aboar
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈβo.aɾ/
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aboar (14th century). By surface analysis, a- + bo (“good”) + -ar. Cognate with Spanish abonar (“to fertilize”).[1]
Verb
aboar (first-person singular present aboo, first-person singular preterite aboei, past participle aboado)
- (intransitive) to meliorate
- Synonym: mellorar
- (transitive) to meliorate
- Synonym: mellorar
- (transitive) to declare someone fit
Derived terms
- aboador
- aboamento
Related terms
Etymology 2
From a- + boi- (“ox”) + -ar.
Verb
aboar (first-person singular present aboo, first-person singular preterite aboei, past participle aboado)
- alternative form of aboiar (to cover cattle)
Conjugation
Conjugation of aboar
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) |
Second-person (ti) |
Third-person (el / ela / Vde.) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | aboar | |||||
| Personal | aboar | aboares | aboar | aboarmos | aboardes | aboaren |
| Gerund | ||||||
| aboando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | aboado | aboados | ||||
| Feminine | aboada | aboadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | aboo | aboas | aboa | aboamos | aboades | aboan |
| Imperfect | aboaba | aboabas | aboaba | aboabamos | aboabades | aboaban |
| Preterite | aboei | aboaches | aboou | aboamos | aboastes | aboaron |
| Pluperfect | aboara | aboaras | aboara | aboaramos | aboarades | aboaran |
| Future | aboarei | aboarás | aboará | aboaremos | aboaredes | aboarán |
| Conditional | aboaría | aboarías | aboaría | aboariamos | aboariades | aboarían |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | aboe | aboes | aboe | aboemos | aboedes | aboen |
| Imperfect | aboase | aboases | aboase | aboásemos | aboásedes | aboasen |
| Future | aboar | aboares | aboar | aboarmos | aboardes | aboaren |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | aboa | aboe | aboemos | aboade | aboen | |
| Negative (non) | non aboes | non aboe | non aboemos | non aboedes | non aboen | |
Reintegrated conjugation of aboar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
References
- “aboar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “aboar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “aboa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aboar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “aboar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “aboar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aboar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “bueno”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos