llamar
Appearance
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish lamar, from Latin clāmāre (“cry out”), whence also the borrowed Spanish doublet clamar. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to shout”). Cognate with English claim and clamor.
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]llamar (first-person singular present llamo, first-person singular preterite llamé, past participle llamado)
- to summon, to call
- Te estuve llamando a voces.
- I was summoning you by voice.
- Me llamó con la mano para que me acercase.
- [He] summoned me with [his] hand in order to bring me near.
- to call (on the telephone)
- Te llaman desde París.
- They are calling you from Paris.
- Que me llamen a las siete.
- May they call me at seven o'clock.
- Ha llamado a Maribel.
- [He] has called Maribel.
- to knock (on a door)
- Entren sin llamar.
- Enter without knocking.
- to ring (a doorbell)
- ¿Quién llama?
- Who is ringing [the doorbell]?
- to refer to
- ¿Cómo van a llamar al niño?
- How are they going to refer to the child?
- Eso yo lo llamo un auténtico robo.
- I refer to that as an authentic robbery.
- La llamó de todo.
- [He] referred to her about everything.
- to appeal; to attract
- El ejército llama a muchos jóvenes.
- The army appeals to many youths.
- El chocolate no me llama demasiado.
- Chocolate does not appeal to me too much.
- llamar la atención
- to attract attention
- (pronominal) to be called
- ¿Cómo te llamas? (informal) ― What is your name? (literally, “How are [you] called?”)
- ¿Cómo se llama usted? (formal) ― What is your name? (literally, “How are [you] called?”)
- Mi primo se llama Benjamín.
- My cousin’s name is Benjamin.
- (literally, “My cousin is called Benjamin.”)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of llamar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | llamar | ||||||
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gerund | llamando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | llamado | llamada | |||||
plural | llamados | llamadas | |||||
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 | llamo | llamastú llamásvos |
llama | llamamos | llamáis | llaman | |
imperfect | llamaba | llamabas | llamaba | llamábamos | llamabais | llamaban | |
preterite | llamé | llamaste | llamó | llamamos | llamasteis | llamaron | |
future | llamaré | llamarás | llamará | llamaremos | llamaréis | llamarán | |
conditional | llamaría | llamarías | llamaría | llamaríamos | llamaríais | llamarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | llame | llamestú llamésvos2 |
llame | llamemos | llaméis | llamen | |
imperfect (ra) |
llamara | llamaras | llamara | llamáramos | llamarais | llamaran | |
imperfect (se) |
llamase | llamases | llamase | llamásemos | llamaseis | llamasen | |
future1 | llamare | llamares | llamare | llamáremos | llamareis | llamaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | llamatú llamávos |
llame | llamemos | llamad | llamen | ||
negative | no llames | no llame | no llamemos | no llaméis | no llamen |
Selected combined forms of llamar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Conjugation of llamarse (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Derived terms
[edit]- como se llame, como-se-llame (“what's-his-name, what's-his-face, what's-her-name, what's-her-face”) (n.)
- llamar las cosas por su nombre
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “llamar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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