manuscribir

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manuskɾiˈbiɾ/ [ma.nus.kɾiˈβ̞iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: ma‧nus‧cri‧bir

Verb

manuscribir (first-person singular present manuscribo, first-person singular preterite manuscribí, past participle manuscrito or (Argentina and Uruguay) manuscripto)

1. to handwrite; autograph

Conjugation

    Conjugation of manuscribir (irregular) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			manuscribir
gerund			manuscribiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		manuscrito, manuscripto3		manuscrita, manuscripta3
		plural		manuscritos, manuscriptos3		manuscritas, manuscriptas3
		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	manuscribo	manuscribestú manuscribísvos	manuscribe	manuscribimos	manuscribís	manuscriben
	imperfect	manuscribía	manuscribías	manuscribía	manuscribíamos	manuscribíais	manuscribían
	preterite	manuscribí	manuscribiste	manuscribió	manuscribimos	manuscribisteis	manuscribieron
	future	manuscribiré	manuscribirás	manuscribirá	manuscribiremos	manuscribiréis	manuscribirán
	conditional	manuscribiría	manuscribirías	manuscribiría	manuscribiríamos	manuscribiríais	manuscribirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	manuscriba	manuscribastú manuscribásvos2	manuscriba	manuscribamos	manuscribáis	manuscriban
	imperfect (ra)	manuscribiera	manuscribieras	manuscribiera	manuscribiéramos	manuscribierais	manuscribieran
	imperfect (se)	manuscribiese	manuscribieses	manuscribiese	manuscribiésemos	manuscribieseis	manuscribiesen
	future1	manuscribiere	manuscribieres	manuscribiere	manuscribiéremos	manuscribiereis	manuscribieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		manuscribetú manuscribívos	manuscriba	manuscribamos	manuscribid	manuscriban
	negative		no manuscribas	no manuscriba	no manuscribamos	no manuscribáis	no manuscriban

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
³Argentina and Uruguay.

Further reading

• “manuscribir”, 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