Verb conjugation

confabularse

to plot, plot together; to connive, conspire, scheme

Usage

Reflexive: to conspire or scheme together (confabularse contra alguien / para hacer algo) — a dramatic, often journalistic word for plotting.

Examples

Los vecinos se confabularon para denunciar el ruido. — The neighbors conspired to report the noise.
Se confabularon contra el jefe. — They conspired against the boss.
Parece que el destino se confabuló en su contra. — It seems fate conspired against him.

Common mistake

Almost always reflexive (confabularse) — using the bare form without se sounds incomplete to native speakers.

Often confused with conspirar.

Simple tenses

confabulándose

confabulado

confabularse

"confabularse" means "to plot, plot together; to connive, conspire, scheme".

The imperative (imperativo) of "confabularse" is: tú confabúlate, nosotros confabulémonos, vosotros confabulaos.