acholar

Spanish

Etymology

From acholo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /at͡ʃoˈlaɾ/ [a.t͡ʃoˈlaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: a‧cho‧lar

Verb

acholar (first-person singular present acholo, first-person singular preterite acholé, past participle acholado)

(Latin America, transitive) to shame; embarrass
(Latin America, reflexive) to become ashamed

Conjugation

Conjugation of acholar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			acholar
gerund			acholando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		acholado		acholada
		plural		acholados		acholadas
		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	acholo	acholas^{^tú} acholás^{^vos}	achola	acholamos	acholáis	acholan
	imperfect	acholaba	acholabas	acholaba	acholábamos	acholabais	acholaban
	preterite	acholé	acholaste	acholó	acholamos	acholasteis	acholaron
	future	acholaré	acholarás	acholará	acholaremos	acholaréis	acholarán
	conditional	acholaría	acholarías	acholaría	acholaríamos	acholaríais	acholarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	achole	acholes^{^tú} acholés^{^vos²}	achole	acholemos	acholéis	acholen
	imperfect (ra)	acholara	acholaras	acholara	acholáramos	acholarais	acholaran
	imperfect (se)	acholase	acholases	acholase	acholásemos	acholaseis	acholasen
	future¹	acholare	acholares	acholare	acholáremos	acholareis	acholaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		achola^{^tú} acholá^{^vos}	achole	acholemos	acholad	acholen
	negative		no acholes	no achole	no acholemos	no acholéis	no acholen

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

Selected combined forms of acholar

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 acholar	dative	acholarme	acholarte	acholarle, acholarse	acholarnos	acholaros	acholarles, acholarse
with infinitive acholar	accusative	acholarme	acholarte	acholarlo, acholarla, acholarse	acholarnos	acholaros	acholarlos, acholarlas, acholarse

with gerund acholando	dative	acholándome	acholándote	acholándole, acholándose	acholándonos	acholándoos	acholándoles, acholándose
with gerund acholando	accusative	acholándome	acholándote	acholándolo, acholándola, acholándose	acholándonos	acholándoos	acholándolos, acholándolas, acholándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative achola	dative	achólame	achólate	achólale	achólanos	not used	achólales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative achola	accusative	achólame	achólate	achólalo, achólala	achólanos	not used	achólalos, achólalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative acholá	dative	acholame	acholate	acholale	acholanos	not used	acholales
	accusative	acholame	acholate	acholalo, acholala	acholanos	not used	acholalos, acholalas

with formal second-person singular imperative achole	dative	achóleme	not used	achólele, achólese	achólenos	not used	achóleles
with formal second-person singular imperative achole	accusative	achóleme	not used	achólelo, achólela, achólese	achólenos	not used	achólelos, achólelas

with first-person plural imperative acholemos	dative	not used	acholémoste	acholémosle	acholémonos	acholémoos	acholémosles
with first-person plural imperative acholemos	accusative	not used	acholémoste	acholémoslo, acholémosla	acholémonos	acholémoos	acholémoslos, acholémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative acholad	dative	acholadme	not used	acholadle	acholadnos	acholaos	acholadles
with informal second-person plural imperative acholad	accusative	acholadme	not used	acholadlo, acholadla	acholadnos	acholaos	acholadlos, acholadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative acholen	dative	achólenme	not used	achólenle	achólennos	not used	achólenles, achólense
with formal second-person plural imperative acholen	accusative	achólenme	not used	achólenlo, achólenla	achólennos	not used	achólenlos, achólenlas, achólense

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