enjalbegar

Spanish

Etymology

With the addition of a prefix en-, from a supposed original Old Spanish form *exalbegar (attested later in various altered forms such as axalvegar, jalbegar, xabelgar, etc.), from a Vulgar Latin *exalbicāre, from Latin albus.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /enxalbeˈɡaɾ/ [ẽŋ.xal.β̞eˈɣ̞aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: en‧jal‧be‧gar

Verb

enjalbegar (first-person singular present enjalbego, first-person singular preterite enjalbegué, past participle enjalbegado)

to whitewash, paint the face

Conjugation

Conjugation of enjalbegar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			enjalbegar
gerund			enjalbegando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		enjalbegado		enjalbegada
		plural		enjalbegados		enjalbegadas
		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	enjalbego	enjalbegas^{^tú} enjalbegás^{^vos}	enjalbega	enjalbegamos	enjalbegáis	enjalbegan
	imperfect	enjalbegaba	enjalbegabas	enjalbegaba	enjalbegábamos	enjalbegabais	enjalbegaban
	preterite	enjalbegué	enjalbegaste	enjalbegó	enjalbegamos	enjalbegasteis	enjalbegaron
	future	enjalbegaré	enjalbegarás	enjalbegará	enjalbegaremos	enjalbegaréis	enjalbegarán
	conditional	enjalbegaría	enjalbegarías	enjalbegaría	enjalbegaríamos	enjalbegaríais	enjalbegarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	enjalbegue	enjalbegues^{^tú} enjalbegués^{^vos²}	enjalbegue	enjalbeguemos	enjalbeguéis	enjalbeguen
	imperfect (ra)	enjalbegara	enjalbegaras	enjalbegara	enjalbegáramos	enjalbegarais	enjalbegaran
	imperfect (se)	enjalbegase	enjalbegases	enjalbegase	enjalbegásemos	enjalbegaseis	enjalbegasen
	future¹	enjalbegare	enjalbegares	enjalbegare	enjalbegáremos	enjalbegareis	enjalbegaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		enjalbega^{^tú} enjalbegá^{^vos}	enjalbegue	enjalbeguemos	enjalbegad	enjalbeguen
	negative		no enjalbegues	no enjalbegue	no enjalbeguemos	no enjalbeguéis	no enjalbeguen

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

Selected combined forms of enjalbegar (g-gu alternation)

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 enjalbegar	dative	enjalbegarme	enjalbegarte	enjalbegarle, enjalbegarse	enjalbegarnos	enjalbegaros	enjalbegarles, enjalbegarse
with infinitive enjalbegar	accusative	enjalbegarme	enjalbegarte	enjalbegarlo, enjalbegarla, enjalbegarse	enjalbegarnos	enjalbegaros	enjalbegarlos, enjalbegarlas, enjalbegarse

with gerund enjalbegando	dative	enjalbegándome	enjalbegándote	enjalbegándole, enjalbegándose	enjalbegándonos	enjalbegándoos	enjalbegándoles, enjalbegándose
with gerund enjalbegando	accusative	enjalbegándome	enjalbegándote	enjalbegándolo, enjalbegándola, enjalbegándose	enjalbegándonos	enjalbegándoos	enjalbegándolos, enjalbegándolas, enjalbegándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative enjalbega	dative	enjalbégame	enjalbégate	enjalbégale	enjalbéganos	not used	enjalbégales
	accusative	enjalbégame	enjalbégate	enjalbégalo, enjalbégala	enjalbéganos	not used	enjalbégalos, enjalbégalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative enjalbegá	dative	enjalbegame	enjalbegate	enjalbegale	enjalbeganos	not used	enjalbegales
	accusative	enjalbegame	enjalbegate	enjalbegalo, enjalbegala	enjalbeganos	not used	enjalbegalos, enjalbegalas

with formal second-person singular imperative enjalbegue	dative	enjalbégueme	not used	enjalbéguele, enjalbéguese	enjalbéguenos	not used	enjalbégueles
with formal second-person singular imperative enjalbegue	accusative	enjalbégueme	not used	enjalbéguelo, enjalbéguela, enjalbéguese	enjalbéguenos	not used	enjalbéguelos, enjalbéguelas

with first-person plural imperative enjalbeguemos	dative	not used	enjalbeguémoste	enjalbeguémosle	enjalbeguémonos	enjalbeguémoos	enjalbeguémosles
with first-person plural imperative enjalbeguemos	accusative	not used	enjalbeguémoste	enjalbeguémoslo, enjalbeguémosla	enjalbeguémonos	enjalbeguémoos	enjalbeguémoslos, enjalbeguémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative enjalbegad	dative	enjalbegadme	not used	enjalbegadle	enjalbegadnos	enjalbegaos	enjalbegadles
with informal second-person plural imperative enjalbegad	accusative	enjalbegadme	not used	enjalbegadlo, enjalbegadla	enjalbegadnos	enjalbegaos	enjalbegadlos, enjalbegadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative enjalbeguen	dative	enjalbéguenme	not used	enjalbéguenle	enjalbéguennos	not used	enjalbéguenles, enjalbéguense
with formal second-person plural imperative enjalbeguen	accusative	enjalbéguenme	not used	enjalbéguenlo, enjalbéguenla	enjalbéguennos	not used	enjalbéguenlos, enjalbéguenlas, enjalbéguense

Related terms

albo

References

^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “enjalbegar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
^ “enjalbegar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024