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cautivar

cautivar

Spanish

Verb

cautivar ‎(first-person singular present cautivo, first-person singular preterite cautivé, past participle cautivado)

to take prisoner
to capture, to win over

Conjugation

Conjugation of cautivar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

		singular			plural
infinitive			cautivar
gerund			cautivando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cautivado		cautivada
		plural		cautivados		cautivadas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cautivo	cautivas^tú cautivás^{^vos}	cautiva	cautivamos	cautiváis	cautivan
	imperfect	cautivaba	cautivabas	cautivaba	cautivábamos	cautivabais	cautivaban
	preterite	cautivé	cautivaste	cautivó	cautivamos	cautivasteis	cautivaron
	future	cautivaré	cautivarás	cautivará	cautivaremos	cautivaréis	cautivarán
	conditional	cautivaría	cautivarías	cautivaría	cautivaríamos	cautivaríais	cautivarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cautive	cautives^{^tú} cautivés^{^vos¹}	cautive	cautivemos	cautivéis	cautiven
	imperfect (ra)	cautivara	cautivaras	cautivara	cautiváramos	cautivarais	cautivaran
	imperfect (se)	cautivase	cautivases	cautivase	cautivásemos	cautivaseis	cautivasen
	future	cautivare	cautivares	cautivare	cautiváremos	cautivareis	cautivaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cautiva^{^tú} cautivá^{^vos}	cautive	cautivemos	cautivad	cautiven
	negative		no cautives	no cautive	no cautivemos	no cautivéis	no cautiven

¹Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.