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abolir

abolir

Asturian

Verb

abolir (first-person singular indicative present abolo, past participle abolíu)

  1. abolish (to end a law)

Conjugation

Related terms

Catalan

Verb

abolir ‎(first-person singular present aboleixo, past participle abolit)

  1. to abolish

Conjugation

French

Etymology

Latin abolēre, present active infinitive of aboleō ‎(“destroy, abolish”).

Pronunciation

Verb

abolir

  1. (transitive) to abolish

Usage notes

  • A distinction is drawn in legal usage between abolir and abroger, where the later requiring a formal action, and is used (for example) of laws, whereas abolition is an incidental effect of other actions, or is not performed by a legislative body.

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

  Conjugation of abolir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive abolir avoir aboli
gerund en abolissant en ayant aboli
present participle abolissant
/a.bɔ.li.sɑ̃/
past participle aboli
/a.bɔ.li/
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses		 present abolis
/a.bɔ.li/ 		abolis
/a.bɔ.li/ 		abolit
/a.bɔ.li/ 		abolissons
/a.bɔ.li.sɔ̃/ 		abolissez
/a.bɔ.li.se/ 		abolissent
/a.bɔ.lis/
imperfect abolissais
/a.bɔ.li.sɛ/ 		abolissais
/a.bɔ.li.sɛ/ 		abolissait
/a.bɔ.li.sɛ/ 		abolissions
/a.bɔ.li.sjɔ̃/ 		abolissiez
/a.bɔ.li.sje/ 		abolissaient
/a.bɔ.li.sɛ/
past historic1 abolis
/a.bɔ.li/ 		abolis
/a.bɔ.li/ 		abolit
/a.bɔ.li/ 		abolîmes
/a.bɔ.lim/ 		abolîtes
/a.bɔ.lit/ 		abolirent
/a.bɔ.liʁ/
future abolirai
/a.bɔ.li.ʁe/ 		aboliras
/a.bɔ.li.ʁa/ 		abolira
/a.bɔ.li.ʁa/ 		abolirons
/a.bɔ.li.ʁɔ̃/ 		abolirez
/a.bɔ.li.ʁe/ 		aboliront
/a.bɔ.li.ʁɔ̃/
conditional abolirais
/a.bɔ.li.ʁɛ/ 		abolirais
/a.bɔ.li.ʁɛ/ 		abolirait
/a.bɔ.li.ʁɛ/ 		abolirions
/a.bɔ.li.ʁjɔ̃/ 		aboliriez
/a.bɔ.li.ʁje/ 		aboliraient
/a.bɔ.li.ʁɛ/
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
simple
tenses		 present abolisse
/a.bɔ.lis/ 		abolisses
/a.bɔ.lis/ 		abolisse
/a.bɔ.lis/ 		abolissions
/a.bɔ.li.sjɔ̃/ 		abolissiez
/a.bɔ.li.sje/ 		abolissent
/a.bɔ.lis/
imperfect1 abolisse
/a.bɔ.lis/ 		abolisses
/a.bɔ.lis/ 		abolît
/a.bɔ.li/ 		abolissions
/a.bɔ.li.sjɔ̃/ 		abolissiez
/a.bɔ.li.sje/ 		abolissent
/a.bɔ.lis/
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— abolis
/a.bɔ.li/ 		— abolissons
/a.bɔ.li.sɔ̃/ 		abolissez
/a.bɔ.li.se/ 		—
1literary tenses

Derived terms

Portuguese

Etymology

Latin abolēre, present active infinitive of aboleō ‎(“destroy, abolish”).

Verb

abolir ‎(past participle abolido)

  1. (transitive) to abolish

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

Latin abolēre, present active infinitive of aboleō ‎(“destroy, abolish”).

Verb

abolir ‎(first-person singular present abolo, first-person singular preterite abolí, past participle abolido)

  1. (transitive) to abolish
  2. (transitive) to revoke

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abolir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive abolir
gerund aboliendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular abolido abolida
plural abolidos abolidas
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 abolo aboles abole abolimos abolís abolen
imperfect abolía abolías abolía abolíamos abolíais abolían
preterite abolí aboliste abolió abolimos abolisteis abolieron
future aboliré abolirás abolirá aboliremos aboliréis abolirán
conditional aboliría abolirías aboliría aboliríamos aboliríais abolirían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present abola abolas abola abolamos aboláis abolan
imperfect
(ra)		 aboliera abolieras aboliera aboliéramos abolierais abolieran
imperfect
(se)		 aboliese abolieses aboliese aboliésemos abolieseis aboliesen
future aboliere abolieres aboliere aboliéremos aboliereis abolieren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative abole abola abolamos abolid abolan
negative no abolas no abola no abolamos no aboláis no abolan

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