cobijar

Spanish

Etymology

Probably from cobijo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kobiˈxaɾ/ [ko.β̞iˈxaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: co‧bi‧jar

Verb

cobijar (first-person singular present cobijo, first-person singular preterite cobijé, past participle cobijado)

1. (transitive) to cover
2. (transitive) to shelter
3. (transitive) to protect
4. (reflexive) to take refuge

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cobijar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cobijar
gerund			cobijando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cobijado		cobijada
		plural		cobijados		cobijadas
		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	cobijo	cobijastú cobijásvos	cobija	cobijamos	cobijáis	cobijan
	imperfect	cobijaba	cobijabas	cobijaba	cobijábamos	cobijabais	cobijaban
	preterite	cobijé	cobijaste	cobijó	cobijamos	cobijasteis	cobijaron
	future	cobijaré	cobijarás	cobijará	cobijaremos	cobijaréis	cobijarán
	conditional	cobijaría	cobijarías	cobijaría	cobijaríamos	cobijaríais	cobijarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cobije	cobijestú cobijésvos2	cobije	cobijemos	cobijéis	cobijen
	imperfect (ra)	cobijara	cobijaras	cobijara	cobijáramos	cobijarais	cobijaran
	imperfect (se)	cobijase	cobijases	cobijase	cobijásemos	cobijaseis	cobijasen
	future1	cobijare	cobijares	cobijare	cobijáremos	cobijareis	cobijaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cobijatú cobijávos	cobije	cobijemos	cobijad	cobijen
	negative		no cobijes	no cobije	no cobijemos	no cobijéis	no cobijen

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

    Selected combined forms of cobijar

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 cobijar	dative	cobijarme	cobijarte	cobijarle, cobijarse	cobijarnos	cobijaros	cobijarles, cobijarse
	accusative	cobijarme	cobijarte	cobijarlo, cobijarla, cobijarse	cobijarnos	cobijaros	cobijarlos, cobijarlas, cobijarse
with gerund cobijando	dative	cobijándome	cobijándote	cobijándole, cobijándose	cobijándonos	cobijándoos	cobijándoles, cobijándose
	accusative	cobijándome	cobijándote	cobijándolo, cobijándola, cobijándose	cobijándonos	cobijándoos	cobijándolos, cobijándolas, cobijándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cobija	dative	cobíjame	cobíjate	cobíjale	cobíjanos	not used	cobíjales
	accusative	cobíjame	cobíjate	cobíjalo, cobíjala	cobíjanos	not used	cobíjalos, cobíjalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cobijá	dative	cobijame	cobijate	cobijale	cobijanos	not used	cobijales
	accusative	cobijame	cobijate	cobijalo, cobijala	cobijanos	not used	cobijalos, cobijalas
with formal second-person singular imperative cobije	dative	cobíjeme	not used	cobíjele, cobíjese	cobíjenos	not used	cobíjeles
	accusative	cobíjeme	not used	cobíjelo, cobíjela, cobíjese	cobíjenos	not used	cobíjelos, cobíjelas
with first-person plural imperative cobijemos	dative	not used	cobijémoste	cobijémosle	cobijémonos	cobijémoos	cobijémosles
	accusative	not used	cobijémoste	cobijémoslo, cobijémosla	cobijémonos	cobijémoos	cobijémoslos, cobijémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cobijad	dative	cobijadme	not used	cobijadle	cobijadnos	cobijaos	cobijadles
	accusative	cobijadme	not used	cobijadlo, cobijadla	cobijadnos	cobijaos	cobijadlos, cobijadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cobijen	dative	cobíjenme	not used	cobíjenle	cobíjennos	not used	cobíjenles, cobíjense
	accusative	cobíjenme	not used	cobíjenlo, cobíjenla	cobíjennos	not used	cobíjenlos, cobíjenlas, cobíjense

Alternative forms

• acobijar

Derived terms

• quien a buen árbol se arrima, buena sombra le cobija

Related terms

• cobija
• cobijo
• descobijar
• encobijar

Further reading

• “cobijar”, 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