atravesar

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin trānsversāre, modified based on a través de (“across”), from Classical Latin trānsversus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /atɾabeˈsaɾ/ [a.t̪ɾa.β̞eˈsaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧tra‧ve‧sar

Verb

atravesar (first-person singular present atravieso, first-person singular preterite atravesé, past participle atravesado)

  1. to cross, to traverse
    Synonyms: traspasar, penetrar
  2. to pierce
    Synonym: perforar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of atravesar (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive atravesar
gerund atravesando
past participle masculine feminine
singular atravesado atravesada
plural atravesados atravesadas
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 atravieso atraviesastú
atravesásvos 		atraviesa atravesamos atravesáis atraviesan
imperfect atravesaba atravesabas atravesaba atravesábamos atravesabais atravesaban
preterite atravesé atravesaste atravesó atravesamos atravesasteis atravesaron
future atravesaré atravesarás atravesará atravesaremos atravesaréis atravesarán
conditional atravesaría atravesarías atravesaría atravesaríamos atravesaríais atravesarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present atraviese atraviesestú
atravesésvos2 		atraviese atravesemos atraveséis atraviesen
imperfect
(ra) 		atravesara atravesaras atravesara atravesáramos atravesarais atravesaran
imperfect
(se) 		atravesase atravesases atravesase atravesásemos atravesaseis atravesasen
future1 atravesare atravesares atravesare atravesáremos atravesareis atravesaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative atraviesatú
atravesávos 		atraviese atravesemos atravesad atraviesen
negative no atravieses no atraviese no atravesemos no atraveséis no atraviesen

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

    Selected combined forms of atravesar (e-ie alternation)

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 atravesar dative atravesarme atravesarte atravesarle, atravesarse atravesarnos atravesaros atravesarles, atravesarse
accusative atravesarme atravesarte atravesarlo, atravesarla, atravesarse atravesarnos atravesaros atravesarlos, atravesarlas, atravesarse
with gerund atravesando dative atravesándome atravesándote atravesándole, atravesándose atravesándonos atravesándoos atravesándoles, atravesándose
accusative atravesándome atravesándote atravesándolo, atravesándola, atravesándose atravesándonos atravesándoos atravesándolos, atravesándolas, atravesándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative atraviesa dative atraviésame atraviésate atraviésale atraviésanos not used atraviésales
accusative atraviésame atraviésate atraviésalo, atraviésala atraviésanos not used atraviésalos, atraviésalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative atravesá dative atravesame atravesate atravesale atravesanos not used atravesales
accusative atravesame atravesate atravesalo, atravesala atravesanos not used atravesalos, atravesalas
with formal second-person singular imperative atraviese dative atraviéseme not used atraviésele, atraviésese atraviésenos not used atraviéseles
accusative atraviéseme not used atraviéselo, atraviésela, atraviésese atraviésenos not used atraviéselos, atraviéselas
with first-person plural imperative atravesemos dative not used atravesémoste atravesémosle atravesémonos atravesémoos atravesémosles
accusative not used atravesémoste atravesémoslo, atravesémosla atravesémonos atravesémoos atravesémoslos, atravesémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative atravesad dative atravesadme not used atravesadle atravesadnos atravesaos atravesadles
accusative atravesadme not used atravesadlo, atravesadla atravesadnos atravesaos atravesadlos, atravesadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative atraviesen dative atraviésenme not used atraviésenle atraviésennos not used atraviésenles, atraviésense
accusative atraviésenme not used atraviésenlo, atraviésenla atraviésennos not used atraviésenlos, atraviésenlas, atraviésense

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