entresacar
Spanish
Etymology
From entre- (“between”) + sacar (“take out, take off, remove”).
Verb
entresacar (first-person singular present entresaco, first-person singular preterite entresaqué, past participle entresacado)
- to pick out
- 2015 October 15, “Ocho libros de esta semana”, in El País[1]:
- Y apenas hemos querido entresacar algunos momentos de sus vidas; ni siquiera hemos caído en la tentación de hacer mucha psicología.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of entresacar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of entresacar (c-qu 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 entresacar | dative | entresacarme | entresacarte | entresacarle, entresacarse | entresacarnos | entresacaros | entresacarles, entresacarse |
| accusative | entresacarme | entresacarte | entresacarlo, entresacarla, entresacarse | entresacarnos | entresacaros | entresacarlos, entresacarlas, entresacarse | |
| with gerund entresacando | dative | entresacándome | entresacándote | entresacándole, entresacándose | entresacándonos | entresacándoos | entresacándoles, entresacándose |
| accusative | entresacándome | entresacándote | entresacándolo, entresacándola, entresacándose | entresacándonos | entresacándoos | entresacándolos, entresacándolas, entresacándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative entresaca | dative | entresácame | entresácate | entresácale | entresácanos | not used | entresácales |
| accusative | entresácame | entresácate | entresácalo, entresácala | entresácanos | not used | entresácalos, entresácalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative entresacá | dative | entresacame | entresacate | entresacale | entresacanos | not used | entresacales |
| accusative | entresacame | entresacate | entresacalo, entresacala | entresacanos | not used | entresacalos, entresacalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative entresaque | dative | entresáqueme | not used | entresáquele, entresáquese | entresáquenos | not used | entresáqueles |
| accusative | entresáqueme | not used | entresáquelo, entresáquela, entresáquese | entresáquenos | not used | entresáquelos, entresáquelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative entresaquemos | dative | not used | entresaquémoste | entresaquémosle | entresaquémonos | entresaquémoos | entresaquémosles |
| accusative | not used | entresaquémoste | entresaquémoslo, entresaquémosla | entresaquémonos | entresaquémoos | entresaquémoslos, entresaquémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative entresacad | dative | entresacadme | not used | entresacadle | entresacadnos | entresacaos | entresacadles |
| accusative | entresacadme | not used | entresacadlo, entresacadla | entresacadnos | entresacaos | entresacadlos, entresacadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative entresaquen | dative | entresáquenme | not used | entresáquenle | entresáquennos | not used | entresáquenles, entresáquense |
| accusative | entresáquenme | not used | entresáquenlo, entresáquenla | entresáquennos | not used | entresáquenlos, entresáquenlas, entresáquense | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “entresacar”, 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