embargar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *imbarricāre, from Latin in- + Vulgar Latin *barra.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /embaɾˈɡaɾ/ [ẽm.baɾˈɣ̞aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: em‧bar‧gar

Verb

embargar (first-person singular present embargo, first-person singular preterite embargué, past participle embargado)

  1. (law) to impound
  2. to overwhelm (said of a feeling)

Conjugation
    Conjugation of embargar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive embargar
gerund embargando
past participle masculine feminine
singular embargado embargada
plural embargados embargadas
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 embargo embargastú
embargásvos		 embarga embargamos embargáis embargan
imperfect embargaba embargabas embargaba embargábamos embargabais embargaban
preterite embargué embargaste embargó embargamos embargasteis embargaron
future embargaré embargarás embargará embargaremos embargaréis embargarán
conditional embargaría embargarías embargaría embargaríamos embargaríais embargarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present embargue embarguestú
embarguésvos2		 embargue embarguemos embarguéis embarguen
imperfect
(ra)		 embargara embargaras embargara embargáramos embargarais embargaran
imperfect
(se)		 embargase embargases embargase embargásemos embargaseis embargasen
future1 embargare embargares embargare embargáremos embargareis embargaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative embargatú
embargávos		 embargue embarguemos embargad embarguen
negative no embargues no embargue no embarguemos no embarguéis no embarguen

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

    Selected combined forms of embargar (g-gu alternation)

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 embargar
dative embargarme embargarte embargarle, embargarse embargarnos embargaros embargarles, embargarse
accusative embargarme embargarte embargarlo, embargarla, embargarse embargarnos embargaros embargarlos, embargarlas, embargarse
with gerund embargando
dative embargándome embargándote embargándole, embargándose embargándonos embargándoos embargándoles, embargándose
accusative embargándome embargándote embargándolo, embargándola, embargándose embargándonos embargándoos embargándolos, embargándolas, embargándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative embarga
dative embárgame embárgate embárgale embárganos not used embárgales
accusative embárgame embárgate embárgalo, embárgala embárganos not used embárgalos, embárgalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative embargá
dative embargame embargate embargale embarganos not used embargales
accusative embargame embargate embargalo, embargala embarganos not used embargalos, embargalas
with formal second-person singular imperative embargue
dative embárgueme not used embárguele, embárguese embárguenos not used embárgueles
accusative embárgueme not used embárguelo, embárguela, embárguese embárguenos not used embárguelos, embárguelas
with first-person plural imperative embarguemos
dative not used embarguémoste embarguémosle embarguémonos embarguémoos embarguémosles
accusative not used embarguémoste embarguémoslo, embarguémosla embarguémonos embarguémoos embarguémoslos, embarguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative embargad
dative embargadme not used embargadle embargadnos embargaos embargadles
accusative embargadme not used embargadlo, embargadla embargadnos embargaos embargadlos, embargadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative embarguen
dative embárguenme not used embárguenle embárguennos not used embárguenles, embárguense
accusative embárguenme not used embárguenlo, embárguenla embárguennos not used embárguenlos, embárguenlas, embárguense

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