barrenar

Spanish

Etymology

From barrena +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bareˈnaɾ/ [ba.reˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ba‧rre‧nar

Verb

barrenar (first-person singular present barreno, first-person singular preterite barrené, past participle barrenado)

1. to bore holes
2. (nautical) to scuttle
3. (colloquial) to foil; frustrate; scuttle
4. (law) to infringe

Conjugation

    Conjugation of barrenar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			barrenar
gerund			barrenando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		barrenado		barrenada
		plural		barrenados		barrenadas
		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	barreno	barrenastú barrenásvos	barrena	barrenamos	barrenáis	barrenan
	imperfect	barrenaba	barrenabas	barrenaba	barrenábamos	barrenabais	barrenaban
	preterite	barrené	barrenaste	barrenó	barrenamos	barrenasteis	barrenaron
	future	barrenaré	barrenarás	barrenará	barrenaremos	barrenaréis	barrenarán
	conditional	barrenaría	barrenarías	barrenaría	barrenaríamos	barrenaríais	barrenarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	barrene	barrenestú barrenésvos2	barrene	barrenemos	barrenéis	barrenen
	imperfect (ra)	barrenara	barrenaras	barrenara	barrenáramos	barrenarais	barrenaran
	imperfect (se)	barrenase	barrenases	barrenase	barrenásemos	barrenaseis	barrenasen
	future1	barrenare	barrenares	barrenare	barrenáremos	barrenareis	barrenaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		barrenatú barrenávos	barrene	barrenemos	barrenad	barrenen
	negative		no barrenes	no barrene	no barrenemos	no barrenéis	no barrenen

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

    Selected combined forms of barrenar

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 barrenar
	dative	barrenarme	barrenarte	barrenarle, barrenarse	barrenarnos	barrenaros	barrenarles, barrenarse
	accusative	barrenarme	barrenarte	barrenarlo, barrenarla, barrenarse	barrenarnos	barrenaros	barrenarlos, barrenarlas, barrenarse
with gerund barrenando
	dative	barrenándome	barrenándote	barrenándole, barrenándose	barrenándonos	barrenándoos	barrenándoles, barrenándose
	accusative	barrenándome	barrenándote	barrenándolo, barrenándola, barrenándose	barrenándonos	barrenándoos	barrenándolos, barrenándolas, barrenándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative barrena
	dative	barréname	barrénate	barrénale	barrénanos	not used	barrénales
	accusative	barréname	barrénate	barrénalo, barrénala	barrénanos	not used	barrénalos, barrénalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative barrená
	dative	barrename	barrenate	barrenale	barrenanos	not used	barrenales
	accusative	barrename	barrenate	barrenalo, barrenala	barrenanos	not used	barrenalos, barrenalas
with formal second-person singular imperative barrene
	dative	barréneme	not used	barrénele, barrénese	barrénenos	not used	barréneles
	accusative	barréneme	not used	barrénelo, barrénela, barrénese	barrénenos	not used	barrénelos, barrénelas
with first-person plural imperative barrenemos
	dative	not used	barrenémoste	barrenémosle	barrenémonos	barrenémoos	barrenémosles
	accusative	not used	barrenémoste	barrenémoslo, barrenémosla	barrenémonos	barrenémoos	barrenémoslos, barrenémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative barrenad
	dative	barrenadme	not used	barrenadle	barrenadnos	barrenaos	barrenadles
	accusative	barrenadme	not used	barrenadlo, barrenadla	barrenadnos	barrenaos	barrenadlos, barrenadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative barrenen
	dative	barrénenme	not used	barrénenle	barrénennos	not used	barrénenles, barrénense
	accusative	barrénenme	not used	barrénenlo, barrénenla	barrénennos	not used	barrénenlos, barrénenlas, barrénense

Related terms

• barrena
• barreno

 

Further reading

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