sabotear

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saboteˈaɾ/ [sa.β̞o.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: sa‧bo‧te‧ar

Verb

sabotear (first-person singular present saboteo, first-person singular preterite saboteé, past participle saboteado)

1. (transitive) to sabotage

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sabotear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			sabotear
gerund			saboteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		saboteado		saboteada
		plural		saboteados		saboteadas
		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	saboteo	saboteastú saboteásvos	sabotea	saboteamos	saboteáis	sabotean
	imperfect	saboteaba	saboteabas	saboteaba	saboteábamos	saboteabais	saboteaban
	preterite	saboteé	saboteaste	saboteó	saboteamos	saboteasteis	sabotearon
	future	sabotearé	sabotearás	saboteará	sabotearemos	sabotearéis	sabotearán
	conditional	sabotearía	sabotearías	sabotearía	sabotearíamos	sabotearíais	sabotearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sabotee	saboteestú saboteésvos2	sabotee	saboteemos	saboteéis	saboteen
	imperfect (ra)	saboteara	sabotearas	saboteara	saboteáramos	sabotearais	sabotearan
	imperfect (se)	sabotease	saboteases	sabotease	saboteásemos	saboteaseis	saboteasen
	future1	saboteare	saboteares	saboteare	saboteáremos	saboteareis	sabotearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		saboteatú saboteávos	sabotee	saboteemos	sabotead	saboteen
	negative		no sabotees	no sabotee	no saboteemos	no saboteéis	no saboteen

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

    Selected combined forms of sabotear

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 sabotear
	dative	sabotearme	sabotearte	sabotearle, sabotearse	sabotearnos	sabotearos	sabotearles, sabotearse
	accusative	sabotearme	sabotearte	sabotearlo, sabotearla, sabotearse	sabotearnos	sabotearos	sabotearlos, sabotearlas, sabotearse
with gerund saboteando
	dative	saboteándome	saboteándote	saboteándole, saboteándose	saboteándonos	saboteándoos	saboteándoles, saboteándose
	accusative	saboteándome	saboteándote	saboteándolo, saboteándola, saboteándose	saboteándonos	saboteándoos	saboteándolos, saboteándolas, saboteándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative sabotea
	dative	sabotéame	sabotéate	sabotéale	sabotéanos	not used	sabotéales
	accusative	sabotéame	sabotéate	sabotéalo, sabotéala	sabotéanos	not used	sabotéalos, sabotéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative saboteá
	dative	saboteame	saboteate	saboteale	saboteanos	not used	saboteales
	accusative	saboteame	saboteate	sabotealo, saboteala	saboteanos	not used	sabotealos, sabotealas
with formal second-person singular imperative sabotee
	dative	sabotéeme	not used	sabotéele, sabotéese	sabotéenos	not used	sabotéeles
	accusative	sabotéeme	not used	sabotéelo, sabotéela, sabotéese	sabotéenos	not used	sabotéelos, sabotéelas
with first-person plural imperative saboteemos
	dative	not used	saboteémoste	saboteémosle	saboteémonos	saboteémoos	saboteémosles
	accusative	not used	saboteémoste	saboteémoslo, saboteémosla	saboteémonos	saboteémoos	saboteémoslos, saboteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sabotead
	dative	saboteadme	not used	saboteadle	saboteadnos	saboteaos	saboteadles
	accusative	saboteadme	not used	saboteadlo, saboteadla	saboteadnos	saboteaos	saboteadlos, saboteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative saboteen
	dative	sabotéenme	not used	sabotéenle	sabotéennos	not used	sabotéenles, sabotéense
	accusative	sabotéenme	not used	sabotéenlo, sabotéenla	sabotéennos	not used	sabotéenlos, sabotéenlas, sabotéense

Derived terms

• saboteador

 

Related terms

• sabotaje

 

Further reading

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