Present
Presente · now, habits and facts
- yo I fictionalise
- tú you fictionalise
- usted, él, ella he/she fictionalises
- nosotros we fictionalise
- vosotros Spain you all fictionalise
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they fictionalise
SPANISH VERB
novelar
to fictionalise, to romanticise
- Regular -ar verb
- Gerund: novelando
- Past participle: novelado
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
Pretérito indefinido · finished actions
- yo I fictionalised
- tú you fictionalised
- usted, él, ella he/she fictionalised
- nosotros we fictionalised
- vosotros Spain you all fictionalised
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they fictionalised
Imperfect
Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”
- yo I used to fictionalise
- tú you used to fictionalise
- usted, él, ella he/she used to fictionalise
- nosotros we used to fictionalise
- vosotros Spain you all used to fictionalise
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to fictionalise
Future
Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common
- yo I will fictionalise
- tú you will fictionalise
- usted, él, ella he/she will fictionalise
- nosotros we will fictionalise
- vosotros Spain you all will fictionalise
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they will fictionalise
Conditional
Condicional · “would”
- yo I would fictionalise
- tú you would fictionalise
- usted, él, ella he/she would fictionalise
- nosotros we would fictionalise
- vosotros Spain you all would fictionalise
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they would fictionalise
Present subjunctive
Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”
- yo (that) I fictionalise
- tú (that) you fictionalise
- usted, él, ella (that) he/she fictionalise
- nosotros (that) we fictionalise
- vosotros Spain (that) you all fictionalise
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they fictionalise
Past subjunctive
Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”
- yo (if) I fictionalised
- tú (if) you fictionalised
- usted, él, ella (if) he/she fictionalised
- nosotros (if) we fictionalised
- vosotros Spain (if) you all fictionalised
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they fictionalised
Imperative
Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)
- tú fictionalise!
- usted fictionalise! (formal)
- nosotros fictionalise! (let’s)
- vosotros Spain fictionalise! (all of you)
- ustedes fictionalise! (all of you)
How to use novelar
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Carmen novela la historia de su abuela en su primer libro.
Carmen fictionalises her grandmother's story in her first book.
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Past
El autor noveló su propia infancia en Triana.
The author fictionalised his own childhood in Triana.
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Imperfect
Mi tío novelaba sus viajes hasta que nadie le creía.
My uncle romanticised his trips until nobody believed him.
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Future
¿Novelarás lo que pasó en el hospital o lo contarás tal cual?
Will you fictionalise what happened at the hospital or tell it as it was?
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Conditional
Yo novelaría un poco el final, la realidad fue muy triste.
I'd romanticise the ending a little; the reality was very sad.
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Present subjunctive
No quiero que noveles mi vida sin preguntarme.
I don't want you to fictionalise my life without asking me.
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Past subjunctive
Le pidieron que novelara la historia del barrio para una serie.
They asked her to fictionalise the neighbourhood's story for a series.
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Imperative
¡Novela menos y cuenta lo que pasó de verdad!
Romanticise less and tell what really happened!
Good to know
- "Novelar" is to turn real events into a novel, and so to embellish them: "no noveles tanto" means stop romanticising.
Where you hear novelar
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Spanish · Fluency Level 1
- Hoy en día, todo el mundo novela la historia. These days, everyone fictionalises history.
- Mi Paco, cuando contaba algo, lo novelaba todo. My Paco, when he told a story, made a novel of it all.
- Algún día, alguien novelará la vida de Encarna. One day, someone will turn Encarna's life into a novel.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.