sabanear

Spanish

Etymology

From sabana.

Verb

sabanear (first-person singular present sabaneo, first-person singular preterite sabaneé, past participle sabaneado)

1. (Latin America, intransitive) to look for, or herd, cattle on the savannah

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sabanear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			sabanear
gerund			sabaneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sabaneado		sabaneada
		plural		sabaneados		sabaneadas
		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	sabaneo	sabaneastú sabaneásvos	sabanea	sabaneamos	sabaneáis	sabanean
	imperfect	sabaneaba	sabaneabas	sabaneaba	sabaneábamos	sabaneabais	sabaneaban
	preterite	sabaneé	sabaneaste	sabaneó	sabaneamos	sabaneasteis	sabanearon
	future	sabanearé	sabanearás	sabaneará	sabanearemos	sabanearéis	sabanearán
	conditional	sabanearía	sabanearías	sabanearía	sabanearíamos	sabanearíais	sabanearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sabanee	sabaneestú sabaneésvos2	sabanee	sabaneemos	sabaneéis	sabaneen
	imperfect (ra)	sabaneara	sabanearas	sabaneara	sabaneáramos	sabanearais	sabanearan
	imperfect (se)	sabanease	sabaneases	sabanease	sabaneásemos	sabaneaseis	sabaneasen
	future1	sabaneare	sabaneares	sabaneare	sabaneáremos	sabaneareis	sabanearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		sabaneatú sabaneávos	sabanee	sabaneemos	sabanead	sabaneen
	negative		no sabanees	no sabanee	no sabaneemos	no sabaneéis	no sabaneen

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

    Selected combined forms of sabanear

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 sabanear
	dative	sabanearme	sabanearte	sabanearle, sabanearse	sabanearnos	sabanearos	sabanearles, sabanearse
	accusative	sabanearme	sabanearte	sabanearlo, sabanearla, sabanearse	sabanearnos	sabanearos	sabanearlos, sabanearlas, sabanearse
with gerund sabaneando
	dative	sabaneándome	sabaneándote	sabaneándole, sabaneándose	sabaneándonos	sabaneándoos	sabaneándoles, sabaneándose
	accusative	sabaneándome	sabaneándote	sabaneándolo, sabaneándola, sabaneándose	sabaneándonos	sabaneándoos	sabaneándolos, sabaneándolas, sabaneándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative sabanea
	dative	sabanéame	sabanéate	sabanéale	sabanéanos	not used	sabanéales
	accusative	sabanéame	sabanéate	sabanéalo, sabanéala	sabanéanos	not used	sabanéalos, sabanéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative sabaneá
	dative	sabaneame	sabaneate	sabaneale	sabaneanos	not used	sabaneales
	accusative	sabaneame	sabaneate	sabanealo, sabaneala	sabaneanos	not used	sabanealos, sabanealas
with formal second-person singular imperative sabanee
	dative	sabanéeme	not used	sabanéele, sabanéese	sabanéenos	not used	sabanéeles
	accusative	sabanéeme	not used	sabanéelo, sabanéela, sabanéese	sabanéenos	not used	sabanéelos, sabanéelas
with first-person plural imperative sabaneemos
	dative	not used	sabaneémoste	sabaneémosle	sabaneémonos	sabaneémoos	sabaneémosles
	accusative	not used	sabaneémoste	sabaneémoslo, sabaneémosla	sabaneémonos	sabaneémoos	sabaneémoslos, sabaneémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sabanead
	dative	sabaneadme	not used	sabaneadle	sabaneadnos	sabaneaos	sabaneadles
	accusative	sabaneadme	not used	sabaneadlo, sabaneadla	sabaneadnos	sabaneaos	sabaneadlos, sabaneadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative sabaneen
	dative	sabanéenme	not used	sabanéenle	sabanéennos	not used	sabanéenles, sabanéense
	accusative	sabanéenme	not used	sabanéenlo, sabanéenla	sabanéennos	not used	sabanéenlos, sabanéenlas, sabanéense

Further reading

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