alborear

Spanish

Etymology

From albor (“whiteness; dawn”) +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alboɾeˈaɾ/ [al.β̞o.ɾeˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: al‧bo‧re‧ar

Verb

alborear (first-person singular present alboreo, first-person singular preterite alboreé, past participle alboreado)

1. (intransitive, impersonal) to dawn (to begin to brighten with daylight)
2. (intransitive, by extension) to originate, to begin

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alborear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			alborear
gerund			alboreando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		alboreado		alboreada
		plural		alboreados		alboreadas
		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	alboreo	alboreastú alboreásvos	alborea	alboreamos	alboreáis	alborean
	imperfect	alboreaba	alboreabas	alboreaba	alboreábamos	alboreabais	alboreaban
	preterite	alboreé	alboreaste	alboreó	alboreamos	alboreasteis	alborearon
	future	alborearé	alborearás	alboreará	alborearemos	alborearéis	alborearán
	conditional	alborearía	alborearías	alborearía	alborearíamos	alborearíais	alborearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	alboree	alboreestú alboreésvos2	alboree	alboreemos	alboreéis	alboreen
	imperfect (ra)	alboreara	alborearas	alboreara	alboreáramos	alborearais	alborearan
	imperfect (se)	alborease	alboreases	alborease	alboreásemos	alboreaseis	alboreasen
	future1	alboreare	alboreares	alboreare	alboreáremos	alboreareis	alborearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		alboreatú alboreávos	alboree	alboreemos	alboread	alboreen
	negative		no alborees	no alboree	no alboreemos	no alboreéis	no alboreen

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

Further reading

• “alborear”, 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