vertebrar

Spanish

Etymology

From vértebra +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beɾteˈbɾaɾ/ [beɾ.t̪eˈβ̞ɾaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ver‧te‧brar

Verb

vertebrar (first-person singular present vertebro, first-person singular preterite vertebré, past participle vertebrado)

  1. (transitive) to support
    • 2015 September 21, “La ciudad judicial fantasma de Aguirre”, in El País‎[1]:
      Y no para vertebrar un servicio público capaz de tutelar adecuadamente los derechos fundamentales de la ciudadanía.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vertebrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive vertebrar
gerund vertebrando
past participle masculine feminine
singular vertebrado vertebrada
plural vertebrados vertebradas
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 vertebro vertebrastú
vertebrásvos 		vertebra vertebramos vertebráis vertebran
imperfect vertebraba vertebrabas vertebraba vertebrábamos vertebrabais vertebraban
preterite vertebré vertebraste vertebró vertebramos vertebrasteis vertebraron
future vertebraré vertebrarás vertebrará vertebraremos vertebraréis vertebrarán
conditional vertebraría vertebrarías vertebraría vertebraríamos vertebraríais vertebrarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present vertebre vertebrestú
vertebrésvos2 		vertebre vertebremos vertebréis vertebren
imperfect
(ra) 		vertebrara vertebraras vertebrara vertebráramos vertebrarais vertebraran
imperfect
(se) 		vertebrase vertebrases vertebrase vertebrásemos vertebraseis vertebrasen
future1 vertebrare vertebrares vertebrare vertebráremos vertebrareis vertebraren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative vertebratú
vertebrávos 		vertebre vertebremos vertebrad vertebren
negative no vertebres no vertebre no vertebremos no vertebréis no vertebren

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

    Selected combined forms of vertebrar

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 vertebrar dative vertebrarme vertebrarte vertebrarle, vertebrarse vertebrarnos vertebraros vertebrarles, vertebrarse
accusative vertebrarme vertebrarte vertebrarlo, vertebrarla, vertebrarse vertebrarnos vertebraros vertebrarlos, vertebrarlas, vertebrarse
with gerund vertebrando dative vertebrándome vertebrándote vertebrándole, vertebrándose vertebrándonos vertebrándoos vertebrándoles, vertebrándose
accusative vertebrándome vertebrándote vertebrándolo, vertebrándola, vertebrándose vertebrándonos vertebrándoos vertebrándolos, vertebrándolas, vertebrándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative vertebra dative vertébrame vertébrate vertébrale vertébranos not used vertébrales
accusative vertébrame vertébrate vertébralo, vertébrala vertébranos not used vertébralos, vertébralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative vertebrá dative vertebrame vertebrate vertebrale vertebranos not used vertebrales
accusative vertebrame vertebrate vertebralo, vertebrala vertebranos not used vertebralos, vertebralas
with formal second-person singular imperative vertebre dative vertébreme not used vertébrele, vertébrese vertébrenos not used vertébreles
accusative vertébreme not used vertébrelo, vertébrela, vertébrese vertébrenos not used vertébrelos, vertébrelas
with first-person plural imperative vertebremos dative not used vertebrémoste vertebrémosle vertebrémonos vertebrémoos vertebrémosles
accusative not used vertebrémoste vertebrémoslo, vertebrémosla vertebrémonos vertebrémoos vertebrémoslos, vertebrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative vertebrad dative vertebradme not used vertebradle vertebradnos vertebraos vertebradles
accusative vertebradme not used vertebradlo, vertebradla vertebradnos vertebraos vertebradlos, vertebradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative vertebren dative vertébrenme not used vertébrenle vertébrennos not used vertébrenles, vertébrense
accusative vertébrenme not used vertébrenlo, vertébrenla vertébrennos not used vertébrenlos, vertébrenlas, vertébrense

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