ahijar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin adfiliare, affiliare (“to adopt as a son”), from Latin ad + filius (“son”). Compare Portuguese afilhar, Asturian afiar, Italian affiliare. Doublet of afiliar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aiˈxaɾ/ [ai̯ˈxaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: ahi‧jar

Verb

ahijar (first-person singular present ahíjo, first-person singular preterite ahijé, past participle ahijado)

(transitive) to adopt someone's child
(transitive) to misattribute credit or blame
(intransitive) to procreate
(intransitive) to sprout

Conjugation

Conjugation of ahijar (i-í alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			ahijar
gerund			ahijando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ahijado		ahijada
		plural		ahijados		ahijadas
		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	ahíjo	ahíjas^{^tú} ahijás^{^vos}	ahíja	ahijamos	ahijáis	ahíjan
	imperfect	ahijaba	ahijabas	ahijaba	ahijábamos	ahijabais	ahijaban
	preterite	ahijé	ahijaste	ahijó	ahijamos	ahijasteis	ahijaron
	future	ahijaré	ahijarás	ahijará	ahijaremos	ahijaréis	ahijarán
	conditional	ahijaría	ahijarías	ahijaría	ahijaríamos	ahijaríais	ahijarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ahíje	ahíjes^{^tú} ahijés^{^vos²}	ahíje	ahijemos	ahijéis	ahíjen
	imperfect (ra)	ahijara	ahijaras	ahijara	ahijáramos	ahijarais	ahijaran
	imperfect (se)	ahijase	ahijases	ahijase	ahijásemos	ahijaseis	ahijasen
	future¹	ahijare	ahijares	ahijare	ahijáremos	ahijareis	ahijaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		ahíja^{^tú} ahijá^{^vos}	ahíje	ahijemos	ahijad	ahíjen
	negative		no ahíjes	no ahíje	no ahijemos	no ahijéis	no ahíjen

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

Selected combined forms of ahijar (i-í alternation)

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 ahijar	dative	ahijarme	ahijarte	ahijarle, ahijarse	ahijarnos	ahijaros	ahijarles, ahijarse
with infinitive ahijar	accusative	ahijarme	ahijarte	ahijarlo, ahijarla, ahijarse	ahijarnos	ahijaros	ahijarlos, ahijarlas, ahijarse

with gerund ahijando	dative	ahijándome	ahijándote	ahijándole, ahijándose	ahijándonos	ahijándoos	ahijándoles, ahijándose
with gerund ahijando	accusative	ahijándome	ahijándote	ahijándolo, ahijándola, ahijándose	ahijándonos	ahijándoos	ahijándolos, ahijándolas, ahijándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative ahíja	dative	ahíjame	ahíjate	ahíjale	ahíjanos	not used	ahíjales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative ahíja	accusative	ahíjame	ahíjate	ahíjalo, ahíjala	ahíjanos	not used	ahíjalos, ahíjalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative ahijá	dative	ahijame	ahijate	ahijale	ahijanos	not used	ahijales
with informal second-person singular vos imperative ahijá	accusative	ahijame	ahijate	ahijalo, ahijala	ahijanos	not used	ahijalos, ahijalas

with formal second-person singular imperative ahíje	dative	ahíjeme	not used	ahíjele, ahíjese	ahíjenos	not used	ahíjeles
with formal second-person singular imperative ahíje	accusative	ahíjeme	not used	ahíjelo, ahíjela, ahíjese	ahíjenos	not used	ahíjelos, ahíjelas

with first-person plural imperative ahijemos	dative	not used	ahijémoste	ahijémosle	ahijémonos	ahijémoos	ahijémosles
with first-person plural imperative ahijemos	accusative	not used	ahijémoste	ahijémoslo, ahijémosla	ahijémonos	ahijémoos	ahijémoslos, ahijémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative ahijad	dative	ahijadme	not used	ahijadle	ahijadnos	ahijaos	ahijadles
with informal second-person plural imperative ahijad	accusative	ahijadme	not used	ahijadlo, ahijadla	ahijadnos	ahijaos	ahijadlos, ahijadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative ahíjen	dative	ahíjenme	not used	ahíjenle	ahíjennos	not used	ahíjenles, ahíjense
with formal second-person plural imperative ahíjen	accusative	ahíjenme	not used	ahíjenlo, ahíjenla	ahíjennos	not used	ahíjenlos, ahíjenlas, ahíjense

Derived terms

ahijadero
ahijado
ahijador
ahijamiento
desahijar

Related terms

hijo