confitar

Spanish

Etymology

From confite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konfiˈtaɾ/ [kõɱ.fiˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧fi‧tar

Verb

confitar (first-person singular present confito, first-person singular preterite confité, past participle confitado)

1. to candy; cook in sugar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of confitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			confitar
gerund			confitando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		confitado		confitada
		plural		confitados		confitadas
		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	confito	confitastú confitásvos	confita	confitamos	confitáis	confitan
	imperfect	confitaba	confitabas	confitaba	confitábamos	confitabais	confitaban
	preterite	confité	confitaste	confitó	confitamos	confitasteis	confitaron
	future	confitaré	confitarás	confitará	confitaremos	confitaréis	confitarán
	conditional	confitaría	confitarías	confitaría	confitaríamos	confitaríais	confitarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	confite	confitestú confitésvos2	confite	confitemos	confitéis	confiten
	imperfect (ra)	confitara	confitaras	confitara	confitáramos	confitarais	confitaran
	imperfect (se)	confitase	confitases	confitase	confitásemos	confitaseis	confitasen
	future1	confitare	confitares	confitare	confitáremos	confitareis	confitaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		confitatú confitávos	confite	confitemos	confitad	confiten
	negative		no confites	no confite	no confitemos	no confitéis	no confiten

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

    Selected combined forms of confitar

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 confitar
	dative	confitarme	confitarte	confitarle, confitarse	confitarnos	confitaros	confitarles, confitarse
	accusative	confitarme	confitarte	confitarlo, confitarla, confitarse	confitarnos	confitaros	confitarlos, confitarlas, confitarse
with gerund confitando
	dative	confitándome	confitándote	confitándole, confitándose	confitándonos	confitándoos	confitándoles, confitándose
	accusative	confitándome	confitándote	confitándolo, confitándola, confitándose	confitándonos	confitándoos	confitándolos, confitándolas, confitándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative confita
	dative	confítame	confítate	confítale	confítanos	not used	confítales
	accusative	confítame	confítate	confítalo, confítala	confítanos	not used	confítalos, confítalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative confitá
	dative	confitame	confitate	confitale	confitanos	not used	confitales
	accusative	confitame	confitate	confitalo, confitala	confitanos	not used	confitalos, confitalas
with formal second-person singular imperative confite
	dative	confíteme	not used	confítele, confítese	confítenos	not used	confíteles
	accusative	confíteme	not used	confítelo, confítela, confítese	confítenos	not used	confítelos, confítelas
with first-person plural imperative confitemos
	dative	not used	confitémoste	confitémosle	confitémonos	confitémoos	confitémosles
	accusative	not used	confitémoste	confitémoslo, confitémosla	confitémonos	confitémoos	confitémoslos, confitémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative confitad
	dative	confitadme	not used	confitadle	confitadnos	confitaos	confitadles
	accusative	confitadme	not used	confitadlo, confitadla	confitadnos	confitaos	confitadlos, confitadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative confiten
	dative	confítenme	not used	confítenle	confítennos	not used	confítenles, confítense
	accusative	confítenme	not used	confítenlo, confítenla	confítennos	not used	confítenlos, confítenlas, confítense

Further reading

• “confitar”, 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