# conchabar
## Spanish
### Etymology

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### Verb

conchabar (first-person singular present conchabo, first-person singular preterite conchabé, past participle conchabado)
* (transitive) to hire, to employ
** 2015 August 1, “Solalinde denuncia las extorsiones a migrantes cubanos en México”, in El País‎:Otra supuesta variedad es que un abogado conchabado con los agentes entre en el centro de detención y les cobre a los migrantes cantidades desproporcionadas por darles asistencia, o también que los funcionarios les pidan dinero por concederles un oficio de salida especial, en realidad gratuito, con el que el Gobierno mexicano trata de desatascar la situación de los cubanos.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (transitive) to put in cahoots; to plot with

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | conchabar | conchabar | conchabar | conchabar | conchabar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | conchabando | conchabando | conchabando | conchabando | conchabando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | conchabado | conchabado | conchabada | conchabada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | conchabados | conchabados | conchabadas | conchabadas |
| | | 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 | conchabo | conchabas$^{tú}$ conchabás$^{vos}$ | conchaba | conchabamos | conchabáis | conchaban |
| indicative | imperfect | conchababa | conchababas | conchababa | conchabábamos | conchababais | conchababan |
| indicative | preterite | conchabé | conchabaste | conchabó | conchabamos | conchabasteis | conchabaron |
| indicative | future | conchabaré | conchabarás | conchabará | conchabaremos | conchabaréis | conchabarán |
| indicative | conditional | conchabaría | conchabarías | conchabaría | conchabaríamos | conchabaríais | conchabarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | conchabe | conchabes$^{tú}$ conchabés$^{vos2}$ | conchabe | conchabemos | conchabéis | conchaben |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | conchabara | conchabaras | conchabara | conchabáramos | conchabarais | conchabaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | conchabase | conchabases | conchabase | conchabásemos | conchabaseis | conchabasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | conchabare | conchabares | conchabare | conchabáremos | conchabareis | conchabaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | conchaba$^{tú}$ conchabá$^{vos}$ | conchabe | conchabemos | conchabad | conchaben |
| imperative | negative | | no conchabes | no conchabe | no conchabemos | no conchabéis | no conchaben |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

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