espabilar
Spanish
Etymology
From pabilo (“candlewick”).
Verb
espabilar (first-person singular present espabilo, first-person singular preterite espabilé, past participle espabilado) (see despabilar)
- (Spain, transitive) to snuff a candle (to remove any excedent portion of a candle's wick that is charred)
- Synonym: despabilar
- (Spain, transitive, also reflexive) to brighten up, to enliven, to make smart or smarter
- Synonyms: abusar, avivar, avispar, despabilar, despertar
- (Spain) to wake up
- (Spain) to pay attention, watch out
- Synonym: tener cuidado
- (Spain, reflexive) to hurry up
- Synonyms: apurarse, darse prisa
Conjugation
Conjugation of espabilar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of espabilar
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 espabilar | |||||||
| dative | espabilarme | espabilarte | espabilarle, espabilarse | espabilarnos | espabilaros | espabilarles, espabilarse | |
| accusative | espabilarme | espabilarte | espabilarlo, espabilarla, espabilarse | espabilarnos | espabilaros | espabilarlos, espabilarlas, espabilarse | |
| with gerund espabilando | |||||||
| dative | espabilándome | espabilándote | espabilándole, espabilándose | espabilándonos | espabilándoos | espabilándoles, espabilándose | |
| accusative | espabilándome | espabilándote | espabilándolo, espabilándola, espabilándose | espabilándonos | espabilándoos | espabilándolos, espabilándolas, espabilándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative espabila | |||||||
| dative | espabílame | espabílate | espabílale | espabílanos | not used | espabílales | |
| accusative | espabílame | espabílate | espabílalo, espabílala | espabílanos | not used | espabílalos, espabílalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative espabilá | |||||||
| dative | espabilame | espabilate | espabilale | espabilanos | not used | espabilales | |
| accusative | espabilame | espabilate | espabilalo, espabilala | espabilanos | not used | espabilalos, espabilalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative espabile | |||||||
| dative | espabíleme | not used | espabílele, espabílese | espabílenos | not used | espabíleles | |
| accusative | espabíleme | not used | espabílelo, espabílela, espabílese | espabílenos | not used | espabílelos, espabílelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative espabilemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | espabilémoste | espabilémosle | espabilémonos | espabilémoos | espabilémosles | |
| accusative | not used | espabilémoste | espabilémoslo, espabilémosla | espabilémonos | espabilémoos | espabilémoslos, espabilémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative espabilad | |||||||
| dative | espabiladme | not used | espabiladle | espabiladnos | espabilaos | espabiladles | |
| accusative | espabiladme | not used | espabiladlo, espabiladla | espabiladnos | espabilaos | espabiladlos, espabiladlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative espabilen | |||||||
| dative | espabílenme | not used | espabílenle | espabílennos | not used | espabílenles, espabílense | |
| accusative | espabílenme | not used | espabílenlo, espabílenla | espabílennos | not used | espabílenlos, espabílenlas, espabílense | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “espabilar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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