ahijar
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin adfiliare, affiliare (“to adopt as a son”), from Latin ad + filius (“son”). Compare Portuguese afilhar, Asturian afiar, Italian affiliare. Doublet of afiliar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ahijar (first-person singular present ahíjo, first-person singular preterite ahijé, past participle ahijado)
- (transitive) to adopt someone's child
- (transitive) to misattribute credit or blame
- (intransitive) to procreate
- (intransitive) to sprout
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of ahijar (i-í alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | ahijar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | ahijando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | ahijado | ahijada | |||||
| plural | ahijados | ahijadas | |||||
| 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 | ahíjo | ahíjastú ahijásvos |
ahíja | ahijamos | ahijáis | ahíjan | |
| imperfect | ahijaba | ahijabas | ahijaba | ahijábamos | ahijabais | ahijaban | |
| preterite | ahijé | ahijaste | ahijó | ahijamos | ahijasteis | ahijaron | |
| future | ahijaré | ahijarás | ahijará | ahijaremos | ahijaréis | ahijarán | |
| conditional | ahijaría | ahijarías | ahijaría | ahijaríamos | ahijaríais | ahijarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | ahíje | ahíjestú ahijésvos2 |
ahíje | ahijemos | ahijéis | ahíjen | |
| imperfect (ra) |
ahijara | ahijaras | ahijara | ahijáramos | ahijarais | ahijaran | |
| imperfect (se) |
ahijase | ahijases | ahijase | ahijásemos | ahijaseis | ahijasen | |
| future1 | ahijare | ahijares | ahijare | ahijáremos | ahijareis | ahijaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | ahíjatú ahijávos |
ahíje | ahijemos | ahijad | ahíjen | ||
| negative | no ahíjes | no ahíje | no ahijemos | no ahijéis | no ahíjen | ||
Selected combined forms of ahijar (i-í alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ahijar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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