vertebrar

Spanish

Etymology

vértebra +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɾteˈbɾaɾ/ [beɾ.t̪eˈβ̞ɾaɾ]

Verb

vertebrar (first-person singular present vertebro, first-person singular preterite vertebré, past participle vertebrado)

1. (transitive) to support
   • 2015 September 21, “La ciudad judicial fantasma de Aguirre”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Y no para vertebrar un servicio público capaz de tutelar adecuadamente los derechos fundamentales de la ciudadanía.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vertebrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			vertebrar
gerund			vertebrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		vertebrado		vertebrada
		plural		vertebrados		vertebradas
		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	vertebro	vertebrastú vertebrásvos	vertebra	vertebramos	vertebráis	vertebran
	imperfect	vertebraba	vertebrabas	vertebraba	vertebrábamos	vertebrabais	vertebraban
	preterite	vertebré	vertebraste	vertebró	vertebramos	vertebrasteis	vertebraron
	future	vertebraré	vertebrarás	vertebrará	vertebraremos	vertebraréis	vertebrarán
	conditional	vertebraría	vertebrarías	vertebraría	vertebraríamos	vertebraríais	vertebrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	vertebre	vertebrestú vertebrésvos2	vertebre	vertebremos	vertebréis	vertebren
	imperfect (ra)	vertebrara	vertebraras	vertebrara	vertebráramos	vertebrarais	vertebraran
	imperfect (se)	vertebrase	vertebrases	vertebrase	vertebrásemos	vertebraseis	vertebrasen
	future1	vertebrare	vertebrares	vertebrare	vertebráremos	vertebrareis	vertebraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		vertebratú vertebrávos	vertebre	vertebremos	vertebrad	vertebren
	negative		no vertebres	no vertebre	no vertebremos	no vertebréis	no vertebren

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

    Selected combined forms of vertebrar

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 vertebrar
	dative	vertebrarme	vertebrarte	vertebrarle, vertebrarse	vertebrarnos	vertebraros	vertebrarles, vertebrarse
	accusative	vertebrarme	vertebrarte	vertebrarlo, vertebrarla, vertebrarse	vertebrarnos	vertebraros	vertebrarlos, vertebrarlas, vertebrarse
with gerund vertebrando
	dative	vertebrándome	vertebrándote	vertebrándole, vertebrándose	vertebrándonos	vertebrándoos	vertebrándoles, vertebrándose
	accusative	vertebrándome	vertebrándote	vertebrándolo, vertebrándola, vertebrándose	vertebrándonos	vertebrándoos	vertebrándolos, vertebrándolas, vertebrándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative vertebra
	dative	vertébrame	vertébrate	vertébrale	vertébranos	not used	vertébrales
	accusative	vertébrame	vertébrate	vertébralo, vertébrala	vertébranos	not used	vertébralos, vertébralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative vertebrá
	dative	vertebrame	vertebrate	vertebrale	vertebranos	not used	vertebrales
	accusative	vertebrame	vertebrate	vertebralo, vertebrala	vertebranos	not used	vertebralos, vertebralas
with formal second-person singular imperative vertebre
	dative	vertébreme	not used	vertébrele, vertébrese	vertébrenos	not used	vertébreles
	accusative	vertébreme	not used	vertébrelo, vertébrela, vertébrese	vertébrenos	not used	vertébrelos, vertébrelas
with first-person plural imperative vertebremos
	dative	not used	vertebrémoste	vertebrémosle	vertebrémonos	vertebrémoos	vertebrémosles
	accusative	not used	vertebrémoste	vertebrémoslo, vertebrémosla	vertebrémonos	vertebrémoos	vertebrémoslos, vertebrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative vertebrad
	dative	vertebradme	not used	vertebradle	vertebradnos	vertebraos	vertebradles
	accusative	vertebradme	not used	vertebradlo, vertebradla	vertebradnos	vertebraos	vertebradlos, vertebradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative vertebren
	dative	vertébrenme	not used	vertébrenle	vertébrennos	not used	vertébrenles, vertébrense
	accusative	vertébrenme	not used	vertébrenlo, vertébrenla	vertébrennos	not used	vertébrenlos, vertébrenlas, vertébrense

Further reading

• “vertebrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28