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From so- + cavar.
- IPA(key): /sokaˈbaɾ/ [so.kaˈβ̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: so‧ca‧var
socavar (first-person singular present socavo, first-person singular preterite socavé, past participle socavado)
- to undermine
2022 September 23, Ana Fuentes, “Estrasburgo ha dicho lo que era evidente desde hace años: Hungría no es una democracia plena”, in El País[1]:Hoy sería impensable que Budapest entrase en la Unión. Pero como está dentro, se le permite socavar la separación de poderes y la libertad de prensa, y un discurso racista y homófobo[.]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to burrow
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of socavar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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| with infinitive socavar
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| dative
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socavarme
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socavarte
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socavarle, socavarse
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socavarnos
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socavaros
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socavarles, socavarse
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| accusative
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socavarme
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socavarte
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socavarlo, socavarla, socavarse
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socavarnos
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socavaros
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socavarlos, socavarlas, socavarse
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| with gerund socavando
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| dative
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socavándome
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socavándote
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socavándole, socavándose
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socavándonos
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socavándoos
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socavándoles, socavándose
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| accusative
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socavándome
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socavándote
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socavándolo, socavándola, socavándose
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socavándonos
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socavándoos
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socavándolos, socavándolas, socavándose
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| with informal second-person singular tú imperative socava
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| dative
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socávame
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socávate
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socávale
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socávanos
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not used
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socávales
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| accusative
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socávame
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socávate
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socávalo, socávala
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socávanos
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not used
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socávalos, socávalas
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| with informal second-person singular vos imperative socavá
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| dative
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socavame
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socavate
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socavale
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socavanos
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not used
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socavales
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| accusative
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socavame
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socavate
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socavalo, socavala
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socavanos
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not used
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socavalos, socavalas
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| with formal second-person singular imperative socave
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| dative
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socáveme
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not used
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socávele, socávese
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socávenos
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not used
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socáveles
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| accusative
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socáveme
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not used
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socávelo, socávela, socávese
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socávenos
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not used
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socávelos, socávelas
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| with first-person plural imperative socavemos
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| dative
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not used
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socavémoste
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socavémosle
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socavémonos
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socavémoos
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socavémosles
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| accusative
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not used
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socavémoste
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socavémoslo, socavémosla
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socavémonos
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socavémoos
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socavémoslos, socavémoslas
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| with informal second-person plural imperative socavad
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| dative
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socavadme
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not used
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socavadle
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socavadnos
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socavaos
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socavadles
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| accusative
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socavadme
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not used
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socavadlo, socavadla
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socavadnos
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socavaos
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socavadlos, socavadlas
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| with formal second-person plural imperative socaven
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| dative
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socávenme
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not used
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socávenle
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socávennos
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not used
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socávenles, socávense
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| accusative
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socávenme
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not used
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socávenlo, socávenla
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socávennos
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not used
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socávenlos, socávenlas, socávense
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