alumbrar

Spanish

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin allūmināre. Compare Portuguese alumiar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /alumˈbɾaɾ/ [a.lũmˈbɾaɾ]
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  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧lum‧brar

Verb

alumbrar (first-person singular present alumbro, first-person singular preterite alumbré, past participle alumbrado)

  1. (transitive) to illuminate
    Synonyms: iluminar, aluzar
  2. (transitive) to give birth
    Synonym: dar a luz
  3. (transitive) to shed light (on)
  4. (reflexive) to get tipsy

Conjugation
    Conjugation of alumbrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive alumbrar
gerund alumbrando
past participle masculine feminine
singular alumbrado alumbrada
plural alumbrados alumbradas
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 alumbro alumbrastú
alumbrásvos		 alumbra alumbramos alumbráis alumbran
imperfect alumbraba alumbrabas alumbraba alumbrábamos alumbrabais alumbraban
preterite alumbré alumbraste alumbró alumbramos alumbrasteis alumbraron
future alumbraré alumbrarás alumbrará alumbraremos alumbraréis alumbrarán
conditional alumbraría alumbrarías alumbraría alumbraríamos alumbraríais alumbrarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present alumbre alumbrestú
alumbrésvos2		 alumbre alumbremos alumbréis alumbren
imperfect
(ra)		 alumbrara alumbraras alumbrara alumbráramos alumbrarais alumbraran
imperfect
(se)		 alumbrase alumbrases alumbrase alumbrásemos alumbraseis alumbrasen
future1 alumbrare alumbrares alumbrare alumbráremos alumbrareis alumbraren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative alumbratú
alumbrávos		 alumbre alumbremos alumbrad alumbren
negative no alumbres no alumbre no alumbremos no alumbréis no alumbren

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

    Selected combined forms of alumbrar

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 alumbrar
dative alumbrarme alumbrarte alumbrarle, alumbrarse alumbrarnos alumbraros alumbrarles, alumbrarse
accusative alumbrarme alumbrarte alumbrarlo, alumbrarla, alumbrarse alumbrarnos alumbraros alumbrarlos, alumbrarlas, alumbrarse
with gerund alumbrando
dative alumbrándome alumbrándote alumbrándole, alumbrándose alumbrándonos alumbrándoos alumbrándoles, alumbrándose
accusative alumbrándome alumbrándote alumbrándolo, alumbrándola, alumbrándose alumbrándonos alumbrándoos alumbrándolos, alumbrándolas, alumbrándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative alumbra
dative alúmbrame alúmbrate alúmbrale alúmbranos not used alúmbrales
accusative alúmbrame alúmbrate alúmbralo, alúmbrala alúmbranos not used alúmbralos, alúmbralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative alumbrá
dative alumbrame alumbrate alumbrale alumbranos not used alumbrales
accusative alumbrame alumbrate alumbralo, alumbrala alumbranos not used alumbralos, alumbralas
with formal second-person singular imperative alumbre
dative alúmbreme not used alúmbrele, alúmbrese alúmbrenos not used alúmbreles
accusative alúmbreme not used alúmbrelo, alúmbrela, alúmbrese alúmbrenos not used alúmbrelos, alúmbrelas
with first-person plural imperative alumbremos
dative not used alumbrémoste alumbrémosle alumbrémonos alumbrémoos alumbrémosles
accusative not used alumbrémoste alumbrémoslo, alumbrémosla alumbrémonos alumbrémoos alumbrémoslos, alumbrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative alumbrad
dative alumbradme not used alumbradle alumbradnos alumbraos alumbradles
accusative alumbradme not used alumbradlo, alumbradla alumbradnos alumbraos alumbradlos, alumbradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative alumbren
dative alúmbrenme not used alúmbrenle alúmbrennos not used alúmbrenles, alúmbrense
accusative alúmbrenme not used alúmbrenlo, alúmbrenla alúmbrennos not used alúmbrenlos, alúmbrenlas, alúmbrense

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