acantonar

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ cantón +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akantoˈnaɾ/ [a.kãn̪.t̪oˈnaɾ]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧can‧to‧nar

Verb

acantonar (first-person singular present acantono, first-person singular preterite acantoné, past participle acantonado)

1. (transitive) to house troops

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acantonar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			acantonar
gerund			acantonando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		acantonado		acantonada
		plural		acantonados		acantonadas
		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	acantono	acantonastú acantonásvos	acantona	acantonamos	acantonáis	acantonan
	imperfect	acantonaba	acantonabas	acantonaba	acantonábamos	acantonabais	acantonaban
	preterite	acantoné	acantonaste	acantonó	acantonamos	acantonasteis	acantonaron
	future	acantonaré	acantonarás	acantonará	acantonaremos	acantonaréis	acantonarán
	conditional	acantonaría	acantonarías	acantonaría	acantonaríamos	acantonaríais	acantonarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	acantone	acantonestú acantonésvos2	acantone	acantonemos	acantonéis	acantonen
	imperfect (ra)	acantonara	acantonaras	acantonara	acantonáramos	acantonarais	acantonaran
	imperfect (se)	acantonase	acantonases	acantonase	acantonásemos	acantonaseis	acantonasen
	future1	acantonare	acantonares	acantonare	acantonáremos	acantonareis	acantonaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		acantonatú acantonávos	acantone	acantonemos	acantonad	acantonen
	negative		no acantones	no acantone	no acantonemos	no acantonéis	no acantonen

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

    Selected combined forms of acantonar

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 acantonar
	dative	acantonarme	acantonarte	acantonarle, acantonarse	acantonarnos	acantonaros	acantonarles, acantonarse
	accusative	acantonarme	acantonarte	acantonarlo, acantonarla, acantonarse	acantonarnos	acantonaros	acantonarlos, acantonarlas, acantonarse
with gerund acantonando
	dative	acantonándome	acantonándote	acantonándole, acantonándose	acantonándonos	acantonándoos	acantonándoles, acantonándose
	accusative	acantonándome	acantonándote	acantonándolo, acantonándola, acantonándose	acantonándonos	acantonándoos	acantonándolos, acantonándolas, acantonándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative acantona
	dative	acantóname	acantónate	acantónale	acantónanos	not used	acantónales
	accusative	acantóname	acantónate	acantónalo, acantónala	acantónanos	not used	acantónalos, acantónalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative acantoná
	dative	acantoname	acantonate	acantonale	acantonanos	not used	acantonales
	accusative	acantoname	acantonate	acantonalo, acantonala	acantonanos	not used	acantonalos, acantonalas
with formal second-person singular imperative acantone
	dative	acantóneme	not used	acantónele, acantónese	acantónenos	not used	acantóneles
	accusative	acantóneme	not used	acantónelo, acantónela, acantónese	acantónenos	not used	acantónelos, acantónelas
with first-person plural imperative acantonemos
	dative	not used	acantonémoste	acantonémosle	acantonémonos	acantonémoos	acantonémosles
	accusative	not used	acantonémoste	acantonémoslo, acantonémosla	acantonémonos	acantonémoos	acantonémoslos, acantonémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative acantonad
	dative	acantonadme	not used	acantonadle	acantonadnos	acantonaos	acantonadles
	accusative	acantonadme	not used	acantonadlo, acantonadla	acantonadnos	acantonaos	acantonadlos, acantonadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative acantonen
	dative	acantónenme	not used	acantónenle	acantónennos	not used	acantónenles, acantónense
	accusative	acantónenme	not used	acantónenlo, acantónenla	acantónennos	not used	acantónenlos, acantónenlas, acantónense

Derived terms

• acantonamiento

 

Further reading

• “acantonar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28