confederar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin confoederāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konfedeˈɾaɾ/ [kõɱ.fe.ð̞eˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧fe‧de‧rar

Verb

confederar (first-person singular present confedero, first-person singular preterite confederé, past participle confederado)

1. to confederate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of confederar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			confederar
gerund			confederando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		confederado		confederada
		plural		confederados		confederadas
		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	confedero	confederastú confederásvos	confedera	confederamos	confederáis	confederan
	imperfect	confederaba	confederabas	confederaba	confederábamos	confederabais	confederaban
	preterite	confederé	confederaste	confederó	confederamos	confederasteis	confederaron
	future	confederaré	confederarás	confederará	confederaremos	confederaréis	confederarán
	conditional	confederaría	confederarías	confederaría	confederaríamos	confederaríais	confederarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	confedere	confederestú confederésvos2	confedere	confederemos	confederéis	confederen
	imperfect (ra)	confederara	confederaras	confederara	confederáramos	confederarais	confederaran
	imperfect (se)	confederase	confederases	confederase	confederásemos	confederaseis	confederasen
	future1	confederare	confederares	confederare	confederáremos	confederareis	confederaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		confederatú confederávos	confedere	confederemos	confederad	confederen
	negative		no confederes	no confedere	no confederemos	no confederéis	no confederen

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

    Selected combined forms of confederar

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 confederar	dative	confederarme	confederarte	confederarle, confederarse	confederarnos	confederaros	confederarles, confederarse
	accusative	confederarme	confederarte	confederarlo, confederarla, confederarse	confederarnos	confederaros	confederarlos, confederarlas, confederarse
with gerund confederando	dative	confederándome	confederándote	confederándole, confederándose	confederándonos	confederándoos	confederándoles, confederándose
	accusative	confederándome	confederándote	confederándolo, confederándola, confederándose	confederándonos	confederándoos	confederándolos, confederándolas, confederándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative confedera	dative	confedérame	confedérate	confedérale	confedéranos	not used	confedérales
	accusative	confedérame	confedérate	confedéralo, confedérala	confedéranos	not used	confedéralos, confedéralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative confederá	dative	confederame	confederate	confederale	confederanos	not used	confederales
	accusative	confederame	confederate	confederalo, confederala	confederanos	not used	confederalos, confederalas
with formal second-person singular imperative confedere	dative	confedéreme	not used	confedérele, confedérese	confedérenos	not used	confedéreles
	accusative	confedéreme	not used	confedérelo, confedérela, confedérese	confedérenos	not used	confedérelos, confedérelas
with first-person plural imperative confederemos	dative	not used	confederémoste	confederémosle	confederémonos	confederémoos	confederémosles
	accusative	not used	confederémoste	confederémoslo, confederémosla	confederémonos	confederémoos	confederémoslos, confederémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative confederad	dative	confederadme	not used	confederadle	confederadnos	confederaos	confederadles
	accusative	confederadme	not used	confederadlo, confederadla	confederadnos	confederaos	confederadlos, confederadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative confederen	dative	confedérenme	not used	confedérenle	confedérennos	not used	confedérenles, confedérense
	accusative	confedérenme	not used	confedérenlo, confedérenla	confedérennos	not used	confedérenlos, confedérenlas, confedérense

Further reading

• “confederar”, 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