emplumar

Spanish

Verb

emplumar (first-person singular present emplumo, first-person singular preterite emplumé, past participle emplumado)

1. to fledge, to grow feathers
2. to feather; to decorate with feathers
3. to punish; to slap a punishment on
4. to run away from

Conjugation

    Conjugation of emplumar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			emplumar
gerund			emplumando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		emplumado		emplumada
		plural		emplumados		emplumadas
		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	emplumo	emplumastú emplumásvos	empluma	emplumamos	emplumáis	empluman
	imperfect	emplumaba	emplumabas	emplumaba	emplumábamos	emplumabais	emplumaban
	preterite	emplumé	emplumaste	emplumó	emplumamos	emplumasteis	emplumaron
	future	emplumaré	emplumarás	emplumará	emplumaremos	emplumaréis	emplumarán
	conditional	emplumaría	emplumarías	emplumaría	emplumaríamos	emplumaríais	emplumarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	emplume	emplumestú emplumésvos2	emplume	emplumemos	empluméis	emplumen
	imperfect (ra)	emplumara	emplumaras	emplumara	emplumáramos	emplumarais	emplumaran
	imperfect (se)	emplumase	emplumases	emplumase	emplumásemos	emplumaseis	emplumasen
	future1	emplumare	emplumares	emplumare	emplumáremos	emplumareis	emplumaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		emplumatú emplumávos	emplume	emplumemos	emplumad	emplumen
	negative		no emplumes	no emplume	no emplumemos	no empluméis	no emplumen

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

    Selected combined forms of emplumar

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 emplumar
	dative	emplumarme	emplumarte	emplumarle, emplumarse	emplumarnos	emplumaros	emplumarles, emplumarse
	accusative	emplumarme	emplumarte	emplumarlo, emplumarla, emplumarse	emplumarnos	emplumaros	emplumarlos, emplumarlas, emplumarse
with gerund emplumando
	dative	emplumándome	emplumándote	emplumándole, emplumándose	emplumándonos	emplumándoos	emplumándoles, emplumándose
	accusative	emplumándome	emplumándote	emplumándolo, emplumándola, emplumándose	emplumándonos	emplumándoos	emplumándolos, emplumándolas, emplumándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative empluma
	dative	emplúmame	emplúmate	emplúmale	emplúmanos	not used	emplúmales
	accusative	emplúmame	emplúmate	emplúmalo, emplúmala	emplúmanos	not used	emplúmalos, emplúmalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative emplumá
	dative	emplumame	emplumate	emplumale	emplumanos	not used	emplumales
	accusative	emplumame	emplumate	emplumalo, emplumala	emplumanos	not used	emplumalos, emplumalas
with formal second-person singular imperative emplume
	dative	emplúmeme	not used	emplúmele, emplúmese	emplúmenos	not used	emplúmeles
	accusative	emplúmeme	not used	emplúmelo, emplúmela, emplúmese	emplúmenos	not used	emplúmelos, emplúmelas
with first-person plural imperative emplumemos
	dative	not used	emplumémoste	emplumémosle	emplumémonos	emplumémoos	emplumémosles
	accusative	not used	emplumémoste	emplumémoslo, emplumémosla	emplumémonos	emplumémoos	emplumémoslos, emplumémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative emplumad
	dative	emplumadme	not used	emplumadle	emplumadnos	emplumaos	emplumadles
	accusative	emplumadme	not used	emplumadlo, emplumadla	emplumadnos	emplumaos	emplumadlos, emplumadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative emplumen
	dative	emplúmenme	not used	emplúmenle	emplúmennos	not used	emplúmenles, emplúmense
	accusative	emplúmenme	not used	emplúmenlo, emplúmenla	emplúmennos	not used	emplúmenlos, emplúmenlas, emplúmense

Further reading

• “emplumar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28