socavar

Spanish

Etymology

From so- +‎ cavar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sokaˈbaɾ/ [so.kaˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: so‧ca‧var

Verb

socavar (first-person singular present socavo, first-person singular preterite socavé, past participle socavado)

1. to undermine
   • 2022 September 23, Ana Fuentes, “Estrasburgo ha dicho lo que era evidente desde hace años: Hungría no es una democracia plena”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Hoy sería impensable que Budapest entrase en la Unión. Pero como está dentro, se le permite socavar la separación de poderes y la libertad de prensa, y un discurso racista y homófobo[.]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to burrow

Conjugation

    Conjugation of socavar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			socavar
gerund			socavando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		socavado		socavada
		plural		socavados		socavadas
		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	socavo	socavastú socavásvos	socava	socavamos	socaváis	socavan
	imperfect	socavaba	socavabas	socavaba	socavábamos	socavabais	socavaban
	preterite	socavé	socavaste	socavó	socavamos	socavasteis	socavaron
	future	socavaré	socavarás	socavará	socavaremos	socavaréis	socavarán
	conditional	socavaría	socavarías	socavaría	socavaríamos	socavaríais	socavarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	socave	socavestú socavésvos2	socave	socavemos	socavéis	socaven
	imperfect (ra)	socavara	socavaras	socavara	socaváramos	socavarais	socavaran
	imperfect (se)	socavase	socavases	socavase	socavásemos	socavaseis	socavasen
	future1	socavare	socavares	socavare	socaváremos	socavareis	socavaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		socavatú socavávos	socave	socavemos	socavad	socaven
	negative		no socaves	no socave	no socavemos	no socavéis	no socaven

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

    Selected combined forms of socavar

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 socavar
	dative	socavarme	socavarte	socavarle, socavarse	socavarnos	socavaros	socavarles, socavarse
	accusative	socavarme	socavarte	socavarlo, socavarla, socavarse	socavarnos	socavaros	socavarlos, socavarlas, socavarse
with gerund socavando
	dative	socavándome	socavándote	socavándole, socavándose	socavándonos	socavándoos	socavándoles, socavándose
	accusative	socavándome	socavándote	socavándolo, socavándola, socavándose	socavándonos	socavándoos	socavándolos, socavándolas, socavándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative socava
	dative	socávame	socávate	socávale	socávanos	not used	socávales
	accusative	socávame	socávate	socávalo, socávala	socávanos	not used	socávalos, socávalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative socavá
	dative	socavame	socavate	socavale	socavanos	not used	socavales
	accusative	socavame	socavate	socavalo, socavala	socavanos	not used	socavalos, socavalas
with formal second-person singular imperative socave
	dative	socáveme	not used	socávele, socávese	socávenos	not used	socáveles
	accusative	socáveme	not used	socávelo, socávela, socávese	socávenos	not used	socávelos, socávelas
with first-person plural imperative socavemos
	dative	not used	socavémoste	socavémosle	socavémonos	socavémoos	socavémosles
	accusative	not used	socavémoste	socavémoslo, socavémosla	socavémonos	socavémoos	socavémoslos, socavémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative socavad
	dative	socavadme	not used	socavadle	socavadnos	socavaos	socavadles
	accusative	socavadme	not used	socavadlo, socavadla	socavadnos	socavaos	socavadlos, socavadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative socaven
	dative	socávenme	not used	socávenle	socávennos	not used	socávenles, socávense
	accusative	socávenme	not used	socávenlo, socávenla	socávennos	not used	socávenlos, socávenlas, socávense

Derived terms

• socava
• socavación
• socavón

 

Further reading

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