rebozar

Spanish

Etymology

From re- +‎ bozo (“down, juvenescent facial hair”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /reboˈθaɾ/ [re.β̞oˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /reboˈsaɾ/ [re.β̞oˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧bo‧zar
• Homophone: rebosar

Verb

rebozar (first-person singular present rebozo, first-person singular preterite rebocé, past participle rebozado)

1. to cover, muffle
2. to bread

   Synonyms: apanar, empanar

3. to batter

   Synonyms: apanar, empanar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rebozar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			rebozar
gerund			rebozando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rebozado		rebozada
		plural		rebozados		rebozadas
		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	rebozo	rebozastú rebozásvos	reboza	rebozamos	rebozáis	rebozan
	imperfect	rebozaba	rebozabas	rebozaba	rebozábamos	rebozabais	rebozaban
	preterite	rebocé	rebozaste	rebozó	rebozamos	rebozasteis	rebozaron
	future	rebozaré	rebozarás	rebozará	rebozaremos	rebozaréis	rebozarán
	conditional	rebozaría	rebozarías	rebozaría	rebozaríamos	rebozaríais	rebozarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	reboce	rebocestú rebocésvos2	reboce	rebocemos	rebocéis	rebocen
	imperfect (ra)	rebozara	rebozaras	rebozara	rebozáramos	rebozarais	rebozaran
	imperfect (se)	rebozase	rebozases	rebozase	rebozásemos	rebozaseis	rebozasen
	future1	rebozare	rebozares	rebozare	rebozáremos	rebozareis	rebozaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		rebozatú rebozávos	reboce	rebocemos	rebozad	rebocen
	negative		no reboces	no reboce	no rebocemos	no rebocéis	no rebocen

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

    Selected combined forms of rebozar (c-z 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 rebozar	dative	rebozarme	rebozarte	rebozarle, rebozarse	rebozarnos	rebozaros	rebozarles, rebozarse
	accusative	rebozarme	rebozarte	rebozarlo, rebozarla, rebozarse	rebozarnos	rebozaros	rebozarlos, rebozarlas, rebozarse
with gerund rebozando	dative	rebozándome	rebozándote	rebozándole, rebozándose	rebozándonos	rebozándoos	rebozándoles, rebozándose
	accusative	rebozándome	rebozándote	rebozándolo, rebozándola, rebozándose	rebozándonos	rebozándoos	rebozándolos, rebozándolas, rebozándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative reboza	dative	rebózame	rebózate	rebózale	rebózanos	not used	rebózales
	accusative	rebózame	rebózate	rebózalo, rebózala	rebózanos	not used	rebózalos, rebózalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative rebozá	dative	rebozame	rebozate	rebozale	rebozanos	not used	rebozales
	accusative	rebozame	rebozate	rebozalo, rebozala	rebozanos	not used	rebozalos, rebozalas
with formal second-person singular imperative reboce	dative	rebóceme	not used	rebócele, rebócese	rebócenos	not used	rebóceles
	accusative	rebóceme	not used	rebócelo, rebócela, rebócese	rebócenos	not used	rebócelos, rebócelas
with first-person plural imperative rebocemos	dative	not used	rebocémoste	rebocémosle	rebocémonos	rebocémoos	rebocémosles
	accusative	not used	rebocémoste	rebocémoslo, rebocémosla	rebocémonos	rebocémoos	rebocémoslos, rebocémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative rebozad	dative	rebozadme	not used	rebozadle	rebozadnos	rebozaos	rebozadles
	accusative	rebozadme	not used	rebozadlo, rebozadla	rebozadnos	rebozaos	rebozadlos, rebozadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative rebocen	dative	rebócenme	not used	rebócenle	rebócennos	not used	rebócenles, rebócense
	accusative	rebócenme	not used	rebócenlo, rebócenla	rebócennos	not used	rebócenlos, rebócenlas, rebócense

Further reading

• “rebozar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10