enrumbar

Spanish

Etymology

From en- +‎ rumbo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enrumˈbaɾ/ [ẽn.rũmˈbaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧rum‧bar

Verb

enrumbar (first-person singular present enrumbo, first-person singular preterite enrumbé, past participle enrumbado)

1. to put on course or on track

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enrumbar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			enrumbar
gerund			enrumbando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		enrumbado		enrumbada
		plural		enrumbados		enrumbadas
		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	enrumbo	enrumbastú enrumbásvos	enrumba	enrumbamos	enrumbáis	enrumban
	imperfect	enrumbaba	enrumbabas	enrumbaba	enrumbábamos	enrumbabais	enrumbaban
	preterite	enrumbé	enrumbaste	enrumbó	enrumbamos	enrumbasteis	enrumbaron
	future	enrumbaré	enrumbarás	enrumbará	enrumbaremos	enrumbaréis	enrumbarán
	conditional	enrumbaría	enrumbarías	enrumbaría	enrumbaríamos	enrumbaríais	enrumbarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	enrumbe	enrumbestú enrumbésvos2	enrumbe	enrumbemos	enrumbéis	enrumben
	imperfect (ra)	enrumbara	enrumbaras	enrumbara	enrumbáramos	enrumbarais	enrumbaran
	imperfect (se)	enrumbase	enrumbases	enrumbase	enrumbásemos	enrumbaseis	enrumbasen
	future1	enrumbare	enrumbares	enrumbare	enrumbáremos	enrumbareis	enrumbaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		enrumbatú enrumbávos	enrumbe	enrumbemos	enrumbad	enrumben
	negative		no enrumbes	no enrumbe	no enrumbemos	no enrumbéis	no enrumben

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

    Selected combined forms of enrumbar

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 enrumbar
	dative	enrumbarme	enrumbarte	enrumbarle, enrumbarse	enrumbarnos	enrumbaros	enrumbarles, enrumbarse
	accusative	enrumbarme	enrumbarte	enrumbarlo, enrumbarla, enrumbarse	enrumbarnos	enrumbaros	enrumbarlos, enrumbarlas, enrumbarse
with gerund enrumbando
	dative	enrumbándome	enrumbándote	enrumbándole, enrumbándose	enrumbándonos	enrumbándoos	enrumbándoles, enrumbándose
	accusative	enrumbándome	enrumbándote	enrumbándolo, enrumbándola, enrumbándose	enrumbándonos	enrumbándoos	enrumbándolos, enrumbándolas, enrumbándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative enrumba
	dative	enrúmbame	enrúmbate	enrúmbale	enrúmbanos	not used	enrúmbales
	accusative	enrúmbame	enrúmbate	enrúmbalo, enrúmbala	enrúmbanos	not used	enrúmbalos, enrúmbalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative enrumbá
	dative	enrumbame	enrumbate	enrumbale	enrumbanos	not used	enrumbales
	accusative	enrumbame	enrumbate	enrumbalo, enrumbala	enrumbanos	not used	enrumbalos, enrumbalas
with formal second-person singular imperative enrumbe
	dative	enrúmbeme	not used	enrúmbele, enrúmbese	enrúmbenos	not used	enrúmbeles
	accusative	enrúmbeme	not used	enrúmbelo, enrúmbela, enrúmbese	enrúmbenos	not used	enrúmbelos, enrúmbelas
with first-person plural imperative enrumbemos
	dative	not used	enrumbémoste	enrumbémosle	enrumbémonos	enrumbémoos	enrumbémosles
	accusative	not used	enrumbémoste	enrumbémoslo, enrumbémosla	enrumbémonos	enrumbémoos	enrumbémoslos, enrumbémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative enrumbad
	dative	enrumbadme	not used	enrumbadle	enrumbadnos	enrumbaos	enrumbadles
	accusative	enrumbadme	not used	enrumbadlo, enrumbadla	enrumbadnos	enrumbaos	enrumbadlos, enrumbadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative enrumben
	dative	enrúmbenme	not used	enrúmbenle	enrúmbennos	not used	enrúmbenles, enrúmbense
	accusative	enrúmbenme	not used	enrúmbenlo, enrúmbenla	enrúmbennos	not used	enrúmbenlos, enrúmbenlas, enrúmbense

Further reading

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