amadrinar

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ madrina +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amadɾiˈnaɾ/ [a.ma.ð̞ɾiˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ma‧dri‧nar

Verb

amadrinar (first-person singular present amadrino, first-person singular preterite amadriné, past participle amadrinado)

1. (transitive) to sponsor (as a woman)
2. (transitive) to be a godmother (to)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of amadrinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			amadrinar
gerund			amadrinando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		amadrinado		amadrinada
		plural		amadrinados		amadrinadas
		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	amadrino	amadrinastú amadrinásvos	amadrina	amadrinamos	amadrináis	amadrinan
	imperfect	amadrinaba	amadrinabas	amadrinaba	amadrinábamos	amadrinabais	amadrinaban
	preterite	amadriné	amadrinaste	amadrinó	amadrinamos	amadrinasteis	amadrinaron
	future	amadrinaré	amadrinarás	amadrinará	amadrinaremos	amadrinaréis	amadrinarán
	conditional	amadrinaría	amadrinarías	amadrinaría	amadrinaríamos	amadrinaríais	amadrinarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	amadrine	amadrinestú amadrinésvos2	amadrine	amadrinemos	amadrinéis	amadrinen
	imperfect (ra)	amadrinara	amadrinaras	amadrinara	amadrináramos	amadrinarais	amadrinaran
	imperfect (se)	amadrinase	amadrinases	amadrinase	amadrinásemos	amadrinaseis	amadrinasen
	future1	amadrinare	amadrinares	amadrinare	amadrináremos	amadrinareis	amadrinaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		amadrinatú amadrinávos	amadrine	amadrinemos	amadrinad	amadrinen
	negative		no amadrines	no amadrine	no amadrinemos	no amadrinéis	no amadrinen

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

    Selected combined forms of amadrinar

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 amadrinar
	dative	amadrinarme	amadrinarte	amadrinarle, amadrinarse	amadrinarnos	amadrinaros	amadrinarles, amadrinarse
	accusative	amadrinarme	amadrinarte	amadrinarlo, amadrinarla, amadrinarse	amadrinarnos	amadrinaros	amadrinarlos, amadrinarlas, amadrinarse
with gerund amadrinando
	dative	amadrinándome	amadrinándote	amadrinándole, amadrinándose	amadrinándonos	amadrinándoos	amadrinándoles, amadrinándose
	accusative	amadrinándome	amadrinándote	amadrinándolo, amadrinándola, amadrinándose	amadrinándonos	amadrinándoos	amadrinándolos, amadrinándolas, amadrinándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative amadrina
	dative	amadríname	amadrínate	amadrínale	amadrínanos	not used	amadrínales
	accusative	amadríname	amadrínate	amadrínalo, amadrínala	amadrínanos	not used	amadrínalos, amadrínalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative amadriná
	dative	amadriname	amadrinate	amadrinale	amadrinanos	not used	amadrinales
	accusative	amadriname	amadrinate	amadrinalo, amadrinala	amadrinanos	not used	amadrinalos, amadrinalas
with formal second-person singular imperative amadrine
	dative	amadríneme	not used	amadrínele, amadrínese	amadrínenos	not used	amadríneles
	accusative	amadríneme	not used	amadrínelo, amadrínela, amadrínese	amadrínenos	not used	amadrínelos, amadrínelas
with first-person plural imperative amadrinemos
	dative	not used	amadrinémoste	amadrinémosle	amadrinémonos	amadrinémoos	amadrinémosles
	accusative	not used	amadrinémoste	amadrinémoslo, amadrinémosla	amadrinémonos	amadrinémoos	amadrinémoslos, amadrinémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative amadrinad
	dative	amadrinadme	not used	amadrinadle	amadrinadnos	amadrinaos	amadrinadles
	accusative	amadrinadme	not used	amadrinadlo, amadrinadla	amadrinadnos	amadrinaos	amadrinadlos, amadrinadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative amadrinen
	dative	amadrínenme	not used	amadrínenle	amadrínennos	not used	amadrínenles, amadrínense
	accusative	amadrínenme	not used	amadrínenlo, amadrínenla	amadrínennos	not used	amadrínenlos, amadrínenlas, amadrínense

Further reading

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