cabrestear

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kabɾesteˈaɾ/ [ka.β̞ɾes.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧bres‧te‧ar

Verb

cabrestear (first-person singular present cabresteo, first-person singular preterite cabresteé, past participle cabresteado)

1. Alternative form of cabestrear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cabrestear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cabrestear
gerund			cabresteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cabresteado		cabresteada
		plural		cabresteados		cabresteadas
		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	cabresteo	cabresteastú cabresteásvos	cabrestea	cabresteamos	cabresteáis	cabrestean
	imperfect	cabresteaba	cabresteabas	cabresteaba	cabresteábamos	cabresteabais	cabresteaban
	preterite	cabresteé	cabresteaste	cabresteó	cabresteamos	cabresteasteis	cabrestearon
	future	cabrestearé	cabrestearás	cabresteará	cabrestearemos	cabrestearéis	cabrestearán
	conditional	cabrestearía	cabrestearías	cabrestearía	cabrestearíamos	cabrestearíais	cabrestearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cabrestee	cabresteestú cabresteésvos2	cabrestee	cabresteemos	cabresteéis	cabresteen
	imperfect (ra)	cabresteara	cabrestearas	cabresteara	cabresteáramos	cabrestearais	cabrestearan
	imperfect (se)	cabrestease	cabresteases	cabrestease	cabresteásemos	cabresteaseis	cabresteasen
	future1	cabresteare	cabresteares	cabresteare	cabresteáremos	cabresteareis	cabrestearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cabresteatú cabresteávos	cabrestee	cabresteemos	cabrestead	cabresteen
	negative		no cabrestees	no cabrestee	no cabresteemos	no cabresteéis	no cabresteen

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

    Selected combined forms of cabrestear

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 cabrestear
	dative	cabrestearme	cabrestearte	cabrestearle, cabrestearse	cabrestearnos	cabrestearos	cabrestearles, cabrestearse
	accusative	cabrestearme	cabrestearte	cabrestearlo, cabrestearla, cabrestearse	cabrestearnos	cabrestearos	cabrestearlos, cabrestearlas, cabrestearse
with gerund cabresteando
	dative	cabresteándome	cabresteándote	cabresteándole, cabresteándose	cabresteándonos	cabresteándoos	cabresteándoles, cabresteándose
	accusative	cabresteándome	cabresteándote	cabresteándolo, cabresteándola, cabresteándose	cabresteándonos	cabresteándoos	cabresteándolos, cabresteándolas, cabresteándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cabrestea
	dative	cabrestéame	cabrestéate	cabrestéale	cabrestéanos	not used	cabrestéales
	accusative	cabrestéame	cabrestéate	cabrestéalo, cabrestéala	cabrestéanos	not used	cabrestéalos, cabrestéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cabresteá
	dative	cabresteame	cabresteate	cabresteale	cabresteanos	not used	cabresteales
	accusative	cabresteame	cabresteate	cabrestealo, cabresteala	cabresteanos	not used	cabrestealos, cabrestealas
with formal second-person singular imperative cabrestee
	dative	cabrestéeme	not used	cabrestéele, cabrestéese	cabrestéenos	not used	cabrestéeles
	accusative	cabrestéeme	not used	cabrestéelo, cabrestéela, cabrestéese	cabrestéenos	not used	cabrestéelos, cabrestéelas
with first-person plural imperative cabresteemos
	dative	not used	cabresteémoste	cabresteémosle	cabresteémonos	cabresteémoos	cabresteémosles
	accusative	not used	cabresteémoste	cabresteémoslo, cabresteémosla	cabresteémonos	cabresteémoos	cabresteémoslos, cabresteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cabrestead
	dative	cabresteadme	not used	cabresteadle	cabresteadnos	cabresteaos	cabresteadles
	accusative	cabresteadme	not used	cabresteadlo, cabresteadla	cabresteadnos	cabresteaos	cabresteadlos, cabresteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cabresteen
	dative	cabrestéenme	not used	cabrestéenle	cabrestéennos	not used	cabrestéenles, cabrestéense
	accusative	cabrestéenme	not used	cabrestéenlo, cabrestéenla	cabrestéennos	not used	cabrestéenlos, cabrestéenlas, cabrestéense

Further reading

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