alejar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French alléger, Italian alleggerire, Spanish aligerar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aleˈʒar/, /aleˈd͡ʒar/

Verb

alejar (present tense alejas, past tense alejis, future tense alejos, imperative alejez, conditional alejus)

  1. (transitive) to lighten the load of (someone or something), relieve (of a load)
    Ni mustas alejar nia bagajo. ― We must lighten our luggage.
  2. (figuratively) to alleviate, ease, relieve (the mind, etc.)

Conjugation
    Conjugation of alejar
present past future
infinitive alejar alejir alejor
tense alejas alejis alejos
conditional alejus
imperative alejez
adjective active participle alejanta alejinta alejonta
adverbial active participle alejante alejinte alejonte
nominal active participle singular alejanto alejinto alejonto
plural alejanti alejinti alejonti
adjective passive participle alejata alejita alejota
adverbial passive participle alejate alejite alejote
nominal passive participle singular alejato alejito alejoto
plural alejati alejiti alejoti

Derived terms
  • alejeso (“ease, relief”)

Spanish

Etymology

a- +‎ lejos +‎ -ar

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aleˈxaɾ/ [a.leˈxaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧le‧jar

Verb

alejar (first-person singular present alejo, first-person singular preterite alejé, past participle alejado)

  1. (transitive) to remove to a distance, put farther away, to lead away, to draw away
  2. (transitive) to estrange, alienate
  3. (transitive) to keep at a distance
  4. (reflexive) to withdraw, distance oneself

Conjugation
    Conjugation of alejar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive alejar
gerund alejando
past participle masculine feminine
singular alejado alejada
plural alejados alejadas
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 alejo alejastú
alejásvos		 aleja alejamos alejáis alejan
imperfect alejaba alejabas alejaba alejábamos alejabais alejaban
preterite alejé alejaste alejó alejamos alejasteis alejaron
future alejaré alejarás alejará alejaremos alejaréis alejarán
conditional alejaría alejarías alejaría alejaríamos alejaríais alejarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present aleje alejestú
alejésvos2		 aleje alejemos alejéis alejen
imperfect
(ra)		 alejara alejaras alejara alejáramos alejarais alejaran
imperfect
(se)		 alejase alejases alejase alejásemos alejaseis alejasen
future1 alejare alejares alejare alejáremos alejareis alejaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative alejatú
alejávos		 aleje alejemos alejad alejen
negative no alejes no aleje no alejemos no alejéis no alejen

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

    Selected combined forms of alejar

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 alejar
dative alejarme alejarte alejarle, alejarse alejarnos alejaros alejarles, alejarse
accusative alejarme alejarte alejarlo, alejarla, alejarse alejarnos alejaros alejarlos, alejarlas, alejarse
with gerund alejando
dative alejándome alejándote alejándole, alejándose alejándonos alejándoos alejándoles, alejándose
accusative alejándome alejándote alejándolo, alejándola, alejándose alejándonos alejándoos alejándolos, alejándolas, alejándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative aleja
dative aléjame aléjate aléjale aléjanos not used aléjales
accusative aléjame aléjate aléjalo, aléjala aléjanos not used aléjalos, aléjalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative alejá
dative alejame alejate alejale alejanos not used alejales
accusative alejame alejate alejalo, alejala alejanos not used alejalos, alejalas
with formal second-person singular imperative aleje
dative aléjeme not used aléjele, aléjese aléjenos not used aléjeles
accusative aléjeme not used aléjelo, aléjela, aléjese aléjenos not used aléjelos, aléjelas
with first-person plural imperative alejemos
dative not used alejémoste alejémosle alejémonos alejémoos alejémosles
accusative not used alejémoste alejémoslo, alejémosla alejémonos alejémoos alejémoslos, alejémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative alejad
dative alejadme not used alejadle alejadnos alejaos alejadles
accusative alejadme not used alejadlo, alejadla alejadnos alejaos alejadlos, alejadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative alejen
dative aléjenme not used aléjenle aléjennos not used aléjenles, aléjense
accusative aléjenme not used aléjenlo, aléjenla aléjennos not used aléjenlos, aléjenlas, aléjense

Derived terms

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