hollar

See also: Hollar

Spanish

Etymology

From follar, from Vulgar Latin *fullāre, from Latin fullo (“fuller”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oˈʝaɾ/ [oˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /oˈʝaɾ/ [oˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /oˈʎaɾ/ [oˈʎaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /oˈʃaɾ/ [oˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /oˈʒaɾ/ [oˈʒaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ho‧llar

Verb

hollar (first-person singular present huello, first-person singular preterite hollé, past participle hollado)

1. (transitive) to tread, trample

Conjugation

    Conjugation of hollar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			hollar
gerund			hollando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		hollado		hollada
		plural		hollados		holladas
		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	huello	huellastú hollásvos	huella	hollamos	holláis	huellan
	imperfect	hollaba	hollabas	hollaba	hollábamos	hollabais	hollaban
	preterite	hollé	hollaste	holló	hollamos	hollasteis	hollaron
	future	hollaré	hollarás	hollará	hollaremos	hollaréis	hollarán
	conditional	hollaría	hollarías	hollaría	hollaríamos	hollaríais	hollarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	huelle	huellestú hollésvos2	huelle	hollemos	holléis	huellen
	imperfect (ra)	hollara	hollaras	hollara	holláramos	hollarais	hollaran
	imperfect (se)	hollase	hollases	hollase	hollásemos	hollaseis	hollasen
	future1	hollare	hollares	hollare	holláremos	hollareis	hollaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		huellatú hollávos	huelle	hollemos	hollad	huellen
	negative		no huelles	no huelle	no hollemos	no holléis	no huellen

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

    Selected combined forms of hollar (o-ue alternation)

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 hollar
	dative	hollarme	hollarte	hollarle, hollarse	hollarnos	hollaros	hollarles, hollarse
	accusative	hollarme	hollarte	hollarlo, hollarla, hollarse	hollarnos	hollaros	hollarlos, hollarlas, hollarse
with gerund hollando
	dative	hollándome	hollándote	hollándole, hollándose	hollándonos	hollándoos	hollándoles, hollándose
	accusative	hollándome	hollándote	hollándolo, hollándola, hollándose	hollándonos	hollándoos	hollándolos, hollándolas, hollándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative huella
	dative	huéllame	huéllate	huéllale	huéllanos	not used	huéllales
	accusative	huéllame	huéllate	huéllalo, huéllala	huéllanos	not used	huéllalos, huéllalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative hollá
	dative	hollame	hollate	hollale	hollanos	not used	hollales
	accusative	hollame	hollate	hollalo, hollala	hollanos	not used	hollalos, hollalas
with formal second-person singular imperative huelle
	dative	huélleme	not used	huéllele, huéllese	huéllenos	not used	huélleles
	accusative	huélleme	not used	huéllelo, huéllela, huéllese	huéllenos	not used	huéllelos, huéllelas
with first-person plural imperative hollemos
	dative	not used	hollémoste	hollémosle	hollémonos	hollémoos	hollémosles
	accusative	not used	hollémoste	hollémoslo, hollémosla	hollémonos	hollémoos	hollémoslos, hollémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative hollad
	dative	holladme	not used	holladle	holladnos	hollaos	holladles
	accusative	holladme	not used	holladlo, holladla	holladnos	hollaos	holladlos, holladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative huellen
	dative	huéllenme	not used	huéllenle	huéllennos	not used	huéllenles, huéllense
	accusative	huéllenme	not used	huéllenlo, huéllenla	huéllennos	not used	huéllenlos, huéllenlas, huéllense

Further reading

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