Acobardar means to intimidate or frighten someone, often causing them to lose confidence or courage.
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El Presente - used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | acobardo | El miedo acobarda a muchas personas. Fear frightens many people. | |
| Tú | acobardas | No acobardas ante los desafíos. You do not scare in the face of challenges. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acobarda | La situación acobarda a los empleados. The situation frightens the employees. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | acobardamos | No acobardamos ante las dificultades. We do not scare in the face of difficulties. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | acobardáis | Vosotros no acobardáis fácilmente. You all do not scare easily. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acobardan | Los problemas acobardan a muchos. Problems frighten many. |
El Pretérito Indefinido - used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | acobardé | No acobardé ante el peligro. I did not scare myself in front of danger. | |
| Tú | acobardaste | Tú no acobardaste en la pelea. You did not scare yourself in the fight. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acobardó | Él acobardó ante la situación. He scared himself in front of the situation. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | acobardamos | Nosotros no acobardamos ante los desafíos. We did not scare ourselves before the challenges. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | acobardasteis | Vosotros no acobardasteis en la competencia. You all did not scare yourselves in the competition. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acobardaron | Ellos no acobardaron ante el miedo. They did not scare themselves in front of fear. |
El Pretérito Imperfecto - used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | acobardaba | Antes, acobardaba ante los desafíos. I used to get scared of challenges. | |
| Tú | acobardabas | Tú acobardabas cuando eras niño. You used to get scared when you were a child. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acobardaba | Ella acobardaba en las situaciones difíciles. She used to get scared in difficult situations. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | acobardábamos | Nosotros acobardábamos en las tormentas. We used to get scared during storms. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | acobardabais | Vosotros acobardabais en las películas de miedo. You all used to get scared in horror movies. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acobardaban | Ellos acobardaban ante los peligros. They used to get scared of dangers. |
El Presente Progresivo - used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy acobardando | Estoy acobardando ante la situación. I am frightening myself in front of the situation. | |
| Tú | estás acobardando | Estás acobardando por el miedo. You are frightening yourself because of fear. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | está acobardando | Ella está acobardando en la oscuridad. She is frightening herself in the dark. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | estamos acobardando | Estamos acobardando ante el reto. We are frightening ourselves before the challenge. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | estáis acobardando | Vosotros estáis acobardando por la tormenta. You all are frightening yourselves because of the storm. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | están acobardando | Ellos están acobardando en la reunión. They are frightening themselves in the meeting. |
El Futuro Próximo - used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | me acobardaré | Me acobardaré si no estudio. I will get scared if I don't study. | |
| Tú | te acobardarás | Tú te acobardarás ante el desafío. You will get scared in front of the challenge. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se acobardará | Él se acobardará en la situación difícil. He will get scared in the difficult situation. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | nos acobardaremos | Nos acobardaremos si no actuamos rápido. We will get scared if we don't act quickly. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | os acobardaréis | Vosotros os acobardaréis ante el problema. You all will get scared before the problem. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se acobardarán | Ellos se acobardarán si ven la dificultad. They will get scared if they see the difficulty. |
El Futuro Simple - used to talk about something that will happen in the future
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | acobardaré | No me acobardaré ante el desafío. I will not be intimidated by the challenge. | |
| Tú | acobardarás | Tú no te acobardarás fácilmente. You will not be easily intimidated. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acobardará | Él acobardará a sus rivales. He will intimidate his rivals. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | acobardaremos | Nosotros no acobardaremos ante nada. We will not be intimidated by anything. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | acobardaréis | Vosotros no acobardaréis fácilmente. You all will not be easily intimidated. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acobardarán | Ellos acobardarán a los enemigos. They will intimidate the enemies. |
El Condicional Simple - used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | acobardaría | Yo no acobardaría ante el desafío. I wouldn't be scared of the challenge. | |
| Tú | acobardarías | Tú acobardarías si supieras la verdad. You would be scared if you knew the truth. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acobardaría | Él acobardaría en esa situación. He would be scared in that situation. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | acobardaríamos | Nosotros no acobardaríamos fácilmente. We wouldn't be scared easily. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | acobardaríais | Vosotros acobardaríais si supierais la verdad. You all would be scared if you knew the truth. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acobardarían | Ellos acobardarían ante el peligro. They would be scared in front of danger. |
El Pretérito Perfecto - used to describe actions that started recently and are still happening now
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | he acobardado | He acobardado ante la situación. I have cowardly backed down from the situation. | |
| Tú | has acobardado | Tú has acobardado en el momento crucial. You have cowardly backed down at the crucial moment. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha acobardado | Él ha acobardado ante el peligro. He has cowardly backed down in the face of danger. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | hemos acobardado | Nosotros hemos acobardado en la reunión. We have cowardly backed down in the meeting. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | habéis acobardado | Vosotros habéis acobardado ante el reto. You all have cowardly backed down from the challenge. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han acobardado | Ellos han acobardado en la competencia. They have cowardly backed down in the competition. |
El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto - used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | había acobardado | Yo había acobardado antes de hablar. I had scared before speaking. | |
| Tú | habías acobardado | Tú habías acobardado en esa situación. You had scared in that situation. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | había acobardado | Él había acobardado al ver la tormenta. He had scared when seeing the storm. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | habíamos acobardado | Nosotros habíamos acobardado antes del examen. We had scared before the exam. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | habíais acobardado | Vosotros habíais acobardado en la película. You all had scared in the movie. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habían acobardado | Ellos habían acobardado al ver la noticia. They had scared upon seeing the news. |
El Futuro Perfecto - used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré acobardado | Para entonces, ya habré acobardado. By then, I will have been intimidated. | |
| Tú | habrás acobardado | Seguramente habrás acobardado ante el desafío. You will have been intimidated by the challenge. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | habrá acobardado | Ella habrá acobardado antes de la reunión. She will have been intimidated before the meeting. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | habremos acobardado | Nosotros habremos acobardado si no actuamos pronto. We will have been intimidated if we don't act soon. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | habréis acobardado | Vosotros habréis acobardado ante la situación. You all will have been intimidated by the situation. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habrán acobardado | Ellos habrán acobardado antes de terminar. They will have been intimidated before finishing. |
El Condicional Perfecto - used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn't
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría acobardado | Yo habría acobardado si hubiera sabido. I would have scared myself if I had known. | |
| Tú | habrías acobardado | Tú habrías acobardado ante la situación. You would have scared yourself in front of the situation. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | habría acobardado | Él habría acobardado si hubiera visto el peligro. He would have scared himself if he had seen the danger. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | habríamos acobardado | Nosotros habríamos acobardado en esa circunstancia. We would have scared ourselves in that circumstance. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | habríais acobardado | Vosotros habríais acobardado si hubierais estado allí. You all would have scared yourselves if you had been there. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habrían acobardado | Ellos habrían acobardado ante la noticia. They would have scared themselves at the news. |
El Presente de Subjuntivo - used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | acobarde | Espero que no acobarde ante el peligro. I hope he doesn't scare easily in the face of danger. | |
| Tú | acobardes | Es importante que no acobardes en la reunión. It's important that you don't get scared in the meeting. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acobarde | Dudo que él acobarde en la competencia. I doubt he will scare easily in the competition. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | acobardemos | Queremos que no acobardemos ante los desafíos. We want us not to scare in the face of challenges. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | acobardéis | Es posible que no acobardéis en la prueba. It's possible that you won't scare in the test. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acobarden | No creo que ellos acobarden fácilmente. I don't think they will scare easily. |
El Imperfecto Subjuntivo - used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | acobardara | No creía que acobardara tan fácilmente. I didn't believe he/she was so easily intimidated. | |
| Tú | acobardaras | Si supieras, no acobardaras así. If you knew, you wouldn't be so scared. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acobardara | Esperaba que no acobardara ante el peligro. He/She hoped he/she wouldn't be intimidated by the danger. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | acobardáramos | Ojalá no acobardáramos ante los desafíos. I wish we weren't intimidated by the challenges. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | acobardarais | ¿Pensaste que acobardarais a todos? Did you think you all would scare everyone? | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acobardaran | No creían que acobardaran tan fácilmente. They didn't believe they would be so easily intimidated. |
El Futuro de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations and actions/events that may happen in the future
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | acobardare | Si te acobardare, no lo lograrás. If I scare you, you won't succeed. | |
| Tú | acobardares | Quizás acobardares ante el desafío. Maybe you will be frightened by the challenge. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acobardare | Si él acobardare, no participará. If he gets scared, he won't participate. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | acobardáremos | Nosotros acobardáremos si no nos prepararmos. We will be frightened if we don't prepare ourselves. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | acobardareis | ¿Acobardareis ante el peligro? Will you be scared in the face of danger? | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acobardaren | Si ellos acobardaren, no vencerán. If they get scared, they won't win. |
El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to describe past actions still connected to the present
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya acobardado | Espero que haya acobardado sus miedos. I hope he has scared away his fears. | |
| Tú | hayas acobardado | Es posible que hayas acobardado antes de tiempo. It's possible that you have scared yourself prematurely. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya acobardado | Es probable que él haya acobardado ante el peligro. It's likely that he has scared himself before the danger. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | hayamos acobardado | Quizá hayamos acobardado en esa situación. Maybe we have scared ourselves in that situation. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | hayáis acobardado | No creo que hayáis acobardado en la reunión. I don't think you have scared yourselves in the meeting. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan acobardado | Es posible que hayan acobardado ante la noticia. It's possible that they have scared themselves before the news. |
El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations in the past
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera acobardado | Si hubiera acobardado, no habría actuado así. If I had been scared, I wouldn't have acted like that. | |
| Tú | hubieras acobardado | Es posible que tú hubieras acobardado en esa situación. You might have been scared in that situation. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera acobardado | Ella habría acobardado si hubiera visto el peligro. She would have been scared if she had seen the danger. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | hubiéramos acobardado | Nosotros no hubiéramos acobardado si hubiéramos sabido. We wouldn't have been scared if we had known. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | hubierais acobardado | ¿Vosotros habríais acobardado en esa situación? Would you all have been scared in that situation? | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran acobardado | Ellos habrían acobardado si hubieran visto el miedo. They would have been scared if they had seen the fear. |
El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situation occurs
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere acobardado | Cuando llegue, ya hubiere acobardado. When I arrive, I will have already been frightened. | |
| Tú | hubieres acobardado | Si me llamas, tú hubieres acobardado. If you call me, you will have been frightened. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere acobardado | Es posible que él hubiere acobardado antes. It is possible that he will have been frightened before. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | hubiéremos acobardado | Para entonces, nosotros hubiéremos acobardado. By then, we will have been frightened. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | hubiereis acobardado | Vosotros hubiereis acobardado si hubierais visto eso. You all will have been frightened if you had seen that. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren acobardado | Es probable que ellos hubieren acobardado en esa situación. It is likely that they will have been frightened in that situation. |
El Imperativo Afirmativo - used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | acobarda | No uses esa palabra, acobarda a los niños. Don't use that word, scare the children. | |
| Tú | acobarda | ¡Acobarda a los enemigos ahora! Scare the enemies now! | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acobarde | Que acobarde a los intrusos. Let him scare the intruders. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | acobardemos | Acobardemos a los rivales con nuestra fuerza. Let's scare the rivals with our strength. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | acobardad | ¡Acobardad a los adversarios con valentía! Scare the opponents with bravery! | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acobarden | Que acobarden a los enemigos rápidamente. Let them scare the enemies quickly. |
El Imperativo Negativo - used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | no acobarde | No acobarde ante los problemas. Don't be cowardly in front of problems. | |
| Tú | no acobardes | No acobardes en la situación difícil. Don't be cowardly in the difficult situation. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | no acobarde | No acobarde en la reunión. Don't be cowardly in the meeting. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | no acobardemos | No acobardemos ante los desafíos. Let's not be cowardly in the face of challenges. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | no acobardéis | No acobardéis en la competencia. Don't be cowardly in the competition. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | no acobarden | No acobarden ante las dificultades. Don't be cowardly in front of difficulties. |
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