fosar

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /foˈsaɾ/ [foˈsaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: fo‧sar

Etymology 1

From Latin fossō. By surface analysis, fosa +‎ -ar.

Verb

fosar (first-person singular present foso, first-person singular preterite fosé, past participle fosado)

to dig a hole or moat

Conjugation

Conjugation of fosar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			fosar
gerund			fosando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fosado		fosada
		plural		fosados		fosadas
		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	foso	fosas^{^tú} fosás^{^vos}	fosa	fosamos	fosáis	fosan
	imperfect	fosaba	fosabas	fosaba	fosábamos	fosabais	fosaban
	preterite	fosé	fosaste	fosó	fosamos	fosasteis	fosaron
	future	fosaré	fosarás	fosará	fosaremos	fosaréis	fosarán
	conditional	fosaría	fosarías	fosaría	fosaríamos	fosaríais	fosarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	fose	foses^{^tú} fosés^{^vos²}	fose	fosemos	foséis	fosen
	imperfect (ra)	fosara	fosaras	fosara	fosáramos	fosarais	fosaran
	imperfect (se)	fosase	fosases	fosase	fosásemos	fosaseis	fosasen
	future¹	fosare	fosares	fosare	fosáremos	fosareis	fosaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		fosa^{^tú} fosá^{^vos}	fose	fosemos	fosad	fosen
	negative		no foses	no fose	no fosemos	no foséis	no fosen

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

Selected combined forms of fosar

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 fosar	dative	fosarme	fosarte	fosarle, fosarse	fosarnos	fosaros	fosarles, fosarse
with infinitive fosar	accusative	fosarme	fosarte	fosarlo, fosarla, fosarse	fosarnos	fosaros	fosarlos, fosarlas, fosarse

with gerund fosando	dative	fosándome	fosándote	fosándole, fosándose	fosándonos	fosándoos	fosándoles, fosándose
with gerund fosando	accusative	fosándome	fosándote	fosándolo, fosándola, fosándose	fosándonos	fosándoos	fosándolos, fosándolas, fosándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative fosa	dative	fósame	fósate	fósale	fósanos	not used	fósales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative fosa	accusative	fósame	fósate	fósalo, fósala	fósanos	not used	fósalos, fósalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative fosá	dative	fosame	fosate	fosale	fosanos	not used	fosales
with informal second-person singular vos imperative fosá	accusative	fosame	fosate	fosalo, fosala	fosanos	not used	fosalos, fosalas

with formal second-person singular imperative fose	dative	fóseme	not used	fósele, fósese	fósenos	not used	fóseles
with formal second-person singular imperative fose	accusative	fóseme	not used	fóselo, fósela, fósese	fósenos	not used	fóselos, fóselas

with first-person plural imperative fosemos	dative	not used	fosémoste	fosémosle	fosémonos	fosémoos	fosémosles
with first-person plural imperative fosemos	accusative	not used	fosémoste	fosémoslo, fosémosla	fosémonos	fosémoos	fosémoslos, fosémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative fosad	dative	fosadme	not used	fosadle	fosadnos	fosaos	fosadles
with informal second-person plural imperative fosad	accusative	fosadme	not used	fosadlo, fosadla	fosadnos	fosaos	fosadlos, fosadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative fosen	dative	fósenme	not used	fósenle	fósennos	not used	fósenles, fósense
with formal second-person plural imperative fosen	accusative	fósenme	not used	fósenlo, fósenla	fósennos	not used	fósenlos, fósenlas, fósense

Etymology 2

From fosa +‎ -ar.

Noun

fosar m (plural fosares)

(obsolete) cemetery, graveyard
Synonym: cementerio