cohabitar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin cohabitāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ku.ə.βiˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ko.ə.biˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ko.a.biˈtaɾ]

Verb

cohabitar (first-person singular present cohabito, first-person singular preterite cohabití, past participle cohabitat)

1. (intransitive) to cohabit

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cohabitar (first conjugation)

infinitive			cohabitar
gerund			cohabitant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cohabitat		cohabitada
		plural		cohabitats		cohabitades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cohabito	cohabites	cohabita	cohabitem	cohabiteu	cohabiten
	imperfect	cohabitava	cohabitaves	cohabitava	cohabitàvem	cohabitàveu	cohabitaven
	future	cohabitaré	cohabitaràs	cohabitarà	cohabitarem	cohabitareu	cohabitaran
	preterite	cohabití	cohabitares	cohabità	cohabitàrem	cohabitàreu	cohabitaren
	conditional	cohabitaria	cohabitaries	cohabitaria	cohabitaríem	cohabitaríeu	cohabitarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cohabiti	cohabitis	cohabiti	cohabitem	cohabiteu	cohabitin
	imperfect	cohabités	cohabitessis	cohabités	cohabitéssim	cohabitéssiu	cohabitessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	cohabita	cohabiti	cohabitem	cohabiteu	cohabitin
	negative (no)	—	no cohabitis	no cohabiti	no cohabitem	no cohabiteu	no cohabitin

Derived terms

• cohabitació
• cohabitant

Related terms

• habitar

Further reading

• “cohabitar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cohabitar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “cohabitar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cohabitar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cohabitāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koabiˈtaɾ/ [ko.a.β̞iˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: co‧ha‧bi‧tar

Verb

cohabitar (first-person singular present cohabito, first-person singular preterite cohabité, past participle cohabitado)

1. to coinhabit, roomshare
2. to get it on, do it (have sex)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cohabitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cohabitar
gerund			cohabitando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cohabitado		cohabitada
		plural		cohabitados		cohabitadas
		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	cohabito	cohabitastú cohabitásvos	cohabita	cohabitamos	cohabitáis	cohabitan
	imperfect	cohabitaba	cohabitabas	cohabitaba	cohabitábamos	cohabitabais	cohabitaban
	preterite	cohabité	cohabitaste	cohabitó	cohabitamos	cohabitasteis	cohabitaron
	future	cohabitaré	cohabitarás	cohabitará	cohabitaremos	cohabitaréis	cohabitarán
	conditional	cohabitaría	cohabitarías	cohabitaría	cohabitaríamos	cohabitaríais	cohabitarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cohabite	cohabitestú cohabitésvos2	cohabite	cohabitemos	cohabitéis	cohabiten
	imperfect (ra)	cohabitara	cohabitaras	cohabitara	cohabitáramos	cohabitarais	cohabitaran
	imperfect (se)	cohabitase	cohabitases	cohabitase	cohabitásemos	cohabitaseis	cohabitasen
	future1	cohabitare	cohabitares	cohabitare	cohabitáremos	cohabitareis	cohabitaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cohabitatú cohabitávos	cohabite	cohabitemos	cohabitad	cohabiten
	negative		no cohabites	no cohabite	no cohabitemos	no cohabitéis	no cohabiten

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

    Selected combined forms of cohabitar

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 cohabitar
	dative	cohabitarme	cohabitarte	cohabitarle, cohabitarse	cohabitarnos	cohabitaros	cohabitarles, cohabitarse
	accusative	cohabitarme	cohabitarte	cohabitarlo, cohabitarla, cohabitarse	cohabitarnos	cohabitaros	cohabitarlos, cohabitarlas, cohabitarse
with gerund cohabitando
	dative	cohabitándome	cohabitándote	cohabitándole, cohabitándose	cohabitándonos	cohabitándoos	cohabitándoles, cohabitándose
	accusative	cohabitándome	cohabitándote	cohabitándolo, cohabitándola, cohabitándose	cohabitándonos	cohabitándoos	cohabitándolos, cohabitándolas, cohabitándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cohabita
	dative	cohabítame	cohabítate	cohabítale	cohabítanos	not used	cohabítales
	accusative	cohabítame	cohabítate	cohabítalo, cohabítala	cohabítanos	not used	cohabítalos, cohabítalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cohabitá
	dative	cohabitame	cohabitate	cohabitale	cohabitanos	not used	cohabitales
	accusative	cohabitame	cohabitate	cohabitalo, cohabitala	cohabitanos	not used	cohabitalos, cohabitalas
with formal second-person singular imperative cohabite
	dative	cohabíteme	not used	cohabítele, cohabítese	cohabítenos	not used	cohabíteles
	accusative	cohabíteme	not used	cohabítelo, cohabítela, cohabítese	cohabítenos	not used	cohabítelos, cohabítelas
with first-person plural imperative cohabitemos
	dative	not used	cohabitémoste	cohabitémosle	cohabitémonos	cohabitémoos	cohabitémosles
	accusative	not used	cohabitémoste	cohabitémoslo, cohabitémosla	cohabitémonos	cohabitémoos	cohabitémoslos, cohabitémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cohabitad
	dative	cohabitadme	not used	cohabitadle	cohabitadnos	cohabitaos	cohabitadles
	accusative	cohabitadme	not used	cohabitadlo, cohabitadla	cohabitadnos	cohabitaos	cohabitadlos, cohabitadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cohabiten
	dative	cohabítenme	not used	cohabítenle	cohabítennos	not used	cohabítenles, cohabítense
	accusative	cohabítenme	not used	cohabítenlo, cohabítenla	cohabítennos	not used	cohabítenlos, cohabítenlas, cohabítense

Further reading

• “cohabitar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16