abacorar

Spanish

Etymology

From abacora +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abakoˈɾar/, [aβakoˈɾar]

Verb

abacorar (first-person singular present abacoro, first-person singular preterite abacoré, past participle abacorado)

  1. to attack
  2. to pursue relentlessly, to harass
  3. to corner
  4. to overcome
  5. (Andes, Caribbean) to catch, to surprise
  6. to smooch while dancing
  7. (Cuba) to stockpile, to hoard, to corner the market
  8. (Latin America) to monopolize

Conjugation

        Conjugation of abacorar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
    infinitive abacorar
    gerund abacorando
    past participle masculine feminine
    singular abacorado abacorada
    plural abacorados abacoradas
    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 abacoro abacorastú
    abacorásvos    		 abacora abacoramos abacoráis abacoran
    imperfect abacoraba abacorabas abacoraba abacorábamos abacorabais abacoraban
    preterite abacoré abacoraste abacoró abacoramos abacorasteis abacoraron
    future abacoraré abacorarás abacorará abacoraremos abacoraréis abacorarán
    conditional abacoraría abacorarías abacoraría abacoraríamos abacoraríais abacorarían
    subjunctive yo tú
    vos    		 él/ella/ello
    usted    		 nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ellos/ellas
    ustedes
    present abacore abacorestú
    abacorésvos2    		 abacore abacoremos abacoréis abacoren
    imperfect
    (ra)    		 abacorara abacoraras abacorara abacoráramos abacorarais abacoraran
    imperfect
    (se)    		 abacorase abacorases abacorase abacorásemos abacoraseis abacorasen
    future1 abacorare abacorares abacorare abacoráremos abacorareis abacoraren
    imperative — tú
    vos    		 usted nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ustedes
    affirmative abacoratú
    abacorávos    		 abacore abacoremos abacorad abacoren
    negative no abacores no abacore no abacoremos no abacoréis no abacoren
    • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
    • 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Synonyms

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