sincerar

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Late Latin sincērāre, from Latin sincērus.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): (Spain) /sinθeˈɾaɾ/ [sĩn̟.θeˈɾaɾ]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /sinseˈɾaɾ/ [sĩn.seˈɾaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: sin‧ce‧rar

Verb edit

sincerar (first-person singular present sincero, first-person singular preterite sinceré, past participle sincerado)

(transitive) to exculpate
(reflexive) to come clean, to level with, to open up, to tell the truth

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of sincerar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			sincerar
gerund			sincerando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sincerado		sincerada
		plural		sincerados		sinceradas
		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	sincero	sinceras^{^tú} sincerás^{^vos}	sincera	sinceramos	sinceráis	sinceran
	imperfect	sinceraba	sincerabas	sinceraba	sincerábamos	sincerabais	sinceraban
	preterite	sinceré	sinceraste	sinceró	sinceramos	sincerasteis	sinceraron
	future	sinceraré	sincerarás	sincerará	sinceraremos	sinceraréis	sincerarán
	conditional	sinceraría	sincerarías	sinceraría	sinceraríamos	sinceraríais	sincerarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sincere	sinceres^{^tú} sincerés^{^vos²}	sincere	sinceremos	sinceréis	sinceren
	imperfect (ra)	sincerara	sinceraras	sincerara	sinceráramos	sincerarais	sinceraran
	imperfect (se)	sincerase	sincerases	sincerase	sincerásemos	sinceraseis	sincerasen
	future¹	sincerare	sincerares	sincerare	sinceráremos	sincerareis	sinceraren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		sincera^{^tú} sincerá^{^vos}	sincere	sinceremos	sincerad	sinceren
	negative		no sinceres	no sincere	no sinceremos	no sinceréis	no sinceren

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

Selected combined forms of sincerar

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 sincerar
	dative	sincerarme	sincerarte	sincerarle, sincerarse	sincerarnos	sinceraros	sincerarles, sincerarse
	accusative	sincerarme	sincerarte	sincerarlo, sincerarla, sincerarse	sincerarnos	sinceraros	sincerarlos, sincerarlas, sincerarse

with gerund sincerando
	dative	sincerándome	sincerándote	sincerándole, sincerándose	sincerándonos	sincerándoos	sincerándoles, sincerándose
	accusative	sincerándome	sincerándote	sincerándolo, sincerándola, sincerándose	sincerándonos	sincerándoos	sincerándolos, sincerándolas, sincerándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative sincera
	dative	sincérame	sincérate	sincérale	sincéranos	not used	sincérales
	accusative	sincérame	sincérate	sincéralo, sincérala	sincéranos	not used	sincéralos, sincéralas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative sincerá
	dative	sincerame	sincerate	sincerale	sinceranos	not used	sincerales
	accusative	sincerame	sincerate	sinceralo, sincerala	sinceranos	not used	sinceralos, sinceralas

with formal second-person singular imperative sincere
	dative	sincéreme	not used	sincérele, sincérese	sincérenos	not used	sincéreles
	accusative	sincéreme	not used	sincérelo, sincérela, sincérese	sincérenos	not used	sincérelos, sincérelas

with first-person plural imperative sinceremos
	dative	not used	sincerémoste	sincerémosle	sincerémonos	sincerémoos	sincerémosles
	accusative	not used	sincerémoste	sincerémoslo, sincerémosla	sincerémonos	sincerémoos	sincerémoslos, sincerémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative sincerad
	dative	sinceradme	not used	sinceradle	sinceradnos	sinceraos	sinceradles
	accusative	sinceradme	not used	sinceradlo, sinceradla	sinceradnos	sinceraos	sinceradlos, sinceradlas

with formal second-person plural imperative sinceren
	dative	sincérenme	not used	sincérenle	sincérennos	not used	sincérenles, sincérense
	accusative	sincérenme	not used	sincérenlo, sincérenla	sincérennos	not used	sincérenlos, sincérenlas, sincérense

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