repulsar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin repulsāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /repulˈsaɾ/ [re.pulˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧pul‧sar

Verb

repulsar (first-person singular present repulso, first-person singular preterite repulsé, past participle repulsado)

1. to reject, refuse
2. to repel, repulse

Conjugation

    Conjugation of repulsar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			repulsar
gerund			repulsando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		repulsado		repulsada
		plural		repulsados		repulsadas
		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	repulso	repulsastú repulsásvos	repulsa	repulsamos	repulsáis	repulsan
	imperfect	repulsaba	repulsabas	repulsaba	repulsábamos	repulsabais	repulsaban
	preterite	repulsé	repulsaste	repulsó	repulsamos	repulsasteis	repulsaron
	future	repulsaré	repulsarás	repulsará	repulsaremos	repulsaréis	repulsarán
	conditional	repulsaría	repulsarías	repulsaría	repulsaríamos	repulsaríais	repulsarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	repulse	repulsestú repulsésvos2	repulse	repulsemos	repulséis	repulsen
	imperfect (ra)	repulsara	repulsaras	repulsara	repulsáramos	repulsarais	repulsaran
	imperfect (se)	repulsase	repulsases	repulsase	repulsásemos	repulsaseis	repulsasen
	future1	repulsare	repulsares	repulsare	repulsáremos	repulsareis	repulsaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		repulsatú repulsávos	repulse	repulsemos	repulsad	repulsen
	negative		no repulses	no repulse	no repulsemos	no repulséis	no repulsen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of repulsar

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 repulsar	dative	repulsarme	repulsarte	repulsarle, repulsarse	repulsarnos	repulsaros	repulsarles, repulsarse
	accusative	repulsarme	repulsarte	repulsarlo, repulsarla, repulsarse	repulsarnos	repulsaros	repulsarlos, repulsarlas, repulsarse
with gerund repulsando	dative	repulsándome	repulsándote	repulsándole, repulsándose	repulsándonos	repulsándoos	repulsándoles, repulsándose
	accusative	repulsándome	repulsándote	repulsándolo, repulsándola, repulsándose	repulsándonos	repulsándoos	repulsándolos, repulsándolas, repulsándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative repulsa	dative	repúlsame	repúlsate	repúlsale	repúlsanos	not used	repúlsales
	accusative	repúlsame	repúlsate	repúlsalo, repúlsala	repúlsanos	not used	repúlsalos, repúlsalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative repulsá	dative	repulsame	repulsate	repulsale	repulsanos	not used	repulsales
	accusative	repulsame	repulsate	repulsalo, repulsala	repulsanos	not used	repulsalos, repulsalas
with formal second-person singular imperative repulse	dative	repúlseme	not used	repúlsele, repúlsese	repúlsenos	not used	repúlseles
	accusative	repúlseme	not used	repúlselo, repúlsela, repúlsese	repúlsenos	not used	repúlselos, repúlselas
with first-person plural imperative repulsemos	dative	not used	repulsémoste	repulsémosle	repulsémonos	repulsémoos	repulsémosles
	accusative	not used	repulsémoste	repulsémoslo, repulsémosla	repulsémonos	repulsémoos	repulsémoslos, repulsémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative repulsad	dative	repulsadme	not used	repulsadle	repulsadnos	repulsaos	repulsadles
	accusative	repulsadme	not used	repulsadlo, repulsadla	repulsadnos	repulsaos	repulsadlos, repulsadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative repulsen	dative	repúlsenme	not used	repúlsenle	repúlsennos	not used	repúlsenles, repúlsense
	accusative	repúlsenme	not used	repúlsenlo, repúlsenla	repúlsennos	not used	repúlsenlos, repúlsenlas, repúlsense

Related terms

• repulsión
• repulsivo

Further reading

• “repulsar”, 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