# abobar
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From a- +‎ bobo +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.boˈba(ʁ)/ [a.boˈba(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.boˈba(ʁ)/ [a.boˈba(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.boˈba(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.boˈba(ʁ)/ [a.boˈba(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.boˈba(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.buˈbaɾ/ [ɐ.βuˈβaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.buˈbaɾ/ [ɐ.βuˈβaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.buˈba.ɾi/ [ɐ.βuˈβa.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: a‧bo‧bar

### Verb

abobar (first-person singular present abobo, first-person singular preterite abobei, past participle abobado)
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#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Etymology

From a- +‎ bobo +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aboˈbaɾ/ [a.β̞oˈβ̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧bo‧bar

### Verb

abobar (first-person singular present abobo, first-person singular preterite abobé, past participle abobado)
* (transitive) to cause to become stupid
* (transitive) to amaze, bewilder
    Synonym: embobar

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | abobar | abobar | abobar | abobar | abobar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | abobando | abobando | abobando | abobando | abobando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | abobado | abobado | abobada | abobada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | abobados | abobados | abobadas | abobadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |
| indicative | present | abobo | abobas$^{tú}$ abobás$^{vos}$ | aboba | abobamos | abobáis | aboban |
| indicative | imperfect | abobaba | abobabas | abobaba | abobábamos | abobabais | abobaban |
| indicative | preterite | abobé | abobaste | abobó | abobamos | abobasteis | abobaron |
| indicative | future | abobaré | abobarás | abobará | abobaremos | abobaréis | abobarán |
| indicative | conditional | abobaría | abobarías | abobaría | abobaríamos | abobaríais | abobarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | abobe | abobes$^{tú}$ abobés$^{vos2}$ | abobe | abobemos | abobéis | aboben |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | abobara | abobaras | abobara | abobáramos | abobarais | abobaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | abobase | abobases | abobase | abobásemos | abobaseis | abobasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | abobare | abobares | abobare | abobáremos | abobareis | abobaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | aboba$^{tú}$ abobá$^{vos}$ | abobe | abobemos | abobad | aboben |
| imperative | negative | | no abobes | no abobe | no abobemos | no abobéis | no aboben |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

### Further reading

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