alborotar

Spanish

Etymology

Perhaps from Latin volūtāre crossed with Spanish alborozar. Compare Catalan avalotar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alboɾoˈtaɾ/ [al.β̞o.ɾoˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: al‧bo‧ro‧tar

Verb

alborotar (first-person singular present alboroto, first-person singular preterite alboroté, past participle alborotado)

1. (transitive) to stir up, agitate

   Synonym: (Colombia) embullar

   • 1888, José María de Pereda, La Montálvez:

     […] un huésped desconocido que se mete a las dos de la mañana en casa de su prójimo, robándole el sueño y alborotándole el hogar […]

     […] an unknown guest who comes back home at two in the morning, keeping him awake and stirring up his home […]

2. (transitive) to disturb, tease (provoke or disturb)

   Synonym: provocar

   • 1887, Emilia Pardo Bazán, La madre Naturaleza:

     ¡Mecachis en los que vienen ahí a alborotar a la gente!

     A pox on those who came here to disturb the people!

3. (transitive) to excite
4. (transitive) to infect, ballyhoo (make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion)
5. to bother

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alborotar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			alborotar
gerund			alborotando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		alborotado		alborotada
		plural		alborotados		alborotadas
		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	alboroto	alborotastú alborotásvos	alborota	alborotamos	alborotáis	alborotan
	imperfect	alborotaba	alborotabas	alborotaba	alborotábamos	alborotabais	alborotaban
	preterite	alboroté	alborotaste	alborotó	alborotamos	alborotasteis	alborotaron
	future	alborotaré	alborotarás	alborotará	alborotaremos	alborotaréis	alborotarán
	conditional	alborotaría	alborotarías	alborotaría	alborotaríamos	alborotaríais	alborotarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	alborote	alborotestú alborotésvos2	alborote	alborotemos	alborotéis	alboroten
	imperfect (ra)	alborotara	alborotaras	alborotara	alborotáramos	alborotarais	alborotaran
	imperfect (se)	alborotase	alborotases	alborotase	alborotásemos	alborotaseis	alborotasen
	future1	alborotare	alborotares	alborotare	alborotáremos	alborotareis	alborotaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		alborotatú alborotávos	alborote	alborotemos	alborotad	alboroten
	negative		no alborotes	no alborote	no alborotemos	no alborotéis	no alboroten

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

    Selected combined forms of alborotar

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 alborotar
	dative	alborotarme	alborotarte	alborotarle, alborotarse	alborotarnos	alborotaros	alborotarles, alborotarse
	accusative	alborotarme	alborotarte	alborotarlo, alborotarla, alborotarse	alborotarnos	alborotaros	alborotarlos, alborotarlas, alborotarse
with gerund alborotando
	dative	alborotándome	alborotándote	alborotándole, alborotándose	alborotándonos	alborotándoos	alborotándoles, alborotándose
	accusative	alborotándome	alborotándote	alborotándolo, alborotándola, alborotándose	alborotándonos	alborotándoos	alborotándolos, alborotándolas, alborotándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative alborota
	dative	alborótame	alborótate	alborótale	alborótanos	not used	alborótales
	accusative	alborótame	alborótate	alborótalo, alborótala	alborótanos	not used	alborótalos, alborótalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative alborotá
	dative	alborotame	alborotate	alborotale	alborotanos	not used	alborotales
	accusative	alborotame	alborotate	alborotalo, alborotala	alborotanos	not used	alborotalos, alborotalas
with formal second-person singular imperative alborote
	dative	alboróteme	not used	alborótele, alborótese	alborótenos	not used	alboróteles
	accusative	alboróteme	not used	alborótelo, alborótela, alborótese	alborótenos	not used	alborótelos, alborótelas
with first-person plural imperative alborotemos
	dative	not used	alborotémoste	alborotémosle	alborotémonos	alborotémoos	alborotémosles
	accusative	not used	alborotémoste	alborotémoslo, alborotémosla	alborotémonos	alborotémoos	alborotémoslos, alborotémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative alborotad
	dative	alborotadme	not used	alborotadle	alborotadnos	alborotaos	alborotadles
	accusative	alborotadme	not used	alborotadlo, alborotadla	alborotadnos	alborotaos	alborotadlos, alborotadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative alboroten
	dative	alborótenme	not used	alborótenle	alborótennos	not used	alborótenles, alborótense
	accusative	alborótenme	not used	alborótenlo, alborótenla	alborótennos	not used	alborótenlos, alborótenlas, alborótense

Derived terms

• alborotado
• alborotador
• alboroto

 

Further reading

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