acarrear

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ carro +‎ -ear. Compare also Occitan carrejar, French charrier, Italian carreggiare, Neapolitan carreare, Sicilian carriari; cf. also Romanian căra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akareˈaɾ/, [a.ka.reˈaɾ]

Verb

acarrear (first-person singular present acarreo, first-person singular preterite acarreé, past participle acarreado)

1. to carry, haul

   Synonyms: transportar, cargar, llevar, portar

2. to cause, bring up

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acarrear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			acarrear
gerund			acarreando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		acarreado		acarreada
		plural		acarreados		acarreadas
		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	acarreo	acarreastú acarreásvos	acarrea	acarreamos	acarreáis	acarrean
	imperfect	acarreaba	acarreabas	acarreaba	acarreábamos	acarreabais	acarreaban
	preterite	acarreé	acarreaste	acarreó	acarreamos	acarreasteis	acarrearon
	future	acarrearé	acarrearás	acarreará	acarrearemos	acarrearéis	acarrearán
	conditional	acarrearía	acarrearías	acarrearía	acarrearíamos	acarrearíais	acarrearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	acarree	acarreestú acarreésvos2	acarree	acarreemos	acarreéis	acarreen
	imperfect (ra)	acarreara	acarrearas	acarreara	acarreáramos	acarrearais	acarrearan
	imperfect (se)	acarrease	acarreases	acarrease	acarreásemos	acarreaseis	acarreasen
	future1	acarreare	acarreares	acarreare	acarreáremos	acarreareis	acarrearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		acarreatú acarreávos	acarree	acarreemos	acarread	acarreen
	negative		no acarrees	no acarree	no acarreemos	no acarreéis	no acarreen

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

    Selected combined forms of acarrear

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 acarrear
	dative	acarrearme	acarrearte	acarrearle, acarrearse	acarrearnos	acarrearos	acarrearles, acarrearse
	accusative	acarrearme	acarrearte	acarrearlo, acarrearla, acarrearse	acarrearnos	acarrearos	acarrearlos, acarrearlas, acarrearse
with gerund acarreando
	dative	acarreándome	acarreándote	acarreándole, acarreándose	acarreándonos	acarreándoos	acarreándoles, acarreándose
	accusative	acarreándome	acarreándote	acarreándolo, acarreándola, acarreándose	acarreándonos	acarreándoos	acarreándolos, acarreándolas, acarreándose
with informal second-person singular imperative acarrea
	dative	acarréame	acarréate	acarréale	acarréanos	not used	acarréales
	accusative	acarréame	acarréate	acarréalo, acarréala	acarréanos	not used	acarréalos, acarréalas
with formal second-person singular imperative acarree
	dative	acarréeme	not used	acarréele, acarréese	acarréenos	not used	acarréeles
	accusative	acarréeme	not used	acarréelo, acarréela, acarréese	acarréenos	not used	acarréelos, acarréelas
with first-person plural imperative acarreemos
	dative	not used	acarreémoste	acarreémosle	acarreémonos	acarreémoos	acarreémosles
	accusative	not used	acarreémoste	acarreémoslo, acarreémosla	acarreémonos	acarreémoos	acarreémoslos, acarreémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative acarread
	dative	acarreadme	not used	acarreadle	acarreadnos	acarreaos	acarreadles
	accusative	acarreadme	not used	acarreadlo, acarreadla	acarreadnos	acarreaos	acarreadlos, acarreadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative acarreen
	dative	acarréenme	not used	acarréenle	acarréennos	not used	acarréenles, acarréense
	accusative	acarréenme	not used	acarréenlo, acarréenla	acarréennos	not used	acarréenlos, acarréenlas, acarréense

Derived terms

• acarreo

Further reading

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