silabar

Spanish

Verb

silabar (first-person singular present silabo, first-person singular preterite silabé, past participle silabado)

1. to syllabify; to enunciate each syllable

   Synonym: silabear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of silabar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			silabar
gerund			silabando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		silabado		silabada
		plural		silabados		silabadas
		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	silabo	silabastú silabásvos	silaba	silabamos	silabáis	silaban
	imperfect	silababa	silababas	silababa	silabábamos	silababais	silababan
	preterite	silabé	silabaste	silabó	silabamos	silabasteis	silabaron
	future	silabaré	silabarás	silabará	silabaremos	silabaréis	silabarán
	conditional	silabaría	silabarías	silabaría	silabaríamos	silabaríais	silabarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	silabe	silabestú silabésvos2	silabe	silabemos	silabéis	silaben
	imperfect (ra)	silabara	silabaras	silabara	silabáramos	silabarais	silabaran
	imperfect (se)	silabase	silabases	silabase	silabásemos	silabaseis	silabasen
	future1	silabare	silabares	silabare	silabáremos	silabareis	silabaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		silabatú silabávos	silabe	silabemos	silabad	silaben
	negative		no silabes	no silabe	no silabemos	no silabéis	no silaben

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

Related terms

• sílaba f
• silabario
• silábico

 

Further reading

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