부릅뜨다 Korean verb conjugation

to stare with eyes wide open

Every form of 부릅뜨다 across the four speech levels. It is 으 irregular — The stem 으 drops before a vowel ending: 쓰다 → 써요.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
부릅뜨는
아/어Infinitive
부릅떠
-으니Since
부릅뜨니
합니다Formal
부릅뜹니다

현재Present

The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 부릅떠요부릅뜹니다부릅떠부릅뜬다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 부릅떴어요부릅떴습니다부릅떴어부릅떴다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 부릅뜨겠어요부릅뜨겠습니다부릅뜨겠어부릅뜨겠다
-을 것이다Going to 부릅뜰 거예요부릅뜰 것입니다부릅뜰 거야부릅뜰 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 부릅떠요?부릅뜹니까?부릅떠?부릅뜨니?
과거Past 부릅떴어요?부릅떴습니까?부릅떴어?부릅떴니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 부릅뜨세요부릅뜨십시오부릅떠부릅떠라
청유Let's 부릅떠요부릅뜹시다부릅떠부릅뜨자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 부릅떠요안 부릅뜹니다안 부릅떠안 부릅뜬다
-지 않다Not (long) 부릅뜨지 않아요부릅뜨지 않습니다부릅뜨지 않아부릅뜨지 않는다
Cannot 못 부릅떠요못 부릅뜹니다못 부릅떠못 부릅뜬다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 부릅뜨세요부릅뜨십니다부릅뜨셔부릅뜨신다
과거Past 부릅뜨셨어요부릅뜨셨습니다부릅뜨셨어부릅뜨셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
부릅뜨는
과거Past
부릅뜬
미래Future
부릅뜰
회상Used to
부릅뜨던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
부릅뜨고
-게-ly / so that
부릅뜨게
-어서so / and then
부릅떠서
-으니까since
부릅뜨니까
-으면if / when
부릅뜨면
-지만but
부릅뜨지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
부릅뜨는데
-어도even if
부릅떠도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 부릅뜨고 있어요부릅뜨고 있습니다부릅뜨고 있어부릅뜨고 있다
과거Was doing 부릅뜨고 있었어요부릅뜨고 있었습니다부릅뜨고 있었어부릅뜨고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

이런 체제의 정치적인 잔재를 보려고 눈을 부릅뜨고 볼 것도 없어요.

And you don't have to squint very hard to see the political ramifications of a system like this.

눈을 부릅뜨라고!

Open your goddamn eyes!

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 부릅뜨다 in Korean?

부릅뜨다 (to stare with eyes wide open) is 부릅떠요 in the polite 해요체, 부릅뜹니다 in formal 합니다체, 부릅떠 in casual 반말 and 부릅뜬다 in the plain written style. The past is 부릅떴어요.

What is the past tense of 부릅뜨다?

부릅떴어요 in everyday polite speech, 부릅떴습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 부릅떠 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 부릅뜨다 irregular?

Yes — it is 으 irregular (으 불규칙). The stem 으 drops before a vowel ending: 쓰다 → 써요. That is why the stem looks different in 부릅떠 and 부릅뜨니 but unchanged in 부릅뜹니다.

What TOPIK level is 부릅뜨다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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