insuflar

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /insuˈflaɾ/ [ĩn.suˈflaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: in‧su‧flar

Verb

insuflar (first-person singular present insuflo, first-person singular preterite insuflé, past participle insuflado)

to blow in air
to breathe (life into)
- 2015 July 10, “El PP se ‘refresca’ ante las elecciones”, in El País‎^[1]:
  La Conferencia Política del PP está pensada, en primer lugar, para insuflar un poco de autoestima a los cuadros, bases y dirigentes de toda España tras el batacazo electoral del 24 de mayo.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of insuflar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			insuflar
gerund			insuflando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		insuflado		insuflada
		plural		insuflados		insufladas
		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	insuflo	insuflas^{^tú} insuflás^{^vos}	insufla	insuflamos	insufláis	insuflan
	imperfect	insuflaba	insuflabas	insuflaba	insuflábamos	insuflabais	insuflaban
	preterite	insuflé	insuflaste	insufló	insuflamos	insuflasteis	insuflaron
	future	insuflaré	insuflarás	insuflará	insuflaremos	insuflaréis	insuflarán
	conditional	insuflaría	insuflarías	insuflaría	insuflaríamos	insuflaríais	insuflarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	insufle	insufles^{^tú} insuflés^{^vos²}	insufle	insuflemos	insufléis	insuflen
	imperfect (ra)	insuflara	insuflaras	insuflara	insufláramos	insuflarais	insuflaran
	imperfect (se)	insuflase	insuflases	insuflase	insuflásemos	insuflaseis	insuflasen
	future¹	insuflare	insuflares	insuflare	insufláremos	insuflareis	insuflaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		insufla^{^tú} insuflá^{^vos}	insufle	insuflemos	insuflad	insuflen
	negative		no insufles	no insufle	no insuflemos	no insufléis	no insuflen

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

Selected combined forms of insuflar

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 insuflar	dative	insuflarme	insuflarte	insuflarle, insuflarse	insuflarnos	insuflaros	insuflarles, insuflarse
with infinitive insuflar	accusative	insuflarme	insuflarte	insuflarlo, insuflarla, insuflarse	insuflarnos	insuflaros	insuflarlos, insuflarlas, insuflarse

with gerund insuflando	dative	insuflándome	insuflándote	insuflándole, insuflándose	insuflándonos	insuflándoos	insuflándoles, insuflándose
with gerund insuflando	accusative	insuflándome	insuflándote	insuflándolo, insuflándola, insuflándose	insuflándonos	insuflándoos	insuflándolos, insuflándolas, insuflándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative insufla	dative	insúflame	insúflate	insúflale	insúflanos	not used	insúflales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative insufla	accusative	insúflame	insúflate	insúflalo, insúflala	insúflanos	not used	insúflalos, insúflalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative insuflá	dative	insuflame	insuflate	insuflale	insuflanos	not used	insuflales
	accusative	insuflame	insuflate	insuflalo, insuflala	insuflanos	not used	insuflalos, insuflalas

with formal second-person singular imperative insufle	dative	insúfleme	not used	insúflele, insúflese	insúflenos	not used	insúfleles
with formal second-person singular imperative insufle	accusative	insúfleme	not used	insúflelo, insúflela, insúflese	insúflenos	not used	insúflelos, insúflelas

with first-person plural imperative insuflemos	dative	not used	insuflémoste	insuflémosle	insuflémonos	insuflémoos	insuflémosles
with first-person plural imperative insuflemos	accusative	not used	insuflémoste	insuflémoslo, insuflémosla	insuflémonos	insuflémoos	insuflémoslos, insuflémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative insuflad	dative	insufladme	not used	insufladle	insufladnos	insuflaos	insufladles
with informal second-person plural imperative insuflad	accusative	insufladme	not used	insufladlo, insufladla	insufladnos	insuflaos	insufladlos, insufladlas

with formal second-person plural imperative insuflen	dative	insúflenme	not used	insúflenle	insúflennos	not used	insúflenles, insúflense
with formal second-person plural imperative insuflen	accusative	insúflenme	not used	insúflenlo, insúflenla	insúflennos	not used	insúflenlos, insúflenlas, insúflense

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