esquinar

Spanish

Etymology

From esquina +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eskiˈnaɾ/ [es.kiˈnaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: es‧qui‧nar

Verb

esquinar (first-person singular present esquino, first-person singular preterite esquiné, past participle esquinado)

to be on the corner (of)
to corner, put (something) into a corner
to square off, square
to tick off (annoy)

Conjugation

Conjugation of esquinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			esquinar
gerund			esquinando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		esquinado		esquinada
		plural		esquinados		esquinadas
		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	esquino	esquinas^{^tú} esquinás^{^vos}	esquina	esquinamos	esquináis	esquinan
	imperfect	esquinaba	esquinabas	esquinaba	esquinábamos	esquinabais	esquinaban
	preterite	esquiné	esquinaste	esquinó	esquinamos	esquinasteis	esquinaron
	future	esquinaré	esquinarás	esquinará	esquinaremos	esquinaréis	esquinarán
	conditional	esquinaría	esquinarías	esquinaría	esquinaríamos	esquinaríais	esquinarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	esquine	esquines^{^tú} esquinés^{^vos²}	esquine	esquinemos	esquinéis	esquinen
	imperfect (ra)	esquinara	esquinaras	esquinara	esquináramos	esquinarais	esquinaran
	imperfect (se)	esquinase	esquinases	esquinase	esquinásemos	esquinaseis	esquinasen
	future¹	esquinare	esquinares	esquinare	esquináremos	esquinareis	esquinaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		esquina^{^tú} esquiná^{^vos}	esquine	esquinemos	esquinad	esquinen
	negative		no esquines	no esquine	no esquinemos	no esquinéis	no esquinen

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

Further reading

“esquinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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