amancebarse

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ mancebo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /amanθeˈbaɾse/ [a.mãn̟.θeˈβ̞aɾ.se]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /amanseˈbaɾse/ [a.mãn.seˈβ̞aɾ.se]
• Rhymes: -aɾse
• Syllabification: a‧man‧ce‧bar‧se

Verb

amancebarse (first-person singular present me amancebo, first-person singular preterite me amancebé, past participle amancebado)

1. (reflexive) to shack up (live together)

   Synonym: arrejuntarse

Conjugation

    Conjugation of amancebarse (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			amancebarse
gerund			amancebándose
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		amancebado		amancebada
		plural		amancebados		amancebadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
personal non-finite		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	infinitive	amancebarme	amancebarte	amancebarse	amancebarnos	amancebaros	amancebarse
	gerund	amancebándome	amancebándote	amancebándose	amancebándonos	amancebándoos	amancebándose
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me amancebo	te amancebastú te amancebásvos	se amanceba	nos amancebamos	os amancebáis	se amanceban
	imperfect	me amancebaba	te amancebabas	se amancebaba	nos amancebábamos	os amancebabais	se amancebaban
	preterite	me amancebé	te amancebaste	se amancebó	nos amancebamos	os amancebasteis	se amancebaron
	future	me amancebaré	te amancebarás	se amancebará	nos amancebaremos	os amancebaréis	se amancebarán
	conditional	me amancebaría	te amancebarías	se amancebaría	nos amancebaríamos	os amancebaríais	se amancebarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me amancebe	te amancebestú te amancebésvos2	se amancebe	nos amancebemos	os amancebéis	se amanceben
	imperfect (ra)	me amancebara	te amancebaras	se amancebara	nos amancebáramos	os amancebarais	se amancebaran
	imperfect (se)	me amancebase	te amancebases	se amancebase	nos amancebásemos	os amancebaseis	se amancebasen
	future1	me amancebare	te amancebares	se amancebare	nos amancebáremos	os amancebareis	se amancebaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		amancébatetú amancebatevos	amancébese	amancebémonos	amancebaos	amancébense
	negative		no te amancebes	no se amancebe	no nos amancebemos	no os amancebéis	no se amanceben

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

Derived terms

• amancebamiento

 

Further reading

• “amancebarse”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10