pivotar

Spanish

Alternative forms

• pivotear

Etymology

Borrowed from French pivoter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piboˈtaɾ/ [pi.β̞oˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pi‧vo‧tar

Verb

pivotar (first-person singular present pivoto, first-person singular preterite pivoté, past participle pivotado)

1. to pivot

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pivotar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			pivotar
gerund			pivotando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pivotado		pivotada
		plural		pivotados		pivotadas
		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	pivoto	pivotastú pivotásvos	pivota	pivotamos	pivotáis	pivotan
	imperfect	pivotaba	pivotabas	pivotaba	pivotábamos	pivotabais	pivotaban
	preterite	pivoté	pivotaste	pivotó	pivotamos	pivotasteis	pivotaron
	future	pivotaré	pivotarás	pivotará	pivotaremos	pivotaréis	pivotarán
	conditional	pivotaría	pivotarías	pivotaría	pivotaríamos	pivotaríais	pivotarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pivote	pivotestú pivotésvos2	pivote	pivotemos	pivotéis	pivoten
	imperfect (ra)	pivotara	pivotaras	pivotara	pivotáramos	pivotarais	pivotaran
	imperfect (se)	pivotase	pivotases	pivotase	pivotásemos	pivotaseis	pivotasen
	future1	pivotare	pivotares	pivotare	pivotáremos	pivotareis	pivotaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pivotatú pivotávos	pivote	pivotemos	pivotad	pivoten
	negative		no pivotes	no pivote	no pivotemos	no pivotéis	no pivoten

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

    Selected combined forms of pivotar

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 pivotar
	dative	pivotarme	pivotarte	pivotarle, pivotarse	pivotarnos	pivotaros	pivotarles, pivotarse
	accusative	pivotarme	pivotarte	pivotarlo, pivotarla, pivotarse	pivotarnos	pivotaros	pivotarlos, pivotarlas, pivotarse
with gerund pivotando
	dative	pivotándome	pivotándote	pivotándole, pivotándose	pivotándonos	pivotándoos	pivotándoles, pivotándose
	accusative	pivotándome	pivotándote	pivotándolo, pivotándola, pivotándose	pivotándonos	pivotándoos	pivotándolos, pivotándolas, pivotándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative pivota
	dative	pivótame	pivótate	pivótale	pivótanos	not used	pivótales
	accusative	pivótame	pivótate	pivótalo, pivótala	pivótanos	not used	pivótalos, pivótalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative pivotá
	dative	pivotame	pivotate	pivotale	pivotanos	not used	pivotales
	accusative	pivotame	pivotate	pivotalo, pivotala	pivotanos	not used	pivotalos, pivotalas
with formal second-person singular imperative pivote
	dative	pivóteme	not used	pivótele, pivótese	pivótenos	not used	pivóteles
	accusative	pivóteme	not used	pivótelo, pivótela, pivótese	pivótenos	not used	pivótelos, pivótelas
with first-person plural imperative pivotemos
	dative	not used	pivotémoste	pivotémosle	pivotémonos	pivotémoos	pivotémosles
	accusative	not used	pivotémoste	pivotémoslo, pivotémosla	pivotémonos	pivotémoos	pivotémoslos, pivotémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative pivotad
	dative	pivotadme	not used	pivotadle	pivotadnos	pivotaos	pivotadles
	accusative	pivotadme	not used	pivotadlo, pivotadla	pivotadnos	pivotaos	pivotadlos, pivotadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative pivoten
	dative	pivótenme	not used	pivótenle	pivótennos	not used	pivótenles, pivótense
	accusative	pivótenme	not used	pivótenlo, pivótenla	pivótennos	not used	pivótenlos, pivótenlas, pivótense

Related terms

• pivote

 

Further reading

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