arrebolar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *arruborare, from Latin rubārī (“redness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /areboˈlaɾ/ [a.re.β̞oˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧rre‧bo‧lar

Verb

arrebolar (first-person singular present arrebolo, first-person singular preterite arrebolé, past participle arrebolado)

1. to redden
2. (reflexive) to blush
3. (reflexive) to put on rouge (makeup)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arrebolar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			arrebolar
gerund			arrebolando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		arrebolado		arrebolada
		plural		arrebolados		arreboladas
		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	arrebolo	arrebolastú arrebolásvos	arrebola	arrebolamos	arreboláis	arrebolan
	imperfect	arrebolaba	arrebolabas	arrebolaba	arrebolábamos	arrebolabais	arrebolaban
	preterite	arrebolé	arrebolaste	arreboló	arrebolamos	arrebolasteis	arrebolaron
	future	arrebolaré	arrebolarás	arrebolará	arrebolaremos	arrebolaréis	arrebolarán
	conditional	arrebolaría	arrebolarías	arrebolaría	arrebolaríamos	arrebolaríais	arrebolarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	arrebole	arrebolestú arrebolésvos2	arrebole	arrebolemos	arreboléis	arrebolen
	imperfect (ra)	arrebolara	arrebolaras	arrebolara	arreboláramos	arrebolarais	arrebolaran
	imperfect (se)	arrebolase	arrebolases	arrebolase	arrebolásemos	arrebolaseis	arrebolasen
	future1	arrebolare	arrebolares	arrebolare	arreboláremos	arrebolareis	arrebolaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		arrebolatú arrebolávos	arrebole	arrebolemos	arrebolad	arrebolen
	negative		no arreboles	no arrebole	no arrebolemos	no arreboléis	no arrebolen

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

Related terms

• arrebolarse

 

Further reading

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