embejucar

Spanish

Etymology

From en- +‎ bejuco +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /embexuˈkaɾ/ [ẽm.be.xuˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: em‧be‧ju‧car

Verb

embejucar (first-person singular present embejuco, first-person singular preterite embejuqué, past participle embejucado)

1. (transitive) to cover with bejuco
2. (reflexive) to get tangled up

Conjugation

    Conjugation of embejucar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			embejucar
gerund			embejucando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		embejucado		embejucada
		plural		embejucados		embejucadas
		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	embejuco	embejucastú embejucásvos	embejuca	embejucamos	embejucáis	embejucan
	imperfect	embejucaba	embejucabas	embejucaba	embejucábamos	embejucabais	embejucaban
	preterite	embejuqué	embejucaste	embejucó	embejucamos	embejucasteis	embejucaron
	future	embejucaré	embejucarás	embejucará	embejucaremos	embejucaréis	embejucarán
	conditional	embejucaría	embejucarías	embejucaría	embejucaríamos	embejucaríais	embejucarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	embejuque	embejuquestú embejuquésvos2	embejuque	embejuquemos	embejuquéis	embejuquen
	imperfect (ra)	embejucara	embejucaras	embejucara	embejucáramos	embejucarais	embejucaran
	imperfect (se)	embejucase	embejucases	embejucase	embejucásemos	embejucaseis	embejucasen
	future1	embejucare	embejucares	embejucare	embejucáremos	embejucareis	embejucaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		embejucatú embejucávos	embejuque	embejuquemos	embejucad	embejuquen
	negative		no embejuques	no embejuque	no embejuquemos	no embejuquéis	no embejuquen

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

    Selected combined forms of embejucar (c-qu alternation)

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 embejucar	dative	embejucarme	embejucarte	embejucarle, embejucarse	embejucarnos	embejucaros	embejucarles, embejucarse
	accusative	embejucarme	embejucarte	embejucarlo, embejucarla, embejucarse	embejucarnos	embejucaros	embejucarlos, embejucarlas, embejucarse
with gerund embejucando	dative	embejucándome	embejucándote	embejucándole, embejucándose	embejucándonos	embejucándoos	embejucándoles, embejucándose
	accusative	embejucándome	embejucándote	embejucándolo, embejucándola, embejucándose	embejucándonos	embejucándoos	embejucándolos, embejucándolas, embejucándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative embejuca	dative	embejúcame	embejúcate	embejúcale	embejúcanos	not used	embejúcales
	accusative	embejúcame	embejúcate	embejúcalo, embejúcala	embejúcanos	not used	embejúcalos, embejúcalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative embejucá	dative	embejucame	embejucate	embejucale	embejucanos	not used	embejucales
	accusative	embejucame	embejucate	embejucalo, embejucala	embejucanos	not used	embejucalos, embejucalas
with formal second-person singular imperative embejuque	dative	embejúqueme	not used	embejúquele, embejúquese	embejúquenos	not used	embejúqueles
	accusative	embejúqueme	not used	embejúquelo, embejúquela, embejúquese	embejúquenos	not used	embejúquelos, embejúquelas
with first-person plural imperative embejuquemos	dative	not used	embejuquémoste	embejuquémosle	embejuquémonos	embejuquémoos	embejuquémosles
	accusative	not used	embejuquémoste	embejuquémoslo, embejuquémosla	embejuquémonos	embejuquémoos	embejuquémoslos, embejuquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative embejucad	dative	embejucadme	not used	embejucadle	embejucadnos	embejucaos	embejucadles
	accusative	embejucadme	not used	embejucadlo, embejucadla	embejucadnos	embejucaos	embejucadlos, embejucadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative embejuquen	dative	embejúquenme	not used	embejúquenle	embejúquennos	not used	embejúquenles, embejúquense
	accusative	embejúquenme	not used	embejúquenlo, embejúquenla	embejúquennos	not used	embejúquenlos, embejúquenlas, embejúquense

Further reading

• “embejucar”, 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