conchabar

Spanish

Etymology

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Verb

conchabar (first-person singular present conchabo, first-person singular preterite conchabé, past participle conchabado)

1. (transitive) to hire, to employ
   • 2015 August 1, “Solalinde denuncia las extorsiones a migrantes cubanos en México”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Otra supuesta variedad es que un abogado conchabado con los agentes entre en el centro de detención y les cobre a los migrantes cantidades desproporcionadas por darles asistencia, o también que los funcionarios les pidan dinero por concederles un oficio de salida especial, en realidad gratuito, con el que el Gobierno mexicano trata de desatascar la situación de los cubanos.

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2. (transitive) to put in cahoots; to plot with

Conjugation

    Conjugation of conchabar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			conchabar
gerund			conchabando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		conchabado		conchabada
		plural		conchabados		conchabadas
		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	conchabo	conchabastú conchabásvos	conchaba	conchabamos	conchabáis	conchaban
	imperfect	conchababa	conchababas	conchababa	conchabábamos	conchababais	conchababan
	preterite	conchabé	conchabaste	conchabó	conchabamos	conchabasteis	conchabaron
	future	conchabaré	conchabarás	conchabará	conchabaremos	conchabaréis	conchabarán
	conditional	conchabaría	conchabarías	conchabaría	conchabaríamos	conchabaríais	conchabarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	conchabe	conchabestú conchabésvos2	conchabe	conchabemos	conchabéis	conchaben
	imperfect (ra)	conchabara	conchabaras	conchabara	conchabáramos	conchabarais	conchabaran
	imperfect (se)	conchabase	conchabases	conchabase	conchabásemos	conchabaseis	conchabasen
	future1	conchabare	conchabares	conchabare	conchabáremos	conchabareis	conchabaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		conchabatú conchabávos	conchabe	conchabemos	conchabad	conchaben
	negative		no conchabes	no conchabe	no conchabemos	no conchabéis	no conchaben

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

    Selected combined forms of conchabar

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 conchabar
	dative	conchabarme	conchabarte	conchabarle, conchabarse	conchabarnos	conchabaros	conchabarles, conchabarse
	accusative	conchabarme	conchabarte	conchabarlo, conchabarla, conchabarse	conchabarnos	conchabaros	conchabarlos, conchabarlas, conchabarse
with gerund conchabando
	dative	conchabándome	conchabándote	conchabándole, conchabándose	conchabándonos	conchabándoos	conchabándoles, conchabándose
	accusative	conchabándome	conchabándote	conchabándolo, conchabándola, conchabándose	conchabándonos	conchabándoos	conchabándolos, conchabándolas, conchabándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative conchaba
	dative	conchábame	conchábate	conchábale	conchábanos	not used	conchábales
	accusative	conchábame	conchábate	conchábalo, conchábala	conchábanos	not used	conchábalos, conchábalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative conchabá
	dative	conchabame	conchabate	conchabale	conchabanos	not used	conchabales
	accusative	conchabame	conchabate	conchabalo, conchabala	conchabanos	not used	conchabalos, conchabalas
with formal second-person singular imperative conchabe
	dative	conchábeme	not used	conchábele, conchábese	conchábenos	not used	conchábeles
	accusative	conchábeme	not used	conchábelo, conchábela, conchábese	conchábenos	not used	conchábelos, conchábelas
with first-person plural imperative conchabemos
	dative	not used	conchabémoste	conchabémosle	conchabémonos	conchabémoos	conchabémosles
	accusative	not used	conchabémoste	conchabémoslo, conchabémosla	conchabémonos	conchabémoos	conchabémoslos, conchabémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative conchabad
	dative	conchabadme	not used	conchabadle	conchabadnos	conchabaos	conchabadles
	accusative	conchabadme	not used	conchabadlo, conchabadla	conchabadnos	conchabaos	conchabadlos, conchabadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative conchaben
	dative	conchábenme	not used	conchábenle	conchábennos	not used	conchábenles, conchábense
	accusative	conchábenme	not used	conchábenlo, conchábenla	conchábennos	not used	conchábenlos, conchábenlas, conchábense

Further reading

• “conchabar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28