abacorar

Spanish

Etymology

From abacora +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abakoˈɾaɾ/ [a.β̞a.koˈɾaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧co‧rar

Verb

abacorar (first-person singular present abacoro, first-person singular preterite abacoré, past participle abacorado)

1. to attack

   Synonym: acometer

2. to pursue relentlessly, to harass

   Synonyms: hostigar, perseguir, acosar

3. to corner
4. to overcome, to conquer

   Synonyms: supeditar, avasallar, rendir, sojuzgar, someter, sujetar, supeditar

5. (Andes, Caribbean) to catch, to surprise
6. to smooch while dancing
7. (Cuba) to stockpile, to hoard, to corner the market

   Synonym: acaparar

8. (Latin America) to monopolize

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abacorar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			abacorar
gerund			abacorando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		abacorado		abacorada
		plural		abacorados		abacoradas
		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	abacoro	abacorastú abacorásvos	abacora	abacoramos	abacoráis	abacoran
	imperfect	abacoraba	abacorabas	abacoraba	abacorábamos	abacorabais	abacoraban
	preterite	abacoré	abacoraste	abacoró	abacoramos	abacorasteis	abacoraron
	future	abacoraré	abacorarás	abacorará	abacoraremos	abacoraréis	abacorarán
	conditional	abacoraría	abacorarías	abacoraría	abacoraríamos	abacoraríais	abacorarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	abacore	abacorestú abacorésvos2	abacore	abacoremos	abacoréis	abacoren
	imperfect (ra)	abacorara	abacoraras	abacorara	abacoráramos	abacorarais	abacoraran
	imperfect (se)	abacorase	abacorases	abacorase	abacorásemos	abacoraseis	abacorasen
	future1	abacorare	abacorares	abacorare	abacoráremos	abacorareis	abacoraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		abacoratú abacorávos	abacore	abacoremos	abacorad	abacoren
	negative		no abacores	no abacore	no abacoremos	no abacoréis	no abacoren

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

Related terms

• abacorado

 

Further reading

• “abacorar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28