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borrar
borrar
Portuguese
Verb
borrar (first-person singular present indicative borro, past participle borrado)
- to smudge (to smear ink, especially if accidentally)
Conjugation
Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb borrar
Spanish
Etymology
From borra (“rough wool”), formerly used for erasing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [boˈraɾ]
Verb
borrar (first-person singular present borro, first-person singular preterite borré, past participle borrado)
Conjugation
| infinitive | borrar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | borrando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | borrado | borrada | |||||
| plural | borrados | borradas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes |
|
| present | borro | borrastú borrásvos |
borra | borramos | borráis | borran | |
| imperfect | borraba | borrabas | borraba | borrábamos | borrabais | borraban | |
| preterite | borré | borraste | borró | borramos | borrasteis | borraron | |
| future | borraré | borrarás | borrará | borraremos | borraréis | borrarán | |
| conditional | borraría | borrarías | borraría | borraríamos | borraríais | borrarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes |
|
| present | borre | borrestú borrésvos1 |
borre | borremos | borréis | borren | |
| imperfect (ra) |
borrara | borraras | borrara | borráramos | borrarais | borraran | |
| imperfect (se) |
borrase | borrases | borrase | borrásemos | borraseis | borrasen | |
| future | borrare | borrares | borrare | borráremos | borrareis | borraren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | borratú borrávos |
borre | borremos | borrad | borren | ||
| negative | no borres | no borre | no borremos | no borréis | no borren | ||
1Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not be attested. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive borrar | |||||||
| dative | borrarme | borrarte, borrarle | borrarle, borrarse | borrarnos | borraros, borrarles | borrarles, borrarse | |
| accusative | borrarme | borrarte, borrarlo, borrarla | borrarlo, borrarla, borrarse | borrarnos | borraros, borrarlos, borrarlas | borrarlos, borrarlas, borrarse | |
| with gerund borrando | |||||||
| dative | borrándome | borrándote, borrándole | borrándole, borrándose | borrándonos | borrándoos, borrándoles | borrándoles, borrándose | |
| accusative | borrándome | borrándote, borrándolo, borrándola | borrándolo, borrándola, borrándose | borrándonos | borrándoos, borrándolos, borrándolas | borrándolos, borrándolas, borrándose | |
| with informal second-person singular imperative borra | |||||||
| dative | bórrame | bórrate, bórrale | bórrale | bórranos | bórraos, bórrales | bórrales | |
| accusative | bórrame | bórrate, bórralo, bórrala | bórralo, bórrala | bórranos | bórraos, bórralos, bórralas | bórralos, bórralas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative borre | |||||||
| dative | bórreme | bórrete, bórrele | bórrele, bórrese | bórrenos | bórreles | bórreles, bórrese | |
| accusative | bórreme | bórrete, bórrelo, bórrela | bórrelo, bórrela, bórrese | bórrenos | bórrelos, bórrelas | bórrelos, bórrelas, bórrese | |
| with first-person plural imperative borremos | |||||||
| dative | not used | borrémosle | borrémosle | borrémonos | borrémosles | borrémosles | |
| accusative | not used | borrémoslo, borrémosla | borrémoslo, borrémosla | borrémonos | borrémoslos, borrémoslas | borrémoslos, borrémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative borrad | |||||||
| dative | borradme | borradle | borradle | borradnos | borraos, borradles | borradles | |
| accusative | borradme | borradlo, borradla | borradlo, borradla | borradnos | borraos, borradlos, borradlas | borradlos, borradlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative borren | |||||||
| dative | bórrenme | bórrente, bórrenle | bórrenle, bórrense | bórrenos | bórrenles | bórrenles, bórrense | |
| accusative | bórrenme | bórrente, bórrenlo, bórrenla | bórrenlo, bórrenla, bórrense | bórrenos | bórrenlos, bórrenlas | bórrenlos, bórrenlas, bórrense | |