insubordinar

Spanish

Verb

insubordinar (first-person singular present insubordino, first-person singular preterite insubordiné, past participle insubordinado)

1. to make insubordinate; to incite to rebellion
2. (reflexive) to rebel; rise up

Conjugation

    Conjugation of insubordinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			insubordinar
gerund			insubordinando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		insubordinado		insubordinada
		plural		insubordinados		insubordinadas
		singular			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
	present	insubordino	insubordinastú insubordinásvos	insubordina	insubordinamos	insubordináis	insubordinan
	imperfect	insubordinaba	insubordinabas	insubordinaba	insubordinábamos	insubordinabais	insubordinaban
	preterite	insubordiné	insubordinaste	insubordinó	insubordinamos	insubordinasteis	insubordinaron
	future	insubordinaré	insubordinarás	insubordinará	insubordinaremos	insubordinaréis	insubordinarán
	conditional	insubordinaría	insubordinarías	insubordinaría	insubordinaríamos	insubordinaríais	insubordinarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	insubordine	insubordinestú insubordinésvos2	insubordine	insubordinemos	insubordinéis	insubordinen
	imperfect (ra)	insubordinara	insubordinaras	insubordinara	insubordináramos	insubordinarais	insubordinaran
	imperfect (se)	insubordinase	insubordinases	insubordinase	insubordinásemos	insubordinaseis	insubordinasen
	future1	insubordinare	insubordinares	insubordinare	insubordináremos	insubordinareis	insubordinaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		insubordinatú insubordinávos	insubordine	insubordinemos	insubordinad	insubordinen
	negative		no insubordines	no insubordine	no insubordinemos	no insubordinéis	no insubordinen

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

    Selected combined forms of insubordinar

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 insubordinar
	dative	insubordinarme	insubordinarte	insubordinarle, insubordinarse	insubordinarnos	insubordinaros	insubordinarles, insubordinarse
	accusative	insubordinarme	insubordinarte	insubordinarlo, insubordinarla, insubordinarse	insubordinarnos	insubordinaros	insubordinarlos, insubordinarlas, insubordinarse
with gerund insubordinando
	dative	insubordinándome	insubordinándote	insubordinándole, insubordinándose	insubordinándonos	insubordinándoos	insubordinándoles, insubordinándose
	accusative	insubordinándome	insubordinándote	insubordinándolo, insubordinándola, insubordinándose	insubordinándonos	insubordinándoos	insubordinándolos, insubordinándolas, insubordinándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative insubordina
	dative	insubordíname	insubordínate	insubordínale	insubordínanos	not used	insubordínales
	accusative	insubordíname	insubordínate	insubordínalo, insubordínala	insubordínanos	not used	insubordínalos, insubordínalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative insubordiná
	dative	insubordiname	insubordinate	insubordinale	insubordinanos	not used	insubordinales
	accusative	insubordiname	insubordinate	insubordinalo, insubordinala	insubordinanos	not used	insubordinalos, insubordinalas
with formal second-person singular imperative insubordine
	dative	insubordíneme	not used	insubordínele, insubordínese	insubordínenos	not used	insubordíneles
	accusative	insubordíneme	not used	insubordínelo, insubordínela, insubordínese	insubordínenos	not used	insubordínelos, insubordínelas
with first-person plural imperative insubordinemos
	dative	not used	insubordinémoste	insubordinémosle	insubordinémonos	insubordinémoos	insubordinémosles
	accusative	not used	insubordinémoste	insubordinémoslo, insubordinémosla	insubordinémonos	insubordinémoos	insubordinémoslos, insubordinémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative insubordinad
	dative	insubordinadme	not used	insubordinadle	insubordinadnos	insubordinaos	insubordinadles
	accusative	insubordinadme	not used	insubordinadlo, insubordinadla	insubordinadnos	insubordinaos	insubordinadlos, insubordinadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative insubordinen
	dative	insubordínenme	not used	insubordínenle	insubordínennos	not used	insubordínenles, insubordínense
	accusative	insubordínenme	not used	insubordínenlo, insubordínenla	insubordínennos	not used	insubordínenlos, insubordínenlas, insubordínense

Further reading

• “insubordinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28