pivotar

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French pivoter.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /piboˈtaɾ/ [pi.β̞oˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: pi‧vo‧tar

Verb

pivotar (first-person singular present pivoto, first-person singular preterite pivoté, past participle pivotado)

  1. to pivot

Conjugation
    Conjugation of pivotar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive pivotar
gerund pivotando
past participle masculine feminine
singular pivotado pivotada
plural pivotados pivotadas
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 pivoto pivotastú
pivotásvos		 pivota pivotamos pivotáis pivotan
imperfect pivotaba pivotabas pivotaba pivotábamos pivotabais pivotaban
preterite pivoté pivotaste pivotó pivotamos pivotasteis pivotaron
future pivotaré pivotarás pivotará pivotaremos pivotaréis pivotarán
conditional pivotaría pivotarías pivotaría pivotaríamos pivotaríais pivotarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present pivote pivotestú
pivotésvos2		 pivote pivotemos pivotéis pivoten
imperfect
(ra)		 pivotara pivotaras pivotara pivotáramos pivotarais pivotaran
imperfect
(se)		 pivotase pivotases pivotase pivotásemos pivotaseis pivotasen
future1 pivotare pivotares pivotare pivotáremos pivotareis pivotaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative pivotatú
pivotávos		 pivote pivotemos pivotad pivoten
negative no pivotes no pivote no pivotemos no pivotéis no pivoten

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

    Selected combined forms of pivotar

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 pivotar
dative pivotarme pivotarte pivotarle, pivotarse pivotarnos pivotaros pivotarles, pivotarse
accusative pivotarme pivotarte pivotarlo, pivotarla, pivotarse pivotarnos pivotaros pivotarlos, pivotarlas, pivotarse
with gerund pivotando
dative pivotándome pivotándote pivotándole, pivotándose pivotándonos pivotándoos pivotándoles, pivotándose
accusative pivotándome pivotándote pivotándolo, pivotándola, pivotándose pivotándonos pivotándoos pivotándolos, pivotándolas, pivotándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative pivota
dative pivótame pivótate pivótale pivótanos not used pivótales
accusative pivótame pivótate pivótalo, pivótala pivótanos not used pivótalos, pivótalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative pivotá
dative pivotame pivotate pivotale pivotanos not used pivotales
accusative pivotame pivotate pivotalo, pivotala pivotanos not used pivotalos, pivotalas
with formal second-person singular imperative pivote
dative pivóteme not used pivótele, pivótese pivótenos not used pivóteles
accusative pivóteme not used pivótelo, pivótela, pivótese pivótenos not used pivótelos, pivótelas
with first-person plural imperative pivotemos
dative not used pivotémoste pivotémosle pivotémonos pivotémoos pivotémosles
accusative not used pivotémoste pivotémoslo, pivotémosla pivotémonos pivotémoos pivotémoslos, pivotémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative pivotad
dative pivotadme not used pivotadle pivotadnos pivotaos pivotadles
accusative pivotadme not used pivotadlo, pivotadla pivotadnos pivotaos pivotadlos, pivotadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative pivoten
dative pivótenme not used pivótenle pivótennos not used pivótenles, pivótense
accusative pivótenme not used pivótenlo, pivótenla pivótennos not used pivótenlos, pivótenlas, pivótense

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