenarlo, carmenarla, carmenarse	carmenarnos	carmenaros	carmenarlos, carmenarlas, carmenarse
with gerund carmenando
	dative	carmenándome	carmenándote	carmenándole, carmenándose	carmenándonos	carmenándoos	carmenándoles, carmenándose
	accusative	carmenándome	carmenándote	carmenándolo, carmenándola, carmenándose	carmenándonos	carmenándoos	carmenándolos, carmenándolas, carmenándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative carmena
	dative	carméname	carménate	carménale	carménanos	not used	carménales
	accusative	carméname	carménate	carménalo, carménala	carménanos	not used	carménalos, carménalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative carmená
	dative	carmename	carmenate	carmenale	carmenanos	not used	carmenales
	accusative	carmename	carmenate	carmenalo, carmenala	carmenanos	not used	carmenalos, carmenalas
with formal second-person singular imperative carmene
	dative	carméneme	not used	carménele, carménese	carménenos	not used	carméneles
	accusative	carméneme	not used	carménelo, carménela, carménese	carménenos	not used	carménelos, carménelas
with first-person plural imperative carmenemos
	dative	not used	carmenémoste	carmenémosle	carmenémonos	carmenémoos	carmenémosles
	accusative	not used	carmenémoste	carmenémoslo, carmenémosla	carmenémonos	carmenémoos	carmenémoslos, carmenémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative carmenad
	dative	carmenadme	not used	carmenadle	carmenadnos	carmenaos	carmenadles
	accusative	carmenadme	not used	carmenadlo, carmenadla	carmenadnos	carmenaos	carmenadlos, carmenadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative carmenen
	dative	carménenme	not used	carménenle	carménennos	not used	carménenles, carménense
	accusative	carménenme	not used	carménenlo, carménenla	carménennos	not used	carménenlos, carménenlas, carménense

Further reading

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