abominar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

abominar (first-person singular present abomino, first-person singular preterite abominí, past participle abominat)

1. to abominate

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English abominate, French abominer, Italian aborrire, Spanish abominar.

Verb

abominar (present tense abominas, past tense abominis, future tense abominos, imperative abominez, conditional abominus)

1. (transitive) to abominate, abhor, detest, loathe

   Multa homi abominas insekti ed aranei.

   Many humans abominate insects and spiders.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abominar

		present		past		future
infinitive		abominar		abominir		abominor
tense		abominas		abominis		abominos
conditional		abominus
imperative		abominez
adjective active participle		abominanta		abomininta		abominonta
adverbial active participle		abominante		abomininte		abominonte
nominal active participle	singular	abominanto		abomininto		abominonto
	plural	abominanti		abomininti		abominonti
adjective passive participle		abominata		abominita		abominota
adverbial passive participle		abominate		abominite		abominote
nominal passive participle	singular	abominato		abominito		abominoto
	plural	abominati		abominiti		abominoti

Derived terms

• abomininda (“abhorrent”)
• abomino (“abomination, abhorrence”)

 

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin abōminarī, present active infinitive of abōminor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐ.βu.mi.ˈnaɾ/
• Hyphenation: a‧bo‧mi‧nar

Verb

1. (transitive) abhor, abominate (to feel disgust towards, to hate in the highest degree)

   Synonym: detestar

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin abōminarī, present active infinitive of abōminor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abomiˈnaɾ/ [a.β̞o.miˈnaɾ]

Verb

abominar (first-person singular present abomino, first-person singular preterite abominé, past participle abominado)

1. (transitive) to condemn, denounce
2. (transitive) to abhor

   Synonym: aborrecer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abominar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			abominar
gerund			abominando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		abominado		abominada
		plural		abominados		abominadas
		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	abomino	abominastú abominásvos	abomina	abominamos	abomináis	abominan
	imperfect	abominaba	abominabas	abominaba	abominábamos	abominabais	abominaban
	preterite	abominé	abominaste	abominó	abominamos	abominasteis	abominaron
	future	abominaré	abominarás	abominará	abominaremos	abominaréis	abominarán
	conditional	abominaría	abominarías	abominaría	abominaríamos	abominaríais	abominarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	abomine	abominestú abominésvos2	abomine	abominemos	abominéis	abominen
	imperfect (ra)	abominara	abominaras	abominara	abomináramos	abominarais	abominaran
	imperfect (se)	abominase	abominases	abominase	abominásemos	abominaseis	abominasen
	future1	abominare	abominares	abominare	abomináremos	abominareis	abominaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		abominatú abominávos	abomine	abominemos	abominad	abominen
	negative		no abomines	no abomine	no abominemos	no abominéis	no abominen

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

Related terms

• abominable
• abominación
• abominado

 

Further reading

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