paliar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin palliāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.liˈa(ʁ)/ [pa.lɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /paˈlja(ʁ)/ [paˈlja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.liˈa(ʁ)/ [pa.lɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /paˈlja(ʁ)/ [paˈlja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pa.liˈa(ɾ)/ [pa.lɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /paˈlja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pa.liˈa(ʁ)/ [pa.lɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /paˈlja(ʁ)/ [paˈlja(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.liˈa(ɻ)/ [pa.lɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /paˈlja(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈljaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈljaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈlja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pa‧li‧ar

Verb

paliar (first-person singular present palio, first-person singular preterite paliei, past participle paliado)

1. to palliate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of paliar (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	paliar
Personal	paliar	paliares	paliar	paliarmos	paliardes	paliarem
Gerund
	paliando
Past participle
Masculine	paliado			paliados
Feminine	paliada			paliadas
Indicative
Present	palio	palias	palia	paliamos	paliais	paliam
Imperfect	paliava	paliavas	paliava	paliávamos	paliáveis	paliavam
Preterite	paliei	paliaste	paliou	paliamos1, paliámos2	paliastes	paliaram
Pluperfect	paliara	paliaras	paliara	paliáramos	paliáreis	paliaram
Future	paliarei	paliarás	paliará	paliaremos	paliareis	paliarão
Conditional	paliaria	paliarias	paliaria	paliaríamos	paliaríeis	paliariam
Subjunctive
Present	palie	palies	palie	paliemos	palieis	paliem
Imperfect	paliasse	paliasses	paliasse	paliássemos	paliásseis	paliassem
Future	paliar	paliares	paliar	paliarmos	paliardes	paliarem
Imperative
Affirmative		palia	palie	paliemos	paliai	paliem
Negative (não)		não palies	não palie	não paliemos	não palieis	não paliem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin palliāre, palliō (“to conceal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈljaɾ/ [paˈljaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pa‧liar

Verb

paliar (first-person singular present palío or palio, first-person singular preterite palié, past participle paliado)

1. (transitive) to palliate, alleviate, soothe

   Synonyms: mitigar, suavizar, atenuar

   • 2020 February 28, “Sánchez promete “igualdad entre los territorios” tras abrir la negociación con la Generalitat”, in La Vanguardia‎^[1]:

     Consta de 30 medidas específicas para paliar la despoblación que afecta a nueve comunidades autónomas, La Rioja entre ellas.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of paliar (i-í alternation or non-alternating) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			paliar
gerund			paliando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		paliado		paliada
		plural		paliados		paliadas
		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	palío, palio	palías, paliastú paliásvos	palía, palia	paliamos	paliáis	palían, palian
	imperfect	paliaba	paliabas	paliaba	paliábamos	paliabais	paliaban
	preterite	palié	paliaste	palió	paliamos	paliasteis	paliaron
	future	paliaré	paliarás	paliará	paliaremos	paliaréis	paliarán
	conditional	paliaría	paliarías	paliaría	paliaríamos	paliaríais	paliarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	palíe, palie	palíes, paliestú paliésvos2	palíe, palie	paliemos	paliéis	palíen, palien
	imperfect (ra)	paliara	paliaras	paliara	paliáramos	paliarais	paliaran
	imperfect (se)	paliase	paliases	paliase	paliásemos	paliaseis	paliasen
	future1	paliare	paliares	paliare	paliáremos	paliareis	paliaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		palía, paliatú paliávos	palíe, palie	paliemos	paliad	palíen, palien
	negative		no palíes, no palies	no palíe, no palie	no paliemos	no paliéis	no palíen, no palien

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

    Selected combined forms of paliar (i-í alternation or non-alternating)

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 paliar
	dative	paliarme	paliarte	paliarle, paliarse	paliarnos	paliaros	paliarles, paliarse
	accusative	paliarme	paliarte	paliarlo, paliarla, paliarse	paliarnos	paliaros	paliarlos, paliarlas, paliarse
with gerund paliando
	dative	paliándome	paliándote	paliándole, paliándose	paliándonos	paliándoos	paliándoles, paliándose
	accusative	paliándome	paliándote	paliándolo, paliándola, paliándose	paliándonos	paliándoos	paliándolos, paliándolas, paliándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative palía, palia
	dative	palíame, páliame	palíate, páliate	palíale, páliale	palíanos, pálianos	not used	palíales, páliales
	accusative	palíame, páliame	palíate, páliate	palíalo, pálialo, palíala, páliala	palíanos, pálianos	not used	palíalos, pálialos, palíalas, pálialas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative paliá
	dative	paliame	paliate	paliale	palianos	not used	paliales
	accusative	paliame	paliate	palialo, paliala	palianos	not used	palialos, palialas
with formal second-person singular imperative palíe, palie
	dative	palíeme, pálieme	not used	palíele, páliele, palíese, páliese	palíenos, pálienos	not used	palíeles, pálieles
	accusative	palíeme, pálieme	not used	palíelo, pálielo, palíela, páliela, palíese, páliese	palíenos, pálienos	not used	palíelos, pálielos, palíelas, pálielas
with first-person plural imperative paliemos
	dative	not used	paliémoste	paliémosle	paliémonos	paliémoos	paliémosles
	accusative	not used	paliémoste	paliémoslo, paliémosla	paliémonos	paliémoos	paliémoslos, paliémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative paliad
	dative	paliadme	not used	paliadle	paliadnos	paliaos	paliadles
	accusative	paliadme	not used	paliadlo, paliadla	paliadnos	paliaos	paliadlos, paliadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative palíen, palien
	dative	palíenme, pálienme	not used	palíenle, pálienle	palíennos, páliennos	not used	palíenles, pálienles, palíense, páliense
	accusative	palíenme, pálienme	not used	palíenlo, pálienlo, palíenla, pálienla	palíennos, páliennos	not used	palíenlos, pálienlos, palíenlas, pálienlas, palíense, páliense

Derived terms

• paliatorio

 

Related terms

• paliativo

 

Further reading

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