fabular

English

Adjective

fabular (comparative more fabular, superlative most fabular)

Of, or pertaining to, fables.
In the form of a fable.

Spanish

Etymology

From fábula, or borrowed from Latin fabulārī, and thus a doublet of the inherited hablar (“talk”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fabuˈlaɾ/ [fa.β̞uˈlaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: fa‧bu‧lar

Verb

fabular (first-person singular present fabulo, first-person singular preterite fabulé, past participle fabulado)

to fabulate, make up, think up (invent)

Conjugation

Conjugation of fabular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			fabular
gerund			fabulando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fabulado		fabulada
		plural		fabulados		fabuladas
		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	fabulo	fabulas^{^tú} fabulás^{^vos}	fabula	fabulamos	fabuláis	fabulan
	imperfect	fabulaba	fabulabas	fabulaba	fabulábamos	fabulabais	fabulaban
	preterite	fabulé	fabulaste	fabuló	fabulamos	fabulasteis	fabularon
	future	fabularé	fabularás	fabulará	fabularemos	fabularéis	fabularán
	conditional	fabularía	fabularías	fabularía	fabularíamos	fabularíais	fabularían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	fabule	fabules^{^tú} fabulés^{^vos²}	fabule	fabulemos	fabuléis	fabulen
	imperfect (ra)	fabulara	fabularas	fabulara	fabuláramos	fabularais	fabularan
	imperfect (se)	fabulase	fabulases	fabulase	fabulásemos	fabulaseis	fabulasen
	future¹	fabulare	fabulares	fabulare	fabuláremos	fabulareis	fabularen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		fabula^{^tú} fabulá^{^vos}	fabule	fabulemos	fabulad	fabulen
	negative		no fabules	no fabule	no fabulemos	no fabuléis	no fabulen

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

Selected combined forms of fabular

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 fabular
	dative	fabularme	fabularte	fabularle, fabularse	fabularnos	fabularos	fabularles, fabularse
	accusative	fabularme	fabularte	fabularlo, fabularla, fabularse	fabularnos	fabularos	fabularlos, fabularlas, fabularse

with gerund fabulando
	dative	fabulándome	fabulándote	fabulándole, fabulándose	fabulándonos	fabulándoos	fabulándoles, fabulándose
	accusative	fabulándome	fabulándote	fabulándolo, fabulándola, fabulándose	fabulándonos	fabulándoos	fabulándolos, fabulándolas, fabulándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative fabula
	dative	fabúlame	fabúlate	fabúlale	fabúlanos	not used	fabúlales
	accusative	fabúlame	fabúlate	fabúlalo, fabúlala	fabúlanos	not used	fabúlalos, fabúlalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative fabulá
	dative	fabulame	fabulate	fabulale	fabulanos	not used	fabulales
	accusative	fabulame	fabulate	fabulalo, fabulala	fabulanos	not used	fabulalos, fabulalas

with formal second-person singular imperative fabule
	dative	fabúleme	not used	fabúlele, fabúlese	fabúlenos	not used	fabúleles
	accusative	fabúleme	not used	fabúlelo, fabúlela, fabúlese	fabúlenos	not used	fabúlelos, fabúlelas

with first-person plural imperative fabulemos
	dative	not used	fabulémoste	fabulémosle	fabulémonos	fabulémoos	fabulémosles
	accusative	not used	fabulémoste	fabulémoslo, fabulémosla	fabulémonos	fabulémoos	fabulémoslos, fabulémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative fabulad
	dative	fabuladme	not used	fabuladle	fabuladnos	fabulaos	fabuladles
	accusative	fabuladme	not used	fabuladlo, fabuladla	fabuladnos	fabulaos	fabuladlos, fabuladlas

with formal second-person plural imperative fabulen
	dative	fabúlenme	not used	fabúlenle	fabúlennos	not used	fabúlenles, fabúlense
	accusative	fabúlenme	not used	fabúlenlo, fabúlenla	fabúlennos	not used	fabúlenlos, fabúlenlas, fabúlense