sugestionar

Spanish

Etymology

From sugestión +‎ -ar.

Verb

sugestionar (first-person singular present sugestiono, first-person singular preterite sugestioné, past participle sugestionado)

1. to fascinate someone
2. to influence
3. to dominate, to take over control of someone's life
4. to control by hypnosis

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sugestionar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			sugestionar
gerund			sugestionando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sugestionado		sugestionada
		plural		sugestionados		sugestionadas
		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	sugestiono	sugestionastú sugestionásvos	sugestiona	sugestionamos	sugestionáis	sugestionan
	imperfect	sugestionaba	sugestionabas	sugestionaba	sugestionábamos	sugestionabais	sugestionaban
	preterite	sugestioné	sugestionaste	sugestionó	sugestionamos	sugestionasteis	sugestionaron
	future	sugestionaré	sugestionarás	sugestionará	sugestionaremos	sugestionaréis	sugestionarán
	conditional	sugestionaría	sugestionarías	sugestionaría	sugestionaríamos	sugestionaríais	sugestionarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sugestione	sugestionestú sugestionésvos2	sugestione	sugestionemos	sugestionéis	sugestionen
	imperfect (ra)	sugestionara	sugestionaras	sugestionara	sugestionáramos	sugestionarais	sugestionaran
	imperfect (se)	sugestionase	sugestionases	sugestionase	sugestionásemos	sugestionaseis	sugestionasen
	future1	sugestionare	sugestionares	sugestionare	sugestionáremos	sugestionareis	sugestionaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		sugestionatú sugestionávos	sugestione	sugestionemos	sugestionad	sugestionen
	negative		no sugestiones	no sugestione	no sugestionemos	no sugestionéis	no sugestionen

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

    Selected combined forms of sugestionar

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 sugestionar
	dative	sugestionarme	sugestionarte	sugestionarle, sugestionarse	sugestionarnos	sugestionaros	sugestionarles, sugestionarse
	accusative	sugestionarme	sugestionarte	sugestionarlo, sugestionarla, sugestionarse	sugestionarnos	sugestionaros	sugestionarlos, sugestionarlas, sugestionarse
with gerund sugestionando
	dative	sugestionándome	sugestionándote	sugestionándole, sugestionándose	sugestionándonos	sugestionándoos	sugestionándoles, sugestionándose
	accusative	sugestionándome	sugestionándote	sugestionándolo, sugestionándola, sugestionándose	sugestionándonos	sugestionándoos	sugestionándolos, sugestionándolas, sugestionándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative sugestiona
	dative	sugestióname	sugestiónate	sugestiónale	sugestiónanos	not used	sugestiónales
	accusative	sugestióname	sugestiónate	sugestiónalo, sugestiónala	sugestiónanos	not used	sugestiónalos, sugestiónalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative sugestioná
	dative	sugestioname	sugestionate	sugestionale	sugestionanos	not used	sugestionales
	accusative	sugestioname	sugestionate	sugestionalo, sugestionala	sugestionanos	not used	sugestionalos, sugestionalas
with formal second-person singular imperative sugestione
	dative	sugestióneme	not used	sugestiónele, sugestiónese	sugestiónenos	not used	sugestióneles
	accusative	sugestióneme	not used	sugestiónelo, sugestiónela, sugestiónese	sugestiónenos	not used	sugestiónelos, sugestiónelas
with first-person plural imperative sugestionemos
	dative	not used	sugestionémoste	sugestionémosle	sugestionémonos	sugestionémoos	sugestionémosles
	accusative	not used	sugestionémoste	sugestionémoslo, sugestionémosla	sugestionémonos	sugestionémoos	sugestionémoslos, sugestionémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sugestionad
	dative	sugestionadme	not used	sugestionadle	sugestionadnos	sugestionaos	sugestionadles
	accusative	sugestionadme	not used	sugestionadlo, sugestionadla	sugestionadnos	sugestionaos	sugestionadlos, sugestionadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative sugestionen
	dative	sugestiónenme	not used	sugestiónenle	sugestiónennos	not used	sugestiónenles, sugestiónense
	accusative	sugestiónenme	not used	sugestiónenlo, sugestiónenla	sugestiónennos	not used	sugestiónenlos, sugestiónenlas, sugestiónense

Derived terms

• sugestionable

 

Related terms

• sugestión
• sugestivo

 

Further reading

• “sugestionar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014