ulular

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ululāre, present active infinitive of ululō. Compare udolar (an inherited doublet).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

ulular (first-person singular present ululo, first-person singular preterite ululí, past participle ululat)

1. to ululate, to howl

Synonyms

• udolar

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English ululate, French ululer, Italian ululare, Spanish ulular, from Latin ululō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.luˈlar/

Verb

ulular (present ululas, past ululis, future ululos, conditional ululus, imperative ululez)

1. (intransitive) to ululate, to howl

   Uli ululis uldie. ― Some ululated some day.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ulular

		present		past		future
infinitive		ulular		ululir		ululor
tense		ululas		ululis		ululos
conditional		ululus
imperative		ululez
adjective active participle		ululanta		ululinta		ululonta
adverbial active participle		ululante		ululinte		ululonte
nominal active participle	singular	ululanto		ululinto		ululonto
	plural	ululanti		ululinti		ululonti

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ululāre. Compare uivar (an inherited doublet).

Verb

1. to ululate
2. to howl

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ululāre, present active infinitive of ululō. Compare aullar (an inherited doublet). Cognate with English ululate.

Verb

ulular (first-person singular present ululo, first-person singular preterite ululé, past participle ululado)

1. (intransitive) to ululate
2. (intransitive) to wail; to howl
3. (intransitive) to hoot

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ulular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			ulular
gerund			ululando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ululado		ululada
		plural		ululados		ululadas
		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	ululo	ululastú ululásvos	ulula	ululamos	ululáis	ululan
	imperfect	ululaba	ululabas	ululaba	ululábamos	ululabais	ululaban
	preterite	ululé	ululaste	ululó	ululamos	ululasteis	ulularon
	future	ulularé	ulularás	ululará	ulularemos	ulularéis	ulularán
	conditional	ulularía	ulularías	ulularía	ulularíamos	ulularíais	ulularían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ulule	ululestú ululésvos2	ulule	ululemos	ululéis	ululen
	imperfect (ra)	ululara	ulularas	ululara	ululáramos	ulularais	ulularan
	imperfect (se)	ululase	ululases	ululase	ululásemos	ululaseis	ululasen
	future1	ululare	ululares	ululare	ululáremos	ululareis	ulularen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		ululatú ululávos	ulule	ululemos	ululad	ululen
	negative		no ulules	no ulule	no ululemos	no ululéis	no ululen

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

Related terms

• ululato
• aullar

Further reading

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