sablear

Spanish

Etymology

From sable +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sableˈaɾ/ [sa.β̞leˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: sa‧ble‧ar

Verb

sablear (first-person singular present sableo, first-person singular preterite sableé, past participle sableado)

1. (transitive, colloquial) to scrounge

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sablear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			sablear
gerund			sableando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sableado		sableada
		plural		sableados		sableadas
		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	sableo	sableastú sableásvos	sablea	sableamos	sableáis	sablean
	imperfect	sableaba	sableabas	sableaba	sableábamos	sableabais	sableaban
	preterite	sableé	sableaste	sableó	sableamos	sableasteis	sablearon
	future	sablearé	sablearás	sableará	sablearemos	sablearéis	sablearán
	conditional	sablearía	sablearías	sablearía	sablearíamos	sablearíais	sablearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sablee	sableestú sableésvos2	sablee	sableemos	sableéis	sableen
	imperfect (ra)	sableara	sablearas	sableara	sableáramos	sablearais	sablearan
	imperfect (se)	sablease	sableases	sablease	sableásemos	sableaseis	sableasen
	future1	sableare	sableares	sableare	sableáremos	sableareis	sablearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		sableatú sableávos	sablee	sableemos	sablead	sableen
	negative		no sablees	no sablee	no sableemos	no sableéis	no sableen

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

    Selected combined forms of sablear

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 sablear	dative	sablearme	sablearte	sablearle, sablearse	sablearnos	sablearos	sablearles, sablearse
	accusative	sablearme	sablearte	sablearlo, sablearla, sablearse	sablearnos	sablearos	sablearlos, sablearlas, sablearse
with gerund sableando	dative	sableándome	sableándote	sableándole, sableándose	sableándonos	sableándoos	sableándoles, sableándose
	accusative	sableándome	sableándote	sableándolo, sableándola, sableándose	sableándonos	sableándoos	sableándolos, sableándolas, sableándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative sablea	dative	sabléame	sabléate	sabléale	sabléanos	not used	sabléales
	accusative	sabléame	sabléate	sabléalo, sabléala	sabléanos	not used	sabléalos, sabléalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative sableá	dative	sableame	sableate	sableale	sableanos	not used	sableales
	accusative	sableame	sableate	sablealo, sableala	sableanos	not used	sablealos, sablealas
with formal second-person singular imperative sablee	dative	sabléeme	not used	sabléele, sabléese	sabléenos	not used	sabléeles
	accusative	sabléeme	not used	sabléelo, sabléela, sabléese	sabléenos	not used	sabléelos, sabléelas
with first-person plural imperative sableemos	dative	not used	sableémoste	sableémosle	sableémonos	sableémoos	sableémosles
	accusative	not used	sableémoste	sableémoslo, sableémosla	sableémonos	sableémoos	sableémoslos, sableémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sablead	dative	sableadme	not used	sableadle	sableadnos	sableaos	sableadles
	accusative	sableadme	not used	sableadlo, sableadla	sableadnos	sableaos	sableadlos, sableadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative sableen	dative	sabléenme	not used	sabléenle	sabléennos	not used	sabléenles, sabléense
	accusative	sabléenme	not used	sabléenlo, sabléenla	sabléennos	not used	sabléenlos, sabléenlas, sabléense

Further reading

• “sablear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025