ahijar

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin adfiliare, affiliare (“to adopt as a son”), from Latin ad + filius (“son”). Compare Portuguese afilhar, Asturian afiar, Italian affiliare. Doublet of afiliar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aiˈxaɾ/ [ai̯ˈxaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ahi‧jar

Verb

ahijar (first-person singular present ahíjo, first-person singular preterite ahijé, past participle ahijado)

  1. (transitive) to adopt someone's child
  2. (transitive) to misattribute credit or blame
  3. (intransitive) to procreate
  4. (intransitive) to sprout

Conjugation
    Conjugation of ahijar (i-í alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive ahijar
gerund ahijando
past participle masculine feminine
singular ahijado ahijada
plural ahijados ahijadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present ahíjo ahíjastú
ahijásvos		 ahíja ahijamos ahijáis ahíjan
imperfect ahijaba ahijabas ahijaba ahijábamos ahijabais ahijaban
preterite ahijé ahijaste ahijó ahijamos ahijasteis ahijaron
future ahijaré ahijarás ahijará ahijaremos ahijaréis ahijarán
conditional ahijaría ahijarías ahijaría ahijaríamos ahijaríais ahijarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present ahíje ahíjestú
ahijésvos2		 ahíje ahijemos ahijéis ahíjen
imperfect
(ra)		 ahijara ahijaras ahijara ahijáramos ahijarais ahijaran
imperfect
(se)		 ahijase ahijases ahijase ahijásemos ahijaseis ahijasen
future1 ahijare ahijares ahijare ahijáremos ahijareis ahijaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative ahíjatú
ahijávos		 ahíje ahijemos ahijad ahíjen
negative no ahíjes no ahíje no ahijemos no ahijéis no ahíjen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of ahijar (i-í alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive ahijar
dative ahijarme ahijarte ahijarle, ahijarse ahijarnos ahijaros ahijarles, ahijarse
accusative ahijarme ahijarte ahijarlo, ahijarla, ahijarse ahijarnos ahijaros ahijarlos, ahijarlas, ahijarse
with gerund ahijando
dative ahijándome ahijándote ahijándole, ahijándose ahijándonos ahijándoos ahijándoles, ahijándose
accusative ahijándome ahijándote ahijándolo, ahijándola, ahijándose ahijándonos ahijándoos ahijándolos, ahijándolas, ahijándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative ahíja
dative ahíjame ahíjate ahíjale ahíjanos not used ahíjales
accusative ahíjame ahíjate ahíjalo, ahíjala ahíjanos not used ahíjalos, ahíjalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative ahijá
dative ahijame ahijate ahijale ahijanos not used ahijales
accusative ahijame ahijate ahijalo, ahijala ahijanos not used ahijalos, ahijalas
with formal second-person singular imperative ahíje
dative ahíjeme not used ahíjele, ahíjese ahíjenos not used ahíjeles
accusative ahíjeme not used ahíjelo, ahíjela, ahíjese ahíjenos not used ahíjelos, ahíjelas
with first-person plural imperative ahijemos
dative not used ahijémoste ahijémosle ahijémonos ahijémoos ahijémosles
accusative not used ahijémoste ahijémoslo, ahijémosla ahijémonos ahijémoos ahijémoslos, ahijémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative ahijad
dative ahijadme not used ahijadle ahijadnos ahijaos ahijadles
accusative ahijadme not used ahijadlo, ahijadla ahijadnos ahijaos ahijadlos, ahijadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative ahíjen
dative ahíjenme not used ahíjenle ahíjennos not used ahíjenles, ahíjense
accusative ahíjenme not used ahíjenlo, ahíjenla ahíjennos not used ahíjenlos, ahíjenlas, ahíjense

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