aboyar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto boji, French aboyer, Italian it.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.boˈjar/

Verb

aboyar (present tense aboyas, past tense aboyis, future tense aboyos, imperative aboyez, conditional aboyus)

1. (intransitive) to bark, bay (also figuratively)

   La hundo aboyas tro laute.

   The dog barks too loud.

Conjugation

Conjugation of aboyar

		present		past		future
infinitive		aboyar		aboyir		aboyor
tense		aboyas		aboyis		aboyos
conditional		aboyus		—		—
imperative		aboyez		—		—
adjective active participle		aboyanta		aboyinta		aboyonta
adverbial active participle		aboyante		aboyinte		aboyonte
nominal active participle	singular	aboyanto		aboyinto		aboyonto
	plural	aboyanti		aboyinti		aboyonti

Derived terms

• aboyetar (“to yelp”)

Spanish

Etymology

From boya.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aboˈʝaɾ/ [a.β̞oˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): /aboˈʝaɾ/ [a.β̞oˈʝaɾ] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /aboˈʃaɾ/ [a.β̞oˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /aboˈʒaɾ/ [a.β̞oˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧bo‧yar

Verb

aboyar (first-person singular present aboyo, first-person singular preterite aboyé, past participle aboyado)

1. (transitive, nautical) to set or mark with buoys

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aboyar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			aboyar
gerund			aboyando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aboyado		aboyada
		plural		aboyados		aboyadas
		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	aboyo	aboyastú aboyásvos	aboya	aboyamos	aboyáis	aboyan
	imperfect	aboyaba	aboyabas	aboyaba	aboyábamos	aboyabais	aboyaban
	preterite	aboyé	aboyaste	aboyó	aboyamos	aboyasteis	aboyaron
	future	aboyaré	aboyarás	aboyará	aboyaremos	aboyaréis	aboyarán
	conditional	aboyaría	aboyarías	aboyaría	aboyaríamos	aboyaríais	aboyarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	aboye	aboyestú aboyésvos2	aboye	aboyemos	aboyéis	aboyen
	imperfect (ra)	aboyara	aboyaras	aboyara	aboyáramos	aboyarais	aboyaran
	imperfect (se)	aboyase	aboyases	aboyase	aboyásemos	aboyaseis	aboyasen
	future1	aboyare	aboyares	aboyare	aboyáremos	aboyareis	aboyaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		aboyatú aboyávos	aboye	aboyemos	aboyad	aboyen
	negative		no aboyes	no aboye	no aboyemos	no aboyéis	no aboyen

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

Further reading

• “aboyar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024