reprobar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reprobāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /repɾoˈbaɾ/ [re.pɾoˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧pro‧bar

Verb

reprobar (first-person singular present repruebo, first-person singular preterite reprobé, past participle reprobado)

1. (transitive) to condemn, disapprove, reprove

   Synonym: renunciar

   reprobamos la violencia

   we condemn the violence

   reprueban su papel

   they disapprove of her role

   • 2020 August 27, “El Ayuntamiento de Barcelona reprueba el papel del Gobierno en la marcha de Juan Carlos I”, in El País‎^[1]:

2. (Latin America) to flunk, fail (to pass an exam, course etc.)

   Synonyms: aplazar, suspender

   Paco reprobó el examen.

   Paco flunked the exam.

   • 1997, Innovación curricular en las instituciones de educación superior:

     En el curso de lectura y redacción los resultados fueron, 54 % de aprobaron, 9 % reprobaron y el 37 % no terminaron el curso.

     In the reading and writing course, the results were: 54% passed, 9% failed and 37% didn't finish the course.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reprobar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			reprobar
gerund			reprobando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		reprobado		reprobada
		plural		reprobados		reprobadas
		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	repruebo	repruebastú reprobásvos	reprueba	reprobamos	reprobáis	reprueban
	imperfect	reprobaba	reprobabas	reprobaba	reprobábamos	reprobabais	reprobaban
	preterite	reprobé	reprobaste	reprobó	reprobamos	reprobasteis	reprobaron
	future	reprobaré	reprobarás	reprobará	reprobaremos	reprobaréis	reprobarán
	conditional	reprobaría	reprobarías	reprobaría	reprobaríamos	reprobaríais	reprobarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	repruebe	repruebestú reprobésvos2	repruebe	reprobemos	reprobéis	reprueben
	imperfect (ra)	reprobara	reprobaras	reprobara	reprobáramos	reprobarais	reprobaran
	imperfect (se)	reprobase	reprobases	reprobase	reprobásemos	reprobaseis	reprobasen
	future1	reprobare	reprobares	reprobare	reprobáremos	reprobareis	reprobaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		repruebatú reprobávos	repruebe	reprobemos	reprobad	reprueben
	negative		no repruebes	no repruebe	no reprobemos	no reprobéis	no reprueben

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

    Selected combined forms of reprobar (o-ue 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 reprobar
	dative	reprobarme	reprobarte	reprobarle, reprobarse	reprobarnos	reprobaros	reprobarles, reprobarse
	accusative	reprobarme	reprobarte	reprobarlo, reprobarla, reprobarse	reprobarnos	reprobaros	reprobarlos, reprobarlas, reprobarse
with gerund reprobando
	dative	reprobándome	reprobándote	reprobándole, reprobándose	reprobándonos	reprobándoos	reprobándoles, reprobándose
	accusative	reprobándome	reprobándote	reprobándolo, reprobándola, reprobándose	reprobándonos	reprobándoos	reprobándolos, reprobándolas, reprobándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative reprueba
	dative	repruébame	repruébate	repruébale	repruébanos	not used	repruébales
	accusative	repruébame	repruébate	repruébalo, repruébala	repruébanos	not used	repruébalos, repruébalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative reprobá
	dative	reprobame	reprobate	reprobale	reprobanos	not used	reprobales
	accusative	reprobame	reprobate	reprobalo, reprobala	reprobanos	not used	reprobalos, reprobalas
with formal second-person singular imperative repruebe
	dative	repruébeme	not used	repruébele, repruébese	repruébenos	not used	repruébeles
	accusative	repruébeme	not used	repruébelo, repruébela, repruébese	repruébenos	not used	repruébelos, repruébelas
with first-person plural imperative reprobemos
	dative	not used	reprobémoste	reprobémosle	reprobémonos	reprobémoos	reprobémosles
	accusative	not used	reprobémoste	reprobémoslo, reprobémosla	reprobémonos	reprobémoos	reprobémoslos, reprobémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative reprobad
	dative	reprobadme	not used	reprobadle	reprobadnos	reprobaos	reprobadles
	accusative	reprobadme	not used	reprobadlo, reprobadla	reprobadnos	reprobaos	reprobadlos, reprobadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative reprueben
	dative	repruébenme	not used	repruébenle	repruébennos	not used	repruébenles, repruébense
	accusative	repruébenme	not used	repruébenlo, repruébenla	repruébennos	not used	repruébenlos, repruébenlas, repruébense

Related terms

• aprobar
• probar
• reprobable
• reprobación

 

Further reading

• “reprobar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014