prohijar

Spanish

Etymology

From pro- +‎ hijo (“son”) +‎ -ar, from Latin prāre (“for”) + fīlius (“son”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾoiˈxaɾ/ [pɾoi̯ˈxaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: prohi‧jar

Verb

prohijar (first-person singular present prohíjo, first-person singular preterite prohijé, past participle prohijado)

1. (transitive) to adopt

Conjugation

    Conjugation of prohijar (i-í alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			prohijar
gerund			prohijando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		prohijado		prohijada
		plural		prohijados		prohijadas
		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	prohíjo	prohíjastú prohijásvos	prohíja	prohijamos	prohijáis	prohíjan
	imperfect	prohijaba	prohijabas	prohijaba	prohijábamos	prohijabais	prohijaban
	preterite	prohijé	prohijaste	prohijó	prohijamos	prohijasteis	prohijaron
	future	prohijaré	prohijarás	prohijará	prohijaremos	prohijaréis	prohijarán
	conditional	prohijaría	prohijarías	prohijaría	prohijaríamos	prohijaríais	prohijarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	prohíje	prohíjestú prohijésvos2	prohíje	prohijemos	prohijéis	prohíjen
	imperfect (ra)	prohijara	prohijaras	prohijara	prohijáramos	prohijarais	prohijaran
	imperfect (se)	prohijase	prohijases	prohijase	prohijásemos	prohijaseis	prohijasen
	future1	prohijare	prohijares	prohijare	prohijáremos	prohijareis	prohijaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		prohíjatú prohijávos	prohíje	prohijemos	prohijad	prohíjen
	negative		no prohíjes	no prohíje	no prohijemos	no prohijéis	no prohíjen

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

    Selected combined forms of prohijar (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 prohijar
	dative	prohijarme	prohijarte	prohijarle, prohijarse	prohijarnos	prohijaros	prohijarles, prohijarse
	accusative	prohijarme	prohijarte	prohijarlo, prohijarla, prohijarse	prohijarnos	prohijaros	prohijarlos, prohijarlas, prohijarse
with gerund prohijando
	dative	prohijándome	prohijándote	prohijándole, prohijándose	prohijándonos	prohijándoos	prohijándoles, prohijándose
	accusative	prohijándome	prohijándote	prohijándolo, prohijándola, prohijándose	prohijándonos	prohijándoos	prohijándolos, prohijándolas, prohijándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative prohíja
	dative	prohíjame	prohíjate	prohíjale	prohíjanos	not used	prohíjales
	accusative	prohíjame	prohíjate	prohíjalo, prohíjala	prohíjanos	not used	prohíjalos, prohíjalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative prohijá
	dative	prohijame	prohijate	prohijale	prohijanos	not used	prohijales
	accusative	prohijame	prohijate	prohijalo, prohijala	prohijanos	not used	prohijalos, prohijalas
with formal second-person singular imperative prohíje
	dative	prohíjeme	not used	prohíjele, prohíjese	prohíjenos	not used	prohíjeles
	accusative	prohíjeme	not used	prohíjelo, prohíjela, prohíjese	prohíjenos	not used	prohíjelos, prohíjelas
with first-person plural imperative prohijemos
	dative	not used	prohijémoste	prohijémosle	prohijémonos	prohijémoos	prohijémosles
	accusative	not used	prohijémoste	prohijémoslo, prohijémosla	prohijémonos	prohijémoos	prohijémoslos, prohijémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative prohijad
	dative	prohijadme	not used	prohijadle	prohijadnos	prohijaos	prohijadles
	accusative	prohijadme	not used	prohijadlo, prohijadla	prohijadnos	prohijaos	prohijadlos, prohijadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative prohíjen
	dative	prohíjenme	not used	prohíjenle	prohíjennos	not used	prohíjenles, prohíjense
	accusative	prohíjenme	not used	prohíjenlo, prohíjenla	prohíjennos	not used	prohíjenlos, prohíjenlas, prohíjense

Related terms

• hija
• hijo

 

Further reading

• “prohijar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014