silabear

Spanish

Etymology

From sílaba +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /silabeˈaɾ/ [si.la.β̞eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: si‧la‧be‧ar

Verb

silabear (first-person singular present silabeo, first-person singular preterite silabeé, past participle silabeado)

1. (intransitive) to syllabify; to enunciate each syllable

   Synonym: silabar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of silabear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			silabear
gerund			silabeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		silabeado		silabeada
		plural		silabeados		silabeadas
		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	silabeo	silabeastú silabeásvos	silabea	silabeamos	silabeáis	silabean
	imperfect	silabeaba	silabeabas	silabeaba	silabeábamos	silabeabais	silabeaban
	preterite	silabeé	silabeaste	silabeó	silabeamos	silabeasteis	silabearon
	future	silabearé	silabearás	silabeará	silabearemos	silabearéis	silabearán
	conditional	silabearía	silabearías	silabearía	silabearíamos	silabearíais	silabearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	silabee	silabeestú silabeésvos2	silabee	silabeemos	silabeéis	silabeen
	imperfect (ra)	silabeara	silabearas	silabeara	silabeáramos	silabearais	silabearan
	imperfect (se)	silabease	silabeases	silabease	silabeásemos	silabeaseis	silabeasen
	future1	silabeare	silabeares	silabeare	silabeáremos	silabeareis	silabearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		silabeatú silabeávos	silabee	silabeemos	silabead	silabeen
	negative		no silabees	no silabee	no silabeemos	no silabeéis	no silabeen

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

Derived terms

• silabeo

 

Further reading

• “silabear”, 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