alojar

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese a-

Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der.?

Proto-Germanic *laubą

Proto-West Germanic *laub

Proto-Germanic *-jô

Proto-West Germanic *-jō

Frankish *laubijābor.

Early Medieval Latin laubiader.

Old French logebor.

Old Galician-Portuguese logea

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French logeinflu.

Portuguese loja

Portuguese -ar

Portuguese alojar

From a- + loja + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.loˈʒa(ʁ)/ [a.loˈʒa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.loˈʒa(ʁ)/ [a.loˈʒa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.loˈʒa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.loˈʒa(ʁ)/ [a.loˈʒa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /a.loˈʒa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.luˈʒaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.luˈʒaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.luˈʒa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: a‧lo‧jar

Verb

alojar (first-person singular present alojo, first-person singular preterite alojei, past participle alojado)

1. to house, accommodate
2. to billet
3. (Internet) to host (data, services etc.)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alojar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	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	alojar
Personal	alojar	alojares	alojar	alojarmos	alojardes	alojarem
Gerund
	alojando
Past participle
Masculine	alojado			alojados
Feminine	alojada			alojadas
Indicative
Present	alojo	alojas	aloja	alojamos	alojais	alojam
Imperfect	alojava	alojavas	alojava	alojávamos	alojáveis	alojavam
Preterite	alojei	alojaste	alojou	alojamos1, alojámos2	alojastes	alojaram
Pluperfect	alojara	alojaras	alojara	alojáramos	alojáreis	alojaram
Future	alojarei	alojarás	alojará	alojaremos	alojareis	alojarão
Conditional	alojaria	alojarias	alojaria	alojaríamos	alojaríeis	alojariam
Subjunctive
Present	aloje	alojes	aloje	alojemos	alojeis	alojem
Imperfect	alojasse	alojasses	alojasse	alojássemos	alojásseis	alojassem
Future	alojar	alojares	alojar	alojarmos	alojardes	alojarem
Imperative
Affirmative		aloja	aloje	alojemos	alojai	alojem
Negative (não)		não alojes	não aloje	não alojemos	não alojeis	não alojem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• alojamento

Further reading

• “alojar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “alojar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan alotjar, which is of Germanic origin. Cognate with English lodge; see there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aloˈxaɾ/ [a.loˈxaɾ]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧lo‧jar

Verb

alojar (first-person singular present alojo, first-person singular preterite alojé, past participle alojado)

1. (transitive) to house, accommodate
2. (reflexive) to stay, to lodge, to be lodged

   Nos alojamos en el motel al final de la calle.

   We're staying at the motel down the road.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alojar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			alojar
gerund			alojando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		alojado		alojada
		plural		alojados		alojadas
		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	alojo	alojastú alojásvos	aloja	alojamos	alojáis	alojan
	imperfect	alojaba	alojabas	alojaba	alojábamos	alojabais	alojaban
	preterite	alojé	alojaste	alojó	alojamos	alojasteis	alojaron
	future	alojaré	alojarás	alojará	alojaremos	alojaréis	alojarán
	conditional	alojaría	alojarías	alojaría	alojaríamos	alojaríais	alojarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	aloje	alojestú alojésvos2	aloje	alojemos	alojéis	alojen
	imperfect (ra)	alojara	alojaras	alojara	alojáramos	alojarais	alojaran
	imperfect (se)	alojase	alojases	alojase	alojásemos	alojaseis	alojasen
	future1	alojare	alojares	alojare	alojáremos	alojareis	alojaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		alojatú alojávos	aloje	alojemos	alojad	alojen
	negative		no alojes	no aloje	no alojemos	no alojéis	no alojen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of alojar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive alojar	dative	alojarme	alojarte	alojarle, alojarse	alojarnos	alojaros	alojarles, alojarse
	accusative	alojarme	alojarte	alojarlo, alojarla, alojarse	alojarnos	alojaros	alojarlos, alojarlas, alojarse
with gerund alojando	dative	alojándome	alojándote	alojándole, alojándose	alojándonos	alojándoos	alojándoles, alojándose
	accusative	alojándome	alojándote	alojándolo, alojándola, alojándose	alojándonos	alojándoos	alojándolos, alojándolas, alojándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative aloja	dative	alójame	alójate	alójale	alójanos	not used	alójales
	accusative	alójame	alójate	alójalo, alójala	alójanos	not used	alójalos, alójalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative alojá	dative	alojame	alojate	alojale	alojanos	not used	alojales
	accusative	alojame	alojate	alojalo, alojala	alojanos	not used	alojalos, alojalas
with formal second-person singular imperative aloje	dative	alójeme	not used	alójele, alójese	alójenos	not used	alójeles
	accusative	alójeme	not used	alójelo, alójela, alójese	alójenos	not used	alójelos, alójelas
with first-person plural imperative alojemos	dative	not used	alojémoste	alojémosle	alojémonos	alojémoos	alojémosles
	accusative	not used	alojémoste	alojémoslo, alojémosla	alojémonos	alojémoos	alojémoslos, alojémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative alojad	dative	alojadme	not used	alojadle	alojadnos	alojaos	alojadles
	accusative	alojadme	not used	alojadlo, alojadla	alojadnos	alojaos	alojadlos, alojadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative alojen	dative	alójenme	not used	alójenle	alójennos	not used	alójenles, alójense
	accusative	alójenme	not used	alójenlo, alójenla	alójennos	not used	alójenlos, alójenlas, alójense

Derived terms

• alojamiento
• alojativo
• desalojar
• realojar

Related terms

• logia

Further reading

• “alojar”, 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