fabular

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fābulāris. By surface analysis, fable +‎ -ar.

Adjective

fabular (comparative more fabular, superlative most fabular)

1. Of, or pertaining to, fables.
2. In the form of a fable.

Spanish

Etymology

From fábula, or borrowed from Latin fabulārī, and thus a doublet of the inherited hablar (“talk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fabuˈlaɾ/ [fa.β̞uˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fa‧bu‧lar

Verb

fabular (first-person singular present fabulo, first-person singular preterite fabulé, past participle fabulado)

1. to fabulate, make up, think up (invent)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fabular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			fabular
gerund			fabulando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fabulado		fabulada
		plural		fabulados		fabuladas
		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	fabulo	fabulastú fabulásvos	fabula	fabulamos	fabuláis	fabulan
	imperfect	fabulaba	fabulabas	fabulaba	fabulábamos	fabulabais	fabulaban
	preterite	fabulé	fabulaste	fabuló	fabulamos	fabulasteis	fabularon
	future	fabularé	fabularás	fabulará	fabularemos	fabularéis	fabularán
	conditional	fabularía	fabularías	fabularía	fabularíamos	fabularíais	fabularían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	fabule	fabulestú fabulésvos2	fabule	fabulemos	fabuléis	fabulen
	imperfect (ra)	fabulara	fabularas	fabulara	fabuláramos	fabularais	fabularan
	imperfect (se)	fabulase	fabulases	fabulase	fabulásemos	fabulaseis	fabulasen
	future1	fabulare	fabulares	fabulare	fabuláremos	fabulareis	fabularen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		fabulatú fabulávos	fabule	fabulemos	fabulad	fabulen
	negative		no fabules	no fabule	no fabulemos	no fabuléis	no fabulen

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

    Selected combined forms of fabular

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 fabular	dative	fabularme	fabularte	fabularle, fabularse	fabularnos	fabularos	fabularles, fabularse
	accusative	fabularme	fabularte	fabularlo, fabularla, fabularse	fabularnos	fabularos	fabularlos, fabularlas, fabularse
with gerund fabulando	dative	fabulándome	fabulándote	fabulándole, fabulándose	fabulándonos	fabulándoos	fabulándoles, fabulándose
	accusative	fabulándome	fabulándote	fabulándolo, fabulándola, fabulándose	fabulándonos	fabulándoos	fabulándolos, fabulándolas, fabulándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative fabula	dative	fabúlame	fabúlate	fabúlale	fabúlanos	not used	fabúlales
	accusative	fabúlame	fabúlate	fabúlalo, fabúlala	fabúlanos	not used	fabúlalos, fabúlalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative fabulá	dative	fabulame	fabulate	fabulale	fabulanos	not used	fabulales
	accusative	fabulame	fabulate	fabulalo, fabulala	fabulanos	not used	fabulalos, fabulalas
with formal second-person singular imperative fabule	dative	fabúleme	not used	fabúlele, fabúlese	fabúlenos	not used	fabúleles
	accusative	fabúleme	not used	fabúlelo, fabúlela, fabúlese	fabúlenos	not used	fabúlelos, fabúlelas
with first-person plural imperative fabulemos	dative	not used	fabulémoste	fabulémosle	fabulémonos	fabulémoos	fabulémosles
	accusative	not used	fabulémoste	fabulémoslo, fabulémosla	fabulémonos	fabulémoos	fabulémoslos, fabulémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative fabulad	dative	fabuladme	not used	fabuladle	fabuladnos	fabulaos	fabuladles
	accusative	fabuladme	not used	fabuladlo, fabuladla	fabuladnos	fabulaos	fabuladlos, fabuladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative fabulen	dative	fabúlenme	not used	fabúlenle	fabúlennos	not used	fabúlenles, fabúlense
	accusative	fabúlenme	not used	fabúlenlo, fabúlenla	fabúlennos	not used	fabúlenlos, fabúlenlas, fabúlense

Further reading

• “fabular”, 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