What does 'confabular' mean in English?

In Spanish, 'confabular' means to talk things over with. It is a regular -AR verb used across all 18 standard Spanish tenses.

Is confabular an irregular verb in Spanish?

Confabular is a regular -AR verb. Its endings follow the standard pattern in every tense without stem or root changes.

How do you conjugate confabular in the present tense?

Present tense (Presente) of confabular: yo confabulo, tú confabulas, él/ella/usted confabula, nosotros confabulamos, vosotros confabuláis, ellos/ellas/ustedes confabulan.

How do you conjugate confabular in the preterite?

Preterite (Pretérito Indefinido) of confabular: yo confabulé, tú confabulaste, él/ella/usted confabuló, nosotros confabulamos, vosotros confabulasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes confabularon. This tense expresses completed past actions at a defined point in time.

What is the imperfect tense of confabular?

Imperfect (Pretérito Imperfecto) of confabular: yo confabulaba, tú confabulabas, él/ella/usted confabulaba, nosotros confabulábamos, vosotros confabulabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes confabulaban. The imperfect describes past habits, ongoing actions, and background states.

What is the past participle of confabular?

The past participle of confabular is 'confabulado'. It is used to form compound tenses with the auxiliary verb haber — for example, 'he confabulado' (I have talk things over withed), 'has confabulado', 'ha confabulado'.

What is the gerundio (present participle) of confabular?

The gerundio of confabular is 'confabulando'. It pairs with estar to form the present continuous (estoy confabulando) and other progressive tenses, indicating an action in progress.

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Spanish verb conjugation

Confabular conjugation

confabular is a regular Spanish -AR verb meaning talk things over with. In the present tense: yo confabulo, tú confabulas, él/ella confabula, nosotros confabulamos, vosotros confabuláis, ellos confabulan. Full conjugation across 18 tenses below.

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At a glance

Infinitive: confabular
Gerundio: confabulando
Meaning: talk things over with
Pattern: Regular
Difficulty: Level 3

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Conjugation tables

Confabular across the MuyVerbs tense system

Non-finite forms

Infinitivo and Gerundio

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Form	Spanish	Use
Infinitivo	confabular	Dictionary form and base form for many compound structures.
Gerundio	confabulando	Used with estar for progressive forms, for example estar confabulando.

Presente

Present

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	confabulo	Yo confabulo con mi hermana antes de cenar.I talk things over with my sister before dinner.
tú	confabulas	Normalmente, tú confabulas con tu vecino en la escalera.You usually talk things over with your neighbor on the stairs.
él	confabula	Hoy, la periodista del turno confabula con su editor después del cierre.Today, the reporter on duty talks things over with his editor after closing time.
nosotros	confabulamos	A veces, nosotros confabulamos con la abogada durante el descanso.At times, we talk things over with the lawyer during the break.
vosotros	confabuláis	Ahora, vosotros confabuláis con Marta al salir de clase.Right now, you all talk things over with Marta after class.
ellos	confabulan	Casi siempre, los socios del despacho confabulan con el gerente en voz baja.Most of the time, the partners at the firm talk things over with the manager in a low voice.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	he confabulado	Este año, yo he confabulado con mi hermana antes de cenar.This year, I have talked things over with my sister before dinner.
tú	has confabulado	Últimamente, tú has confabulado con tu vecino en la escalera.Lately, you have talked things over with your neighbor on the stairs.
él	ha confabulado	En estos meses, la periodista del turno ha confabulado con su editor después del cierre.In these months, the reporter on duty has talked things over with his editor after closing time.
nosotros	hemos confabulado	Hasta ahora, nosotros hemos confabulado con la abogada durante el descanso.So far, we have talked things over with the lawyer during the break.
vosotros	habéis confabulado	En lo que va de curso, vosotros habéis confabulado con Marta al salir de clase.This term, you all have talked things over with Marta after class.
ellos	han confabulado	En este tiempo, los socios del despacho han confabulado con el gerente en voz baja.During this time, the partners at the firm have talked things over with the manager in a low voice.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	confabulé	Ayer, yo confabulé con mi hermana antes de cenar.Yesterday, I talked things over with my sister before dinner.
tú	confabulaste	Hace un rato, tú confabulaste con tu vecino en la escalera.A little while ago, you talked things over with your neighbor on the stairs.
él	confabuló	Esta mañana, la periodista del turno confabuló con su editor después del cierre.This morning, the reporter on duty talked things over with his editor after closing time.
nosotros	confabulamos	Anoche, nosotros confabulamos con la abogada durante el descanso.Last night, we talked things over with the lawyer during the break.
vosotros	confabulasteis	El sábado, vosotros confabulasteis con Marta al salir de clase.On Saturday, you all talked things over with Marta after class.
ellos	confabularon	Hace poco, los socios del despacho confabularon con el gerente en voz baja.Not long ago, the partners at the firm talked things over with the manager in a low voice.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	confabulaba	Antes, yo confabulaba con mi hermana antes de cenar.Before, I used to talk things over with my sister before dinner.
tú	confabulabas	Por entonces, tú confabulabas con tu vecino en la escalera.Back then, you used to talk things over with your neighbor on the stairs.
él	confabulaba	En esa época, la periodista del turno confabulaba con su editor después del cierre.At that time, the reporter on duty used to talk things over with his editor after closing time.
nosotros	confabulábamos	Cuando eso era normal, nosotros confabulábamos con la abogada durante el descanso.When that was normal, we used to talk things over with the lawyer during the break.
vosotros	confabulabais	Hace años, vosotros confabulabais con Marta al salir de clase.Years ago, you all used to talk things over with Marta after class.
ellos	confabulaban	En aquellos días, los socios del despacho confabulaban con el gerente en voz baja.In those days, the partners at the firm used to talk things over with the manager in a low voice.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	había confabulado	Cuando llegaste, yo ya había confabulado con mi hermana antes de cenar.When you arrived, I had already talked things over with my sister before dinner.
tú	habías confabulado	Para entonces, tú ya habías confabulado con tu vecino en la escalera.By then, you had already talked things over with your neighbor on the stairs.
él	había confabulado	Al volver, la periodista del turno ya había confabulado con su editor después del cierre.When we came back, the reporter on duty had already talked things over with his editor after closing time.
nosotros	habíamos confabulado	Antes de hablarlo, nosotros ya habíamos confabulado con la abogada durante el descanso.Before talking it through, we had already talked things over with the lawyer during the break.
vosotros	habíais confabulado	Cuando mirasteis otra vez, vosotros ya habíais confabulado con Marta al salir de clase.When you looked again, you all had already talked things over with Marta after class.
ellos	habían confabulado	Para ese momento, los socios del despacho ya habían confabulado con el gerente en voz baja.By that moment, the partners at the firm had already talked things over with the manager in a low voice.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	hube confabulado	Apenas yo hube confabulado con mi hermana antes de cenar, todo cambió.As soon as I had talked things over with my sister before dinner, everything changed.
tú	hubiste confabulado	En cuanto tú hubiste confabulado con tu vecino en la escalera, se notó.The moment you had talked things over with your neighbor on the stairs, it showed.
él	hubo confabulado	No bien la periodista del turno hubo confabulado con su editor después del cierre, hubo ruido.As soon as the reporter on duty had talked things over with his editor after closing time, there was trouble.
nosotros	hubimos confabulado	Tan pronto como nosotros hubimos confabulado con la abogada durante el descanso, seguimos adelante.Once we had talked things over with the lawyer during the break, we moved on.
vosotros	hubisteis confabulado	Apenas vosotros hubisteis confabulado con Marta al salir de clase, mirasteis el resultado.As soon as you all had talked things over with Marta after class, you checked the result.
ellos	hubieron confabulado	En cuanto los socios del despacho hubieron confabulado con el gerente en voz baja, el ambiente cambió.The moment the partners at the firm had talked things over with the manager in a low voice, the mood changed.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	confabularé	Mañana, yo confabularé con mi hermana antes de cenar.Tomorrow, I will talk things over with my sister before dinner.
tú	confabularás	Dentro de poco, tú confabularás con tu vecino en la escalera.Soon, you will talk things over with your neighbor on the stairs.
él	confabulará	Esta tarde, la periodista del turno confabulará con su editor después del cierre.This afternoon, the reporter on duty will talk things over with his editor after closing time.
nosotros	confabularemos	La semana que viene, nosotros confabularemos con la abogada durante el descanso.Next week, we will talk things over with the lawyer during the break.
vosotros	confabularéis	Pronto, vosotros confabularéis con Marta al salir de clase.Before long, you all will talk things over with Marta after class.
ellos	confabularán	Más adelante, los socios del despacho confabularán con el gerente en voz baja.Later on, the partners at the firm will talk things over with the manager in a low voice.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	habré confabulado	Para entonces, yo ya habré confabulado con mi hermana antes de cenar.By then, I will already have talked things over with my sister before dinner.
tú	habrás confabulado	Antes del cierre, tú ya habrás confabulado con tu vecino en la escalera.Before closing time, you will already have talked things over with your neighbor on the stairs.
él	habrá confabulado	Al final del día, la periodista del turno ya habrá confabulado con su editor después del cierre.By the end of the day, the reporter on duty will already have talked things over with his editor after closing time.
nosotros	habremos confabulado	Para mañana, nosotros ya habremos confabulado con la abogada durante el descanso.By tomorrow, we will already have talked things over with the lawyer during the break.
vosotros	habréis confabulado	Antes de iros, vosotros ya habréis confabulado con Marta al salir de clase.Before leaving, you all will already have talked things over with Marta after class.
ellos	habrán confabulado	Para esa hora, los socios del despacho ya habrán confabulado con el gerente en voz baja.By that hour, the partners at the firm will already have talked things over with the manager in a low voice.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	confabularía	En un caso así, yo confabularía con mi hermana antes de cenar.In a case like that, I would talk things over with my sister before dinner.
tú	confabularías	Con un poco más de tiempo, tú confabularías con tu vecino en la escalera.With a little more time, you would talk things over with your neighbor on the stairs.
él	confabularía	En esa situación, la periodista del turno confabularía con su editor después del cierre.In that situation, the reporter on duty would talk things over with his editor after closing time.
nosotros	confabularíamos	Con ese panorama, nosotros confabularíamos con la abogada durante el descanso.With that outlook, we would talk things over with the lawyer during the break.
vosotros	confabularíais	Llegado el caso, vosotros confabularíais con Marta al salir de clase.If it came to that, you all would talk things over with Marta after class.
ellos	confabularían	En un día así, los socios del despacho confabularían con el gerente en voz baja.On a day like that, the partners at the firm would talk things over with the manager in a low voice.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	habría confabulado	En otro momento, yo habría confabulado con mi hermana antes de cenar.At another moment, I would have talked things over with my sister before dinner.
tú	habrías confabulado	Con un poco más de margen, tú habrías confabulado con tu vecino en la escalera.With a little more margin, you would have talked things over with your neighbor on the stairs.
él	habría confabulado	A esas alturas, la periodista del turno habría confabulado con su editor después del cierre.By then, the reporter on duty would have talked things over with his editor after closing time.
nosotros	habríamos confabulado	Con ese giro, nosotros habríamos confabulado con la abogada durante el descanso.With that turn, we would have talked things over with the lawyer during the break.
vosotros	habríais confabulado	Llegados ahí, vosotros habríais confabulado con Marta al salir de clase.At that point, you all would have talked things over with Marta after class.
ellos	habrían confabulado	En ese punto, los socios del despacho habrían confabulado con el gerente en voz baja.From there, the partners at the firm would have talked things over with the manager in a low voice.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	confabule	Es mejor que yo confabule con mi hermana antes de cenar.It is better that I talk things over with my sister before dinner.
tú	confabules	Hace falta que tú confabules con tu vecino en la escalera.It is necessary that you talk things over with your neighbor on the stairs.
él	confabule	Conviene que la periodista del turno confabule con su editor después del cierre.It is wise that the reporter on duty talk things over with his editor after closing time.
nosotros	confabulemos	Importa que nosotros confabulemos con la abogada durante el descanso.It matters that we talk things over with the lawyer during the break.
vosotros	confabuléis	Puede ser útil que vosotros confabuléis con Marta al salir de clase.It may help if you all talk things over with Marta after class.
ellos	confabulen	Es posible que los socios del despacho confabulen con el gerente en voz baja.It is possible that the partners at the firm talk things over with the manager in a low voice.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	haya confabulado	Ojalá yo haya confabulado con mi hermana antes de cenar.Hopefully I have talked things over with my sister before dinner.
tú	hayas confabulado	Puede que tú ya hayas confabulado con tu vecino en la escalera.Maybe you already have talked things over with your neighbor on the stairs.
él	haya confabulado	Tal vez la periodista del turno haya confabulado con su editor después del cierre.Perhaps the reporter on duty has talked things over with his editor after closing time.
nosotros	hayamos confabulado	Quizá nosotros ya hayamos confabulado con la abogada durante el descanso.Maybe we already have talked things over with the lawyer during the break.
vosotros	hayáis confabulado	Es probable que vosotros hayáis confabulado con Marta al salir de clase.It is likely that you all have talked things over with Marta after class.
ellos	hayan confabulado	Puede ser que los socios del despacho ya hayan confabulado con el gerente en voz baja.It may be that the partners at the firm already have talked things over with the manager in a low voice.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	confabulara	Si yo confabulara con mi hermana antes de cenar, se notaría enseguida.If I talked things over with my sister before dinner, it would show right away.
tú	confabularas	Si tú confabularas con tu vecino en la escalera, costaría ocultarlo.If you talked things over with your neighbor on the stairs, it would be hard to hide.
él	confabulara	Si la periodista del turno confabulara con su editor después del cierre, daría mucho que hablar.If the reporter on duty talked things over with his editor after closing time, it would give people plenty to talk about.
nosotros	confabuláramos	Si nosotros confabuláramos con la abogada durante el descanso, todo iría por otro lado.If we talked things over with the lawyer during the break, everything would go another way.
vosotros	confabularais	Si vosotros confabularais con Marta al salir de clase, cambiaría el ambiente.If you all talked things over with Marta after class, the mood would change.
ellos	confabularan	Si los socios del despacho confabularan con el gerente en voz baja, la escena sería otra.If the partners at the firm talked things over with the manager in a low voice, the whole scene would be different.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	hubiera confabulado	Si yo hubiera confabulado con mi hermana antes de cenar, aún se recordaría.If I had talked things over with my sister before dinner, it would still be remembered.
tú	hubieras confabulado	Si tú hubieras confabulado con tu vecino en la escalera, eso habría dejado marca.If you had talked things over with your neighbor on the stairs, that would have left a mark.
él	hubiera confabulado	Si la periodista del turno hubiera confabulado con su editor después del cierre, todavía se hablaría de eso.If the reporter on duty had talked things over with his editor after closing time, people would still be talking about it.
nosotros	hubiéramos confabulado	Si nosotros hubiéramos confabulado con la abogada durante el descanso, el día habría seguido otro rumbo.If we had talked things over with the lawyer during the break, the day would have gone another way.
vosotros	hubierais confabulado	Si vosotros hubierais confabulado con Marta al salir de clase, el cambio se habría notado antes.If you all had talked things over with Marta after class, the change would have shown earlier.
ellos	hubieran confabulado	Si los socios del despacho hubieran confabulado con el gerente en voz baja, nada habría quedado igual.If the partners at the firm had talked things over with the manager in a low voice, nothing would have stayed the same.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	confabulare	Si yo confabulare con mi hermana antes de cenar, se notará enseguida.If I talk things over with my sister before dinner, it will show right away.
tú	confabulares	Si tú confabulares con tu vecino en la escalera, costará ignorarlo.If you talk things over with your neighbor on the stairs, it will be hard to ignore.
él	confabulare	Si la periodista del turno confabulare con su editor después del cierre, dará mucho que hablar.If the reporter on duty talks things over with his editor after closing time, it will give people plenty to talk about.
nosotros	confabuláremos	Si nosotros confabuláremos con la abogada durante el descanso, todo irá por otro camino.If we talk things over with the lawyer during the break, everything will go another way.
vosotros	confabulareis	Si vosotros confabulareis con Marta al salir de clase, el ambiente cambiará rápido.If you all talk things over with Marta after class, the mood will change fast.
ellos	confabularen	Si los socios del despacho confabularen con el gerente en voz baja, la escena será distinta.If the partners at the firm talk things over with the manager in a low voice, the whole scene will be different.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	hubiere confabulado	Cuando yo hubiere confabulado con mi hermana antes de cenar, ya se notará.When I have talked things over with my sister before dinner, it will already show.
tú	hubieres confabulado	En cuanto tú hubieres confabulado con tu vecino en la escalera, será difícil no verlo.As soon as you have talked things over with your neighbor on the stairs, it will be hard not to see.
él	hubiere confabulado	Cuando la periodista del turno hubiere confabulado con su editor después del cierre, se verá de inmediato.When the reporter on duty has talked things over with his editor after closing time, it will show at once.
nosotros	hubiéremos confabulado	Si para entonces nosotros hubiéremos confabulado con la abogada durante el descanso, todo irá de otra manera.If by then we have talked things over with the lawyer during the break, everything will move differently.
vosotros	hubiereis confabulado	Cuando vosotros hubiereis confabulado con Marta al salir de clase, el ambiente sonará distinto.When you all have talked things over with Marta after class, the mood will sound different.
ellos	hubieren confabulado	En cuanto los socios del despacho hubieren confabulado con el gerente en voz baja, el cambio quedará claro.As soon as the partners at the firm have talked things over with the manager in a low voice, the change will be clear.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	-	-
tú	confabula	confabula con tu vecino en la escalera.Talk things over with your neighbor on the stairs.
él	confabule	Que la periodista del turno confabule con su editor después del cierre.Let the reporter on duty talk things over with his editor after closing time.
nosotros	confabulemos	confabulemos con la abogada durante el descanso.Talk things over with the lawyer during the break.
vosotros	confabulad	confabulad con Marta al salir de clase.Talk things over with Marta after class.
ellos	confabulen	Que los socios del despacho confabulen con el gerente en voz baja.Let the partners at the firm talk things over with the manager in a low voice.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	-	-
tú	no confabules	No no confabules con tu vecino en la escalera.Do not talk things over with your neighbor on the stairs.
él	no confabule	Que la periodista del turno no no confabule con su editor después del cierre.Let the reporter on duty not talk things over with his editor after closing time.
nosotros	no confabulemos	No no confabulemos con la abogada durante el descanso.Let us not talk things over with the lawyer during the break.
vosotros	no confabuléis	No no confabuléis con Marta al salir de clase.Do not talk things over with Marta after class.
ellos	no confabulen	Que los socios del despacho no no confabulen con el gerente en voz baja.Let the partners at the firm not talk things over with the manager in a low voice.

Confabular conjugation

Confabular across the MuyVerbs tense system

Non-finite forms

Presente

Pretérito Perfecto

Pretérito Indefinido

Pretérito Imperfecto

Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto

Pretérito Anterior

Futuro

Futuro Perfecto

Condicional

Condicional Perfecto

Subjuntivo Presente

Subjuntivo Pretérito Perfecto

Subjuntivo Pretérito Imperfecto

Subjuntivo Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto

Subjuntivo Futuro

Subjuntivo Futuro Perfecto

Imperativo Afirmativo

Imperativo Negativo

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