abovedar

Spanish

Etymology

From a- ‎ bóveda ‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abobeˈdaɾ/ [a.β̞o.β̞eˈð̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧bo‧ve‧dar

Verb

abovedar (first-person singular present abovedo, first-person singular preterite abovedé, past participle abovedado)

1. (transitive) to vault, to arch

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abovedar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			abovedar
gerund			abovedando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		abovedado		abovedada
		plural		abovedados		abovedadas
		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	abovedo	abovedastú abovedásvos	aboveda	abovedamos	abovedáis	abovedan
	imperfect	abovedaba	abovedabas	abovedaba	abovedábamos	abovedabais	abovedaban
	preterite	abovedé	abovedaste	abovedó	abovedamos	abovedasteis	abovedaron
	future	abovedaré	abovedarás	abovedará	abovedaremos	abovedaréis	abovedarán
	conditional	abovedaría	abovedarías	abovedaría	abovedaríamos	abovedaríais	abovedarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	abovede	abovedestú abovedésvos2	abovede	abovedemos	abovedéis	aboveden
	imperfect (ra)	abovedara	abovedaras	abovedara	abovedáramos	abovedarais	abovedaran
	imperfect (se)	abovedase	abovedases	abovedase	abovedásemos	abovedaseis	abovedasen
	future1	abovedare	abovedares	abovedare	abovedáremos	abovedareis	abovedaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		abovedatú abovedávos	abovede	abovedemos	abovedad	aboveden
	negative		no abovedes	no abovede	no abovedemos	no abovedéis	no aboveden

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

Derived terms

• abovedado
• abovedamiento

 

Further reading

• “abovedar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28