aprobar
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish aprobar.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧pro‧bar
Verb
aprobar
- to approve
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin approbāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /apɾoˈbaɾ/ [a.pɾoˈβ̞aɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧pro‧bar
Verb
aprobar (first-person singular present apruebo, first-person singular preterite aprobé, past participle aprobado)
- to approve, to condone, to permit
- Antonym: desaprobar
- to pass (succeed, e.g. on an exam)
Conjugation
Conjugation of aprobar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | |||||||
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gerund | |||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | |||||||
plural | |||||||
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 | vos |
tú||||||
imperfect | |||||||
preterite | |||||||
future | |||||||
conditional | |||||||
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | vos2 |
tú||||||
imperfect (ra) |
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imperfect (se) |
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future1 | |||||||
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | vos |
tú||||||
negative | no apruebes | no apruebe | no aprobemos | no aprobéis | no aprueben |
Selected combined forms of aprobar (o-ue alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive | dative | , | , | ||||
accusative | , , | , , | |||||
with gerund | dative | , | , | ||||
accusative | , , | , , | |||||
with informal second-person singular tú imperative | dative | not used | |||||
accusative | , | not used | , | ||||
with informal second-person singular vos imperative | dative | not used | |||||
accusative | , | not used | , | ||||
with formal second-person singular imperative | dative | not used | , | not used | |||
accusative | not used | , , | not used | , | |||
with first-person plural imperative | dative | not used | |||||
accusative | not used | , | , | ||||
with informal second-person plural imperative | dative | not used | |||||
accusative | not used | , | , | ||||
with formal second-person plural imperative | dative | not used | not used | , | |||
accusative | not used | , | not used | , , |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Cebuano: aprobar
Further reading
- “aprobar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024