sobornar

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subōrnāre[1] and perhaps adapted to the native prefix so-. Cognate with English suborn.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /soboɾˈnaɾ/ [so.β̞oɾˈnaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: so‧bor‧nar

Verb

sobornar (first-person singular present soborno, first-person singular preterite soborné, past participle sobornado)

  1. (transitive) to bribe
    • 2015 July 13, “Así fue la primera fuga de 'El Chapo'”, in El País‎:
      El 19 de enero de 2001, el capo mexicano del cartel de Sinaloa escapó de otro fortín, el Puente Grande, oculto en el carro de la ropa sucia y acompañado por funcionarios sobornados que empujaron el carrito hasta el garaje de la prisión.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
    Synonym: cohechar
  2. (formal) to suborn

Conjugation
    Conjugation of sobornar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive sobornar
gerund sobornando
past participle masculine feminine
singular sobornado sobornada
plural sobornados sobornadas
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 soborno sobornastú
sobornásvos		 soborna sobornamos sobornáis sobornan
imperfect sobornaba sobornabas sobornaba sobornábamos sobornabais sobornaban
preterite soborné sobornaste sobornó sobornamos sobornasteis sobornaron
future sobornaré sobornarás sobornará sobornaremos sobornaréis sobornarán
conditional sobornaría sobornarías sobornaría sobornaríamos sobornaríais sobornarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present soborne sobornestú
sobornésvos2		 soborne sobornemos sobornéis sobornen
imperfect
(ra)		 sobornara sobornaras sobornara sobornáramos sobornarais sobornaran
imperfect
(se)		 sobornase sobornases sobornase sobornásemos sobornaseis sobornasen
future1 sobornare sobornares sobornare sobornáremos sobornareis sobornaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative sobornatú
sobornávos		 soborne sobornemos sobornad sobornen
negative no sobornes no soborne no sobornemos no sobornéis no sobornen

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

    Selected combined forms of sobornar

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 sobornar
dative sobornarme sobornarte sobornarle, sobornarse sobornarnos sobornaros sobornarles, sobornarse
accusative sobornarme sobornarte sobornarlo, sobornarla, sobornarse sobornarnos sobornaros sobornarlos, sobornarlas, sobornarse
with gerund sobornando
dative sobornándome sobornándote sobornándole, sobornándose sobornándonos sobornándoos sobornándoles, sobornándose
accusative sobornándome sobornándote sobornándolo, sobornándola, sobornándose sobornándonos sobornándoos sobornándolos, sobornándolas, sobornándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative soborna
dative sobórname sobórnate sobórnale sobórnanos not used sobórnales
accusative sobórname sobórnate sobórnalo, sobórnala sobórnanos not used sobórnalos, sobórnalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative soborná
dative soborname sobornate sobornale sobornanos not used sobornales
accusative soborname sobornate sobornalo, sobornala sobornanos not used sobornalos, sobornalas
with formal second-person singular imperative soborne
dative sobórneme not used sobórnele, sobórnese sobórnenos not used sobórneles
accusative sobórneme not used sobórnelo, sobórnela, sobórnese sobórnenos not used sobórnelos, sobórnelas
with first-person plural imperative sobornemos
dative not used sobornémoste sobornémosle sobornémonos sobornémoos sobornémosles
accusative not used sobornémoste sobornémoslo, sobornémosla sobornémonos sobornémoos sobornémoslos, sobornémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sobornad
dative sobornadme not used sobornadle sobornadnos sobornaos sobornadles
accusative sobornadme not used sobornadlo, sobornadla sobornadnos sobornaos sobornadlos, sobornadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative sobornen
dative sobórnenme not used sobórnenle sobórnennos not used sobórnenles, sobórnense
accusative sobórnenme not used sobórnenlo, sobórnenla sobórnennos not used sobórnenlos, sobórnenlas, sobórnense

Derived terms

References
  1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1985), “ornar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 302

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