abolir

Catalan

Verb

abolir (first-person singular present aboleixo, past participle abolit)

1. to abolish

Conjugation

Conjugation of abolir (third conjugation with -eix- infix)

infinitive			abolir
present participle			abolint
past participle			abolit
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
Indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	aboleixo	aboleixes	aboleix	abolim	aboliu	aboleixen
	imperfect	abolia	abolies	abolia	abolíem	abolíeu	abolien
	future	aboliré	aboliràs	abolirà	abolirem	abolireu	aboliran
	preterite	abolí	abolires	abolí	abolírem	abolíreu	aboliren
	conditional	aboliria	aboliries	aboliria	aboliríem	aboliríeu	abolirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella	nosaltres	vosaltres	ells/elles
	present	aboleixi	aboleixis	aboleixi	abolim	aboliu	aboleixin
	imperfect	abolís	abolissis	abolís	abolíssim	abolíssiu	abolissin
imperative		-	tu	ell/ella	nosaltres	vosaltres	ells/elles
		—	aboleix	aboleixi	abolim	aboliu	aboleixin

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French

Etymology

Latin abolēre, present active infinitive of aboleō (“destroy, abolish”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

abolir

1. (transitive) to abolish

Usage notes

• A distinction is drawn in legal usage between abolir and abroger, where the later requiring a formal action, and is used (for example) of laws, whereas abolition is an incidental effect of other actions, or is not performed by a legislative body.

Conjugation

• This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

   Conjugation of abolir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		abolir			avoir aboli
gerund		en abolissant			en ayant aboli
present participle		abolissant
past participle		aboli
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	abolis	abolis	abolit	abolissons	abolissez	abolissent
	imperfect	abolissais	abolissais	abolissait	abolissions	abolissiez	abolissaient
	past historic1	abolis	abolis	abolit	abolîmes	abolîtes	abolirent
	future	abolirai	aboliras	abolira	abolirons	abolirez	aboliront
	conditional	abolirais	abolirais	abolirait	abolirions	aboliriez	aboliraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	abolisse	abolisses	abolisse	abolissions	abolissiez	abolissent
	imperfect1	abolisse	abolisses	abolît	abolissions	abolissiez	abolissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	abolis	—	abolissons	abolissez	—
1literary tenses

Derived terms

• abolitif
• abolition

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Portuguese

Etymology

Latin abolēre, present active infinitive of aboleō (“destroy, abolish”).

Verb

abolir (past participle abolido)

1. (transitive) to abolish

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ir verb abolir

Notes:

• This is an irregular defective verb of the -ir group.
• Forms whose suffix’s thematic vowel isn’t <i> are normally considered defective.
• Verbs with this conjugation include: abolir, explodir, demolir.

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	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele/ela/você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles/elas/vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	abolir
Personal	abolir	abolires	abolir	abolirmos	abolirdes	abolirem
Gerund
	abolindo
Past participle
Masculine	abolido			abolidos
Feminine	abolida			abolidas
Indicative
Present	- Normally defective: abulo	- Normally defective: aboles	- Normally defective: abole	abolimos	abolis	- Normally defective: abolem
Imperfect	abolia	abolias	abolia	abolíamos	abolíeis	aboliam
Preterite	aboli	aboliste	aboliu	abolimos	abolistes	aboliram
Pluperfect	abolira	aboliras	abolira	abolíramos	abolíreis	aboliram
Future	abolirei	abolirás	abolirá	aboliremos	abolireis	abolirão
Conditional	aboliria	abolirias	aboliria	aboliríamos	aboliríeis	aboliriam
Subjunctive
Present	- Normally defective: abula	- Normally defective: abulas	- Normally defective: abula	- Normally defective: abulamos	- Normally defective: abulais	- Normally defective: abulam
Imperfect	abolisse	abolisses	abolisse	abolíssemos	abolísseis	abolissem
Future	abolir	abolires	abolir	abolirmos	abolirdes	abolirem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	- Normally defective: abole	- Normally defective: abula	- Normally defective: abulamos	aboli	- Normally defective: abulam
Negative (não)	-	- Normally defective: abulas	- Normally defective: abula	- Normally defective: abulamos	- Normally defective: abulais	- Normally defective: abulam

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Spanish

Etymology

Latin abolēre, present active infinitive of aboleō (“destroy, abolish”).

Verb

abolir (first-person singular present abolo, first-person singular preterite abolí, past participle abolido)

1. (transitive) to abolish
2. (transitive) to revoke

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abolir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			abolir
gerund			aboliendo
past participle			abolido
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	abolo	aboles	abole	abolimos	abolís	abolen
	imperfect	abolía	abolías	abolía	abolíamos	abolíais	abolían
	preterite	abolí	aboliste	abolió	abolimos	abolisteis	abolieron
	future	aboliré	abolirás	abolirá	aboliremos	aboliréis	abolirán
	conditional	aboliría	abolirías	aboliría	aboliríamos	aboliríais	abolirían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	abola	abolas	abola	abolamos	aboláis	abolan
	imperfect (ra)	aboliera	abolieras	aboliera	aboliéramos	abolierais	abolieran
	imperfect (se)	aboliese	abolieses	aboliese	aboliésemos	abolieseis	aboliesen
	future	aboliere	abolieres	aboliere	aboliéremos	aboliereis	abolieren
imperative		—	tú	usted	nosotros	vosotros	ustedes
	affirmative		abole	abola	abolamos	abolid	abolan
	negative		no abolas	no abola	no abolamos	no aboláis	no abolan