encebar

Catalan

Alternative forms

(fatten): acevar (Valencia)

Etymology

From en- +‎ Latin cibare (“to feed”).

Verb

encebar (first-person singular present encebo, first-person singular preterite encebí, past participle encebat)(transitive)

to fatten (livestock)
(firearms) to prime
(electricity) to arc, to spark over

Derived terms

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /enθeˈbaɾ/ [ẽn̟.θeˈβ̞aɾ] (Spain)
IPA^(key): /enseˈbaɾ/ [ẽn.seˈβ̞aɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: en‧ce‧bar

Verb

encebar (first-person singular present encebo, first-person singular preterite encebé, past participle encebado)

to feed with barley

Conjugation

Conjugation of encebar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			encebar
gerund			encebando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		encebado		encebada
		plural		encebados		encebadas
		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	encebo	encebas^{^tú} encebás^{^vos}	enceba	encebamos	encebáis	enceban
	imperfect	encebaba	encebabas	encebaba	encebábamos	encebabais	encebaban
	preterite	encebé	encebaste	encebó	encebamos	encebasteis	encebaron
	future	encebaré	encebarás	encebará	encebaremos	encebaréis	encebarán
	conditional	encebaría	encebarías	encebaría	encebaríamos	encebaríais	encebarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	encebe	encebes^{^tú} encebés^{^vos²}	encebe	encebemos	encebéis	enceben
	imperfect (ra)	encebara	encebaras	encebara	encebáramos	encebarais	encebaran
	imperfect (se)	encebase	encebases	encebase	encebásemos	encebaseis	encebasen
	future¹	encebare	encebares	encebare	encebáremos	encebareis	encebaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		enceba^{^tú} encebá^{^vos}	encebe	encebemos	encebad	enceben
	negative		no encebes	no encebe	no encebemos	no encebéis	no enceben

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

Selected combined forms of encebar

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 encebar	dative	encebarme	encebarte	encebarle, encebarse	encebarnos	encebaros	encebarles, encebarse
with infinitive encebar	accusative	encebarme	encebarte	encebarlo, encebarla, encebarse	encebarnos	encebaros	encebarlos, encebarlas, encebarse

with gerund encebando	dative	encebándome	encebándote	encebándole, encebándose	encebándonos	encebándoos	encebándoles, encebándose
with gerund encebando	accusative	encebándome	encebándote	encebándolo, encebándola, encebándose	encebándonos	encebándoos	encebándolos, encebándolas, encebándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative enceba	dative	encébame	encébate	encébale	encébanos	not used	encébales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative enceba	accusative	encébame	encébate	encébalo, encébala	encébanos	not used	encébalos, encébalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative encebá	dative	encebame	encebate	encebale	encebanos	not used	encebales
	accusative	encebame	encebate	encebalo, encebala	encebanos	not used	encebalos, encebalas

with formal second-person singular imperative encebe	dative	encébeme	not used	encébele, encébese	encébenos	not used	encébeles
with formal second-person singular imperative encebe	accusative	encébeme	not used	encébelo, encébela, encébese	encébenos	not used	encébelos, encébelas

with first-person plural imperative encebemos	dative	not used	encebémoste	encebémosle	encebémonos	encebémoos	encebémosles
with first-person plural imperative encebemos	accusative	not used	encebémoste	encebémoslo, encebémosla	encebémonos	encebémoos	encebémoslos, encebémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative encebad	dative	encebadme	not used	encebadle	encebadnos	encebaos	encebadles
with informal second-person plural imperative encebad	accusative	encebadme	not used	encebadlo, encebadla	encebadnos	encebaos	encebadlos, encebadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative enceben	dative	encébenme	not used	encébenle	encébennos	not used	encébenles, encébense
with formal second-person plural imperative enceben	accusative	encébenme	not used	encébenlo, encébenla	encébennos	not used	encébenlos, encébenlas, encébense

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