atravesar

/atɾabeˈsaɾ/, [a.t̪ɾa.β̞eˈsaɾ]

cross, go through

Gerund: atravesando

Past Participles

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	atravesado	atravesada
Plural	atravesados	atravesadas

Indicative

	Present	Imperfect	Preterite	Future	Conditional
yo	atravieso	atravesaba	atravesé	atravesaré	atravesaría
tú	atraviesas	atravesabas	atravesaste	atravesarás	atravesarías
él/ella/Ud.	atraviesa	atravesaba	atravesó	atravesará	atravesaría
nosotros	atravesamos	atravesábamos	atravesamos	atravesaremos	atravesaríamos
vosotros	atravesáis	atravesabais	atravesasteis	atravesaréis	atravesaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds.	atraviesan	atravesaban	atravesaron	atravesarán	atravesarían
vos	atravesás	atravesabas	atravesaste	atravesarás	atravesarías

Subjunctive

	Present	Imperfect (ra)	Imperfect (se)	Future
yo	atraviese	atravesara	atravesase	atravesare
tú	atravieses	atravesaras	atravesases	atravesares
él/ella/Ud.	atraviese	atravesara	atravesase	atravesare
nosotros	atravesemos	atravesáramos	atravesásemos	atravesáremos
vosotros	atraveséis	atravesarais	atravesaseis	atravesareis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	atraviesen	atravesaran	atravesasen	atravesaren
vos	atravesés	atravesaras	atravesases	atravesares

Imperative

Examples

No puedo atravesar este río. Es demasiado profundo.

I cannot get across this river. It's too deep.

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Ella pudo atravesar el océano Pacífico en bote.

She was able to cross the Pacific Ocean by boat.

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La única razón por la que Fernando de Magallanes pudo declarar que había sido el primer hombre en atravesar navegando todos los meridianos del mundo es que Cristóbal Colón había decidido nadar.

The only reason why Ferdinand Magellan could claim to be the first man to sail across all of the world's meridians was because Christopher Columbus had chosen to swim.

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Espere la señal verde antes de empezar a atravesar.

Wait for the green signal before starting to cross.

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Vi a un perro atravesar el río nadando.

I saw a dog swim across the river.

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Atravesar el mercado.

Go through the market.

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Es peligroso atravesar ese desierto.

Crossing that desert is dangerous.

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El submarino tuvo que atravesar una delgada capa de hielo para emerger.

The submarine had to break through a thin sheet of ice to surface.

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Las estrellas fugaces pueden atravesar el cielo en menos de un segundo.

Shooting stars can fly across the sky in less than a second.

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Él fracasó en su intento de atravesar el río a nado.

He failed in his attempt to swim across the river.

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