enchibolar

Spanish

Etymology

From en- +‎ chibola (“marble”) +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ent͡ʃiboˈlaɾ/ [ẽnʲ.t͡ʃi.β̞oˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧chi‧bo‧lar

Verb

enchibolar (first-person singular present enchibolo, first-person singular preterite enchibolé, past participle enchibolado)

1. (transitive, colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua) to confuse, to puzzle

   Synonym: confundir

2. (reflexive, colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua) to confuse oneself

   Synonym: confundirse

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enchibolar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			enchibolar
gerund			enchibolando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		enchibolado		enchibolada
		plural		enchibolados		enchiboladas
		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	enchibolo	enchibolastú enchibolásvos	enchibola	enchibolamos	enchiboláis	enchibolan
	imperfect	enchibolaba	enchibolabas	enchibolaba	enchibolábamos	enchibolabais	enchibolaban
	preterite	enchibolé	enchibolaste	enchiboló	enchibolamos	enchibolasteis	enchibolaron
	future	enchibolaré	enchibolarás	enchibolará	enchibolaremos	enchibolaréis	enchibolarán
	conditional	enchibolaría	enchibolarías	enchibolaría	enchibolaríamos	enchibolaríais	enchibolarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	enchibole	enchibolestú enchibolésvos2	enchibole	enchibolemos	enchiboléis	enchibolen
	imperfect (ra)	enchibolara	enchibolaras	enchibolara	enchiboláramos	enchibolarais	enchibolaran
	imperfect (se)	enchibolase	enchibolases	enchibolase	enchibolásemos	enchibolaseis	enchibolasen
	future1	enchibolare	enchibolares	enchibolare	enchiboláremos	enchibolareis	enchibolaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		enchibolatú enchibolávos	enchibole	enchibolemos	enchibolad	enchibolen
	negative		no enchiboles	no enchibole	no enchibolemos	no enchiboléis	no enchibolen

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

    Selected combined forms of enchibolar

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 enchibolar
	dative	enchibolarme	enchibolarte	enchibolarle, enchibolarse	enchibolarnos	enchibolaros	enchibolarles, enchibolarse
	accusative	enchibolarme	enchibolarte	enchibolarlo, enchibolarla, enchibolarse	enchibolarnos	enchibolaros	enchibolarlos, enchibolarlas, enchibolarse
with gerund enchibolando
	dative	enchibolándome	enchibolándote	enchibolándole, enchibolándose	enchibolándonos	enchibolándoos	enchibolándoles, enchibolándose
	accusative	enchibolándome	enchibolándote	enchibolándolo, enchibolándola, enchibolándose	enchibolándonos	enchibolándoos	enchibolándolos, enchibolándolas, enchibolándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative enchibola
	dative	enchibólame	enchibólate	enchibólale	enchibólanos	not used	enchibólales
	accusative	enchibólame	enchibólate	enchibólalo, enchibólala	enchibólanos	not used	enchibólalos, enchibólalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative enchibolá
	dative	enchibolame	enchibolate	enchibolale	enchibolanos	not used	enchibolales
	accusative	enchibolame	enchibolate	enchibolalo, enchibolala	enchibolanos	not used	enchibolalos, enchibolalas
with formal second-person singular imperative enchibole
	dative	enchibóleme	not used	enchibólele, enchibólese	enchibólenos	not used	enchibóleles
	accusative	enchibóleme	not used	enchibólelo, enchibólela, enchibólese	enchibólenos	not used	enchibólelos, enchibólelas
with first-person plural imperative enchibolemos
	dative	not used	enchibolémoste	enchibolémosle	enchibolémonos	enchibolémoos	enchibolémosles
	accusative	not used	enchibolémoste	enchibolémoslo, enchibolémosla	enchibolémonos	enchibolémoos	enchibolémoslos, enchibolémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative enchibolad
	dative	enchiboladme	not used	enchiboladle	enchiboladnos	enchibolaos	enchiboladles
	accusative	enchiboladme	not used	enchiboladlo, enchiboladla	enchiboladnos	enchibolaos	enchiboladlos, enchiboladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative enchibolen
	dative	enchibólenme	not used	enchibólenle	enchibólennos	not used	enchibólenles, enchibólense
	accusative	enchibólenme	not used	enchibólenlo, enchibólenla	enchibólennos	not used	enchibólenlos, enchibólenlas, enchibólense

Further reading

• “enchibolar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• enchibolar, enchibolarse | Diccionario de americanismos | ASALE