alumbrar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin illumināre, confusing prefix il- with a-, or through a Vulgar Latin root *alluminare. Doublet of iluminar. Compare Asturian allumar, Galician alumar, Portuguese alumiar, French allumer, Italian alluminare.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /alumˈbɾaɾ/, [alũmˈbɾaɾ]

Verb

alumbrar (first-person singular present alumbro, first-person singular preterite alumbré, past participle alumbrado)

  1. to illuminate
    Synonyms: iluminar, aluzar
  2. to give birth
    Synonym: dar a luz
  3. to shed light (on)

Conjugation
        Conjugation of alumbrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
    infinitive alumbrar
    gerund alumbrando
    past participle masculine feminine
    singular alumbrado alumbrada
    plural alumbrados alumbradas
    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 alumbro alumbrastú
    alumbrásvos    		 alumbra alumbramos alumbráis alumbran
    imperfect alumbraba alumbrabas alumbraba alumbrábamos alumbrabais alumbraban
    preterite alumbré alumbraste alumbró alumbramos alumbrasteis alumbraron
    future alumbraré alumbrarás alumbrará alumbraremos alumbraréis alumbrarán
    conditional alumbraría alumbrarías alumbraría alumbraríamos alumbraríais alumbrarían
    subjunctive yo tú
    vos    		 él/ella/ello
    usted    		 nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ellos/ellas
    ustedes
    present alumbre alumbrestú
    alumbrésvos2    		 alumbre alumbremos alumbréis alumbren
    imperfect
    (ra)    		 alumbrara alumbraras alumbrara alumbráramos alumbrarais alumbraran
    imperfect
    (se)    		 alumbrase alumbrases alumbrase alumbrásemos alumbraseis alumbrasen
    future1 alumbrare alumbrares alumbrare alumbráremos alumbrareis alumbraren
    imperative — tú
    vos    		 usted nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ustedes
    affirmative alumbratú
    alumbrávos    		 alumbre alumbremos alumbrad alumbren
    negative no alumbres no alumbre no alumbremos no alumbréis no alumbren
    • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
    • 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
          Selected combined forms of alumbraredit data

      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 alumbrar
      dative alumbrarme alumbrarte alumbrarle, alumbrarse alumbrarnos alumbraros alumbrarles, alumbrarse
      accusative alumbrarme alumbrarte alumbrarlo, alumbrarla, alumbrarse alumbrarnos alumbraros alumbrarlos, alumbrarlas, alumbrarse
      with gerund alumbrando
      dative alumbrándome alumbrándote alumbrándole, alumbrándose alumbrándonos alumbrándoos alumbrándoles, alumbrándose
      accusative alumbrándome alumbrándote alumbrándolo, alumbrándola, alumbrándose alumbrándonos alumbrándoos alumbrándolos, alumbrándolas, alumbrándose
      with informal second-person singular imperative alumbra
      dative alúmbrame alúmbrate alúmbrale alúmbranos not used alúmbrales
      accusative alúmbrame alúmbrate alúmbralo, alúmbrala alúmbranos not used alúmbralos, alúmbralas
      with formal second-person singular imperative alumbre
      dative alúmbreme not used alúmbrele, alúmbrese alúmbrenos not used alúmbreles
      accusative alúmbreme not used alúmbrelo, alúmbrela, alúmbrese alúmbrenos not used alúmbrelos, alúmbrelas
      with first-person plural imperative alumbremos
      dative not used alumbrémoste alumbrémosle alumbrémonos alumbrémoos alumbrémosles
      accusative not used alumbrémoste alumbrémoslo, alumbrémosla alumbrémonos alumbrémoos alumbrémoslos, alumbrémoslas
      with informal second-person plural imperative alumbrad
      dative alumbradme not used alumbradle alumbradnos alumbraos alumbradles
      accusative alumbradme not used alumbradlo, alumbradla alumbradnos alumbraos alumbradlos, alumbradlas
      with formal second-person plural imperative alumbren
      dative alúmbrenme not used alúmbrenle alúmbrennos not used alúmbrenles, alúmbrense
      accusative alúmbrenme not used alúmbrenlo, alúmbrenla alúmbrennos not used alúmbrenlos, alúmbrenlas, alúmbrense

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