inseminar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin in + sēminō (“to plant, sow”), from sēmen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /insemiˈnaɾ/ [ĩn.se.miˈnaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: in‧se‧mi‧nar

Verb

inseminar (first-person singular present insemino, first-person singular preterite inseminé, past participle inseminado)

to inseminate

Conjugation

Conjugation of inseminar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			inseminar
gerund			inseminando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		inseminado		inseminada
		plural		inseminados		inseminadas
		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	insemino	inseminas^{^tú} inseminás^{^vos}	insemina	inseminamos	insemináis	inseminan
	imperfect	inseminaba	inseminabas	inseminaba	inseminábamos	inseminabais	inseminaban
	preterite	inseminé	inseminaste	inseminó	inseminamos	inseminasteis	inseminaron
	future	inseminaré	inseminarás	inseminará	inseminaremos	inseminaréis	inseminarán
	conditional	inseminaría	inseminarías	inseminaría	inseminaríamos	inseminaríais	inseminarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	insemine	insemines^{^tú} inseminés^{^vos²}	insemine	inseminemos	inseminéis	inseminen
	imperfect (ra)	inseminara	inseminaras	inseminara	insemináramos	inseminarais	inseminaran
	imperfect (se)	inseminase	inseminases	inseminase	inseminásemos	inseminaseis	inseminasen
	future¹	inseminare	inseminares	inseminare	insemináremos	inseminareis	inseminaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		insemina^{^tú} inseminá^{^vos}	insemine	inseminemos	inseminad	inseminen
	negative		no insemines	no insemine	no inseminemos	no inseminéis	no inseminen

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

Selected combined forms of inseminar

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 inseminar	dative	inseminarme	inseminarte	inseminarle, inseminarse	inseminarnos	inseminaros	inseminarles, inseminarse
with infinitive inseminar	accusative	inseminarme	inseminarte	inseminarlo, inseminarla, inseminarse	inseminarnos	inseminaros	inseminarlos, inseminarlas, inseminarse

with gerund inseminando	dative	inseminándome	inseminándote	inseminándole, inseminándose	inseminándonos	inseminándoos	inseminándoles, inseminándose
with gerund inseminando	accusative	inseminándome	inseminándote	inseminándolo, inseminándola, inseminándose	inseminándonos	inseminándoos	inseminándolos, inseminándolas, inseminándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative insemina	dative	insemíname	insemínate	insemínale	insemínanos	not used	insemínales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative insemina	accusative	insemíname	insemínate	insemínalo, insemínala	insemínanos	not used	insemínalos, insemínalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative inseminá	dative	inseminame	inseminate	inseminale	inseminanos	not used	inseminales
	accusative	inseminame	inseminate	inseminalo, inseminala	inseminanos	not used	inseminalos, inseminalas

with formal second-person singular imperative insemine	dative	insemíneme	not used	insemínele, insemínese	insemínenos	not used	insemíneles
with formal second-person singular imperative insemine	accusative	insemíneme	not used	insemínelo, insemínela, insemínese	insemínenos	not used	insemínelos, insemínelas

with first-person plural imperative inseminemos	dative	not used	inseminémoste	inseminémosle	inseminémonos	inseminémoos	inseminémosles
with first-person plural imperative inseminemos	accusative	not used	inseminémoste	inseminémoslo, inseminémosla	inseminémonos	inseminémoos	inseminémoslos, inseminémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative inseminad	dative	inseminadme	not used	inseminadle	inseminadnos	inseminaos	inseminadles
with informal second-person plural imperative inseminad	accusative	inseminadme	not used	inseminadlo, inseminadla	inseminadnos	inseminaos	inseminadlos, inseminadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative inseminen	dative	insemínenme	not used	insemínenle	insemínennos	not used	insemínenles, insemínense
with formal second-person plural imperative inseminen	accusative	insemínenme	not used	insemínenlo, insemínenla	insemínennos	not used	insemínenlos, insemínenlas, insemínense

Derived terms

inseminación