compadrar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kompaˈdɾaɾ/ [kõm.paˈð̞ɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: com‧pa‧drar

Verb

compadrar (first-person singular present compadro, first-person singular preterite compadré, past participle compadrado)

1. (intransitive) to become godparents or godchildren
2. (intransitive) to become good friends with; to buddy up

Conjugation

    Conjugation of compadrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			compadrar
gerund			compadrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		compadrado		compadrada
		plural		compadrados		compadradas
		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	compadro	compadrastú compadrásvos	compadra	compadramos	compadráis	compadran
	imperfect	compadraba	compadrabas	compadraba	compadrábamos	compadrabais	compadraban
	preterite	compadré	compadraste	compadró	compadramos	compadrasteis	compadraron
	future	compadraré	compadrarás	compadrará	compadraremos	compadraréis	compadrarán
	conditional	compadraría	compadrarías	compadraría	compadraríamos	compadraríais	compadrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	compadre	compadrestú compadrésvos2	compadre	compadremos	compadréis	compadren
	imperfect (ra)	compadrara	compadraras	compadrara	compadráramos	compadrarais	compadraran
	imperfect (se)	compadrase	compadrases	compadrase	compadrásemos	compadraseis	compadrasen
	future1	compadrare	compadrares	compadrare	compadráremos	compadrareis	compadraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		compadratú compadrávos	compadre	compadremos	compadrad	compadren
	negative		no compadres	no compadre	no compadremos	no compadréis	no compadren

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

    Selected combined forms of compadrar

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 compadrar
	dative	compadrarme	compadrarte	compadrarle, compadrarse	compadrarnos	compadraros	compadrarles, compadrarse
	accusative	compadrarme	compadrarte	compadrarlo, compadrarla, compadrarse	compadrarnos	compadraros	compadrarlos, compadrarlas, compadrarse
with gerund compadrando
	dative	compadrándome	compadrándote	compadrándole, compadrándose	compadrándonos	compadrándoos	compadrándoles, compadrándose
	accusative	compadrándome	compadrándote	compadrándolo, compadrándola, compadrándose	compadrándonos	compadrándoos	compadrándolos, compadrándolas, compadrándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative compadra
	dative	compádrame	compádrate	compádrale	compádranos	not used	compádrales
	accusative	compádrame	compádrate	compádralo, compádrala	compádranos	not used	compádralos, compádralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative compadrá
	dative	compadrame	compadrate	compadrale	compadranos	not used	compadrales
	accusative	compadrame	compadrate	compadralo, compadrala	compadranos	not used	compadralos, compadralas
with formal second-person singular imperative compadre
	dative	compádreme	not used	compádrele, compádrese	compádrenos	not used	compádreles
	accusative	compádreme	not used	compádrelo, compádrela, compádrese	compádrenos	not used	compádrelos, compádrelas
with first-person plural imperative compadremos
	dative	not used	compadrémoste	compadrémosle	compadrémonos	compadrémoos	compadrémosles
	accusative	not used	compadrémoste	compadrémoslo, compadrémosla	compadrémonos	compadrémoos	compadrémoslos, compadrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative compadrad
	dative	compadradme	not used	compadradle	compadradnos	compadraos	compadradles
	accusative	compadradme	not used	compadradlo, compadradla	compadradnos	compadraos	compadradlos, compadradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative compadren
	dative	compádrenme	not used	compádrenle	compádrennos	not used	compádrenles, compádrense
	accusative	compádrenme	not used	compádrenlo, compádrenla	compádrennos	not used	compádrenlos, compádrenlas, compádrense

Further reading

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