pernoctar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾnoɡˈtaɾ/ [peɾ.noɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: per‧noc‧tar

Verb

pernoctar (first-person singular present pernocto, first-person singular preterite pernocté, past participle pernoctado)

1. to spend the night; to overnight

   Synonym: trasnochar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pernoctar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			pernoctar
gerund			pernoctando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pernoctado		pernoctada
		plural		pernoctados		pernoctadas
		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	pernocto	pernoctastú pernoctásvos	pernocta	pernoctamos	pernoctáis	pernoctan
	imperfect	pernoctaba	pernoctabas	pernoctaba	pernoctábamos	pernoctabais	pernoctaban
	preterite	pernocté	pernoctaste	pernoctó	pernoctamos	pernoctasteis	pernoctaron
	future	pernoctaré	pernoctarás	pernoctará	pernoctaremos	pernoctaréis	pernoctarán
	conditional	pernoctaría	pernoctarías	pernoctaría	pernoctaríamos	pernoctaríais	pernoctarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pernocte	pernoctestú pernoctésvos2	pernocte	pernoctemos	pernoctéis	pernocten
	imperfect (ra)	pernoctara	pernoctaras	pernoctara	pernoctáramos	pernoctarais	pernoctaran
	imperfect (se)	pernoctase	pernoctases	pernoctase	pernoctásemos	pernoctaseis	pernoctasen
	future1	pernoctare	pernoctares	pernoctare	pernoctáremos	pernoctareis	pernoctaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pernoctatú pernoctávos	pernocte	pernoctemos	pernoctad	pernocten
	negative		no pernoctes	no pernocte	no pernoctemos	no pernoctéis	no pernocten

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

Derived terms

• pernocta
• pernoctación

 

Further reading

• “pernoctar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28