arrobar

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aroˈbaɾ/ [a.roˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧rro‧bar

Verb

arrobar (first-person singular present arrobo, first-person singular preterite arrobé, past participle arrobado)

1. to enrapture

   Synonyms: cautivar, embelesar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arrobar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			arrobar
gerund			arrobando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		arrobado		arrobada
		plural		arrobados		arrobadas
		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	arrobo	arrobastú arrobásvos	arroba	arrobamos	arrobáis	arroban
	imperfect	arrobaba	arrobabas	arrobaba	arrobábamos	arrobabais	arrobaban
	preterite	arrobé	arrobaste	arrobó	arrobamos	arrobasteis	arrobaron
	future	arrobaré	arrobarás	arrobará	arrobaremos	arrobaréis	arrobarán
	conditional	arrobaría	arrobarías	arrobaría	arrobaríamos	arrobaríais	arrobarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	arrobe	arrobestú arrobésvos2	arrobe	arrobemos	arrobéis	arroben
	imperfect (ra)	arrobara	arrobaras	arrobara	arrobáramos	arrobarais	arrobaran
	imperfect (se)	arrobase	arrobases	arrobase	arrobásemos	arrobaseis	arrobasen
	future1	arrobare	arrobares	arrobare	arrobáremos	arrobareis	arrobaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		arrobatú arrobávos	arrobe	arrobemos	arrobad	arroben
	negative		no arrobes	no arrobe	no arrobemos	no arrobéis	no arroben

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

    Selected combined forms of arrobar

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 arrobar
	dative	arrobarme	arrobarte	arrobarle, arrobarse	arrobarnos	arrobaros	arrobarles, arrobarse
	accusative	arrobarme	arrobarte	arrobarlo, arrobarla, arrobarse	arrobarnos	arrobaros	arrobarlos, arrobarlas, arrobarse
with gerund arrobando
	dative	arrobándome	arrobándote	arrobándole, arrobándose	arrobándonos	arrobándoos	arrobándoles, arrobándose
	accusative	arrobándome	arrobándote	arrobándolo, arrobándola, arrobándose	arrobándonos	arrobándoos	arrobándolos, arrobándolas, arrobándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative arroba
	dative	arróbame	arróbate	arróbale	arróbanos	not used	arróbales
	accusative	arróbame	arróbate	arróbalo, arróbala	arróbanos	not used	arróbalos, arróbalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative arrobá
	dative	arrobame	arrobate	arrobale	arrobanos	not used	arrobales
	accusative	arrobame	arrobate	arrobalo, arrobala	arrobanos	not used	arrobalos, arrobalas
with formal second-person singular imperative arrobe
	dative	arróbeme	not used	arróbele, arróbese	arróbenos	not used	arróbeles
	accusative	arróbeme	not used	arróbelo, arróbela, arróbese	arróbenos	not used	arróbelos, arróbelas
with first-person plural imperative arrobemos
	dative	not used	arrobémoste	arrobémosle	arrobémonos	arrobémoos	arrobémosles
	accusative	not used	arrobémoste	arrobémoslo, arrobémosla	arrobémonos	arrobémoos	arrobémoslos, arrobémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative arrobad
	dative	arrobadme	not used	arrobadle	arrobadnos	arrobaos	arrobadles
	accusative	arrobadme	not used	arrobadlo, arrobadla	arrobadnos	arrobaos	arrobadlos, arrobadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative arroben
	dative	arróbenme	not used	arróbenle	arróbennos	not used	arróbenles, arróbense
	accusative	arróbenme	not used	arróbenlo, arróbenla	arróbennos	not used	arróbenlos, arróbenlas, arróbense

Derived terms

• arrobamiento

 

Further reading

• “arrobar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28