confabularse
Spanish, verb/konfabuˈlaɾse/
confabularse is spelled C-O-N-F-A-B-U-L-A-R-S-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Spanish, the 202,162nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Confabularse is a Spanish verb meaning “to plot, plot together; to connive, conspire, scheme” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Juntarse con otros para realizar un plan coordinado, generalmente secreto, subversivo o ilícito”.
What does confabularse mean in English?
verb
- 1
to plot, plot together; to connive, conspire, scheme
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Juntarse con otros para realizar un plan coordinado, generalmente secreto, subversivo o ilícito.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of confabularse
- me confabulo first-person present singular
- me confabulé first-person preterite singular
- confabulado participle past
- confabulándose gerund
- confabulada feminine participle past
- confabulados masculine participle past
- confabuladas feminine participle past
- confabularme first-person infinitive singular
- confabularte infinitive second-person singular
- confabularnos first-person infinitive plural
- confabularos infinitive plural second-person
- confabulándome first-person gerund singular
- confabulándote gerund second-person singular
- confabulándonos first-person gerund plural
- confabulándoos gerund plural second-person
- te confabulas indicative informal present
- te confabulás indicative informal present
- se confabula indicative present singular
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce confabularse?
- /konfabuˈlaɾse/
- [kõɱ.fa.β̞uˈlaɾ.se]
- [kõɱfaβ̞uˈlaɾse]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is confabularse in Spanish?
confabularse appears about once in every 32 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).