embetunar

Spanish

Etymology

From en- +‎ betún (“shoe polish”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /embetuˈnaɾ/ [ẽm.be.t̪uˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: em‧be‧tu‧nar

Verb

embetunar (first-person singular present embetuno, first-person singular preterite embetuné, past participle embetunado)

1. to shine with shoe polish

   Synonym: abetunar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of embetunar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			embetunar
gerund			embetunando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		embetunado		embetunada
		plural		embetunados		embetunadas
		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	embetuno	embetunastú embetunásvos	embetuna	embetunamos	embetunáis	embetunan
	imperfect	embetunaba	embetunabas	embetunaba	embetunábamos	embetunabais	embetunaban
	preterite	embetuné	embetunaste	embetunó	embetunamos	embetunasteis	embetunaron
	future	embetunaré	embetunarás	embetunará	embetunaremos	embetunaréis	embetunarán
	conditional	embetunaría	embetunarías	embetunaría	embetunaríamos	embetunaríais	embetunarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	embetune	embetunestú embetunésvos2	embetune	embetunemos	embetunéis	embetunen
	imperfect (ra)	embetunara	embetunaras	embetunara	embetunáramos	embetunarais	embetunaran
	imperfect (se)	embetunase	embetunases	embetunase	embetunásemos	embetunaseis	embetunasen
	future1	embetunare	embetunares	embetunare	embetunáremos	embetunareis	embetunaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		embetunatú embetunávos	embetune	embetunemos	embetunad	embetunen
	negative		no embetunes	no embetune	no embetunemos	no embetunéis	no embetunen

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

    Selected combined forms of embetunar

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 embetunar	dative	embetunarme	embetunarte	embetunarle, embetunarse	embetunarnos	embetunaros	embetunarles, embetunarse
	accusative	embetunarme	embetunarte	embetunarlo, embetunarla, embetunarse	embetunarnos	embetunaros	embetunarlos, embetunarlas, embetunarse
with gerund embetunando	dative	embetunándome	embetunándote	embetunándole, embetunándose	embetunándonos	embetunándoos	embetunándoles, embetunándose
	accusative	embetunándome	embetunándote	embetunándolo, embetunándola, embetunándose	embetunándonos	embetunándoos	embetunándolos, embetunándolas, embetunándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative embetuna	dative	embetúname	embetúnate	embetúnale	embetúnanos	not used	embetúnales
	accusative	embetúname	embetúnate	embetúnalo, embetúnala	embetúnanos	not used	embetúnalos, embetúnalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative embetuná	dative	embetuname	embetunate	embetunale	embetunanos	not used	embetunales
	accusative	embetuname	embetunate	embetunalo, embetunala	embetunanos	not used	embetunalos, embetunalas
with formal second-person singular imperative embetune	dative	embetúneme	not used	embetúnele, embetúnese	embetúnenos	not used	embetúneles
	accusative	embetúneme	not used	embetúnelo, embetúnela, embetúnese	embetúnenos	not used	embetúnelos, embetúnelas
with first-person plural imperative embetunemos	dative	not used	embetunémoste	embetunémosle	embetunémonos	embetunémoos	embetunémosles
	accusative	not used	embetunémoste	embetunémoslo, embetunémosla	embetunémonos	embetunémoos	embetunémoslos, embetunémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative embetunad	dative	embetunadme	not used	embetunadle	embetunadnos	embetunaos	embetunadles
	accusative	embetunadme	not used	embetunadlo, embetunadla	embetunadnos	embetunaos	embetunadlos, embetunadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative embetunen	dative	embetúnenme	not used	embetúnenle	embetúnennos	not used	embetúnenles, embetúnense
	accusative	embetúnenme	not used	embetúnenlo, embetúnenla	embetúnennos	not used	embetúnenlos, embetúnenlas, embetúnense

Further reading

• “embetunar”, 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