alambrar

Spanish

Etymology

From alambre +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alamˈbɾaɾ/ [a.lãmˈbɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧lam‧brar

Verb

alambrar (first-person singular present alambro, first-person singular preterite alambré, past participle alambrado)

1. (transitive) to put a wire fence around

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alambrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			alambrar
gerund			alambrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		alambrado		alambrada
		plural		alambrados		alambradas
		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	alambro	alambrastú alambrásvos	alambra	alambramos	alambráis	alambran
	imperfect	alambraba	alambrabas	alambraba	alambrábamos	alambrabais	alambraban
	preterite	alambré	alambraste	alambró	alambramos	alambrasteis	alambraron
	future	alambraré	alambrarás	alambrará	alambraremos	alambraréis	alambrarán
	conditional	alambraría	alambrarías	alambraría	alambraríamos	alambraríais	alambrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	alambre	alambrestú alambrésvos2	alambre	alambremos	alambréis	alambren
	imperfect (ra)	alambrara	alambraras	alambrara	alambráramos	alambrarais	alambraran
	imperfect (se)	alambrase	alambrases	alambrase	alambrásemos	alambraseis	alambrasen
	future1	alambrare	alambrares	alambrare	alambráremos	alambrareis	alambraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		alambratú alambrávos	alambre	alambremos	alambrad	alambren
	negative		no alambres	no alambre	no alambremos	no alambréis	no alambren

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

    Selected combined forms of alambrar

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 alambrar
	dative	alambrarme	alambrarte	alambrarle, alambrarse	alambrarnos	alambraros	alambrarles, alambrarse
	accusative	alambrarme	alambrarte	alambrarlo, alambrarla, alambrarse	alambrarnos	alambraros	alambrarlos, alambrarlas, alambrarse
with gerund alambrando
	dative	alambrándome	alambrándote	alambrándole, alambrándose	alambrándonos	alambrándoos	alambrándoles, alambrándose
	accusative	alambrándome	alambrándote	alambrándolo, alambrándola, alambrándose	alambrándonos	alambrándoos	alambrándolos, alambrándolas, alambrándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative alambra
	dative	alámbrame	alámbrate	alámbrale	alámbranos	not used	alámbrales
	accusative	alámbrame	alámbrate	alámbralo, alámbrala	alámbranos	not used	alámbralos, alámbralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative alambrá
	dative	alambrame	alambrate	alambrale	alambranos	not used	alambrales
	accusative	alambrame	alambrate	alambralo, alambrala	alambranos	not used	alambralos, alambralas
with formal second-person singular imperative alambre
	dative	alámbreme	not used	alámbrele, alámbrese	alámbrenos	not used	alámbreles
	accusative	alámbreme	not used	alámbrelo, alámbrela, alámbrese	alámbrenos	not used	alámbrelos, alámbrelas
with first-person plural imperative alambremos
	dative	not used	alambrémoste	alambrémosle	alambrémonos	alambrémoos	alambrémosles
	accusative	not used	alambrémoste	alambrémoslo, alambrémosla	alambrémonos	alambrémoos	alambrémoslos, alambrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative alambrad
	dative	alambradme	not used	alambradle	alambradnos	alambraos	alambradles
	accusative	alambradme	not used	alambradlo, alambradla	alambradnos	alambraos	alambradlos, alambradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative alambren
	dative	alámbrenme	not used	alámbrenle	alámbrennos	not used	alámbrenles, alámbrense
	accusative	alámbrenme	not used	alámbrenlo, alámbrenla	alámbrennos	not used	alámbrenlos, alámbrenlas, alámbrense

Derived terms

• alambrada
• alambrado

 

Further reading

• “alambrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16