sobornar

Spanish

Alternative forms

• subornar (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subōrnāre and perhaps adapted to the native prefix so-. Cognate with English suborn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soboɾˈnaɾ/ [so.β̞oɾˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: so‧bor‧nar

Verb

sobornar (first-person singular present soborno, first-person singular preterite soborné, past participle sobornado)

1. (transitive) to bribe

   Synonym: cohechar

   • 2015 July 13, “Así fue la primera fuga de 'El Chapo'”, in El País‎^[1]:

     El 19 de enero de 2001, el capo mexicano del cartel de Sinaloa escapó de otro fortín, el Puente Grande, oculto en el carro de la ropa sucia y acompañado por funcionarios sobornados que empujaron el carrito hasta el garaje de la prisión.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (formal) to suborn

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sobornar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			sobornar
gerund			sobornando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sobornado		sobornada
		plural		sobornados		sobornadas
		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	soborno	sobornastú sobornásvos	soborna	sobornamos	sobornáis	sobornan
	imperfect	sobornaba	sobornabas	sobornaba	sobornábamos	sobornabais	sobornaban
	preterite	soborné	sobornaste	sobornó	sobornamos	sobornasteis	sobornaron
	future	sobornaré	sobornarás	sobornará	sobornaremos	sobornaréis	sobornarán
	conditional	sobornaría	sobornarías	sobornaría	sobornaríamos	sobornaríais	sobornarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	soborne	sobornestú sobornésvos2	soborne	sobornemos	sobornéis	sobornen
	imperfect (ra)	sobornara	sobornaras	sobornara	sobornáramos	sobornarais	sobornaran
	imperfect (se)	sobornase	sobornases	sobornase	sobornásemos	sobornaseis	sobornasen
	future1	sobornare	sobornares	sobornare	sobornáremos	sobornareis	sobornaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		sobornatú sobornávos	soborne	sobornemos	sobornad	sobornen
	negative		no sobornes	no soborne	no sobornemos	no sobornéis	no sobornen

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

    Selected combined forms of sobornar

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 sobornar
	dative	sobornarme	sobornarte	sobornarle, sobornarse	sobornarnos	sobornaros	sobornarles, sobornarse
	accusative	sobornarme	sobornarte	sobornarlo, sobornarla, sobornarse	sobornarnos	sobornaros	sobornarlos, sobornarlas, sobornarse
with gerund sobornando
	dative	sobornándome	sobornándote	sobornándole, sobornándose	sobornándonos	sobornándoos	sobornándoles, sobornándose
	accusative	sobornándome	sobornándote	sobornándolo, sobornándola, sobornándose	sobornándonos	sobornándoos	sobornándolos, sobornándolas, sobornándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative soborna
	dative	sobórname	sobórnate	sobórnale	sobórnanos	not used	sobórnales
	accusative	sobórname	sobórnate	sobórnalo, sobórnala	sobórnanos	not used	sobórnalos, sobórnalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative soborná
	dative	soborname	sobornate	sobornale	sobornanos	not used	sobornales
	accusative	soborname	sobornate	sobornalo, sobornala	sobornanos	not used	sobornalos, sobornalas
with formal second-person singular imperative soborne
	dative	sobórneme	not used	sobórnele, sobórnese	sobórnenos	not used	sobórneles
	accusative	sobórneme	not used	sobórnelo, sobórnela, sobórnese	sobórnenos	not used	sobórnelos, sobórnelas
with first-person plural imperative sobornemos
	dative	not used	sobornémoste	sobornémosle	sobornémonos	sobornémoos	sobornémosles
	accusative	not used	sobornémoste	sobornémoslo, sobornémosla	sobornémonos	sobornémoos	sobornémoslos, sobornémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sobornad
	dative	sobornadme	not used	sobornadle	sobornadnos	sobornaos	sobornadles
	accusative	sobornadme	not used	sobornadlo, sobornadla	sobornadnos	sobornaos	sobornadlos, sobornadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative sobornen
	dative	sobórnenme	not used	sobórnenle	sobórnennos	not used	sobórnenles, sobórnense
	accusative	sobórnenme	not used	sobórnenlo, sobórnenla	sobórnennos	not used	sobórnenlos, sobórnenlas, sobórnense

Derived terms

• soborno

 

Further reading

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