aquellar

Spanish

Etymology

From aquello (“that (over there)”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /akeˈʝaɾ/ [a.keˈʝaɾ] (most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /akeˈʎaɾ/ [a.keˈʎaɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /akeˈʃaɾ/ [a.keˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /akeˈʒaɾ/ [a.keˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: a‧que‧llar

Verb

aquellar (first-person singular present aquello, first-person singular preterite aquellé, past participle aquellado)

(transitive, colloquial, obsolete) Used as a placeholder for any verb, usually when the speaker doesn't remember it, doesn't know it, or attempts to avoid it.
Él aquelló toda la casa.
He cleaned the entire house. (the speaker didn't say the word "limpió")

Aquellá lo que tiraste, rápido.
Pick up what you dropped, quickly. (the speaker didn't say the word "recogé")
- 1989, Marcial Morera Pérez, “El verbo español «aquellar»: su definición semántica”, in Anuario del Archivo Histórico Insular de Fuerteventura‎^[1], number 2, page 241:
  Aquella planchita hay que aquellarla para el otro lado
  We need to move that slab to the other side.
(pronominal, colloquial, obsolete) Used as a subsitution of any verb, usually when the speaker doesn't remember it, doesn't know it, or attempts to avoid it.

Conjugation

Conjugation of aquellar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			aquellar
gerund			aquellando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aquellado		aquellada
		plural		aquellados		aquelladas
		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	aquello	aquellas^{^tú} aquellás^{^vos}	aquella	aquellamos	aquelláis	aquellan
	imperfect	aquellaba	aquellabas	aquellaba	aquellábamos	aquellabais	aquellaban
	preterite	aquellé	aquellaste	aquelló	aquellamos	aquellasteis	aquellaron
	future	aquellaré	aquellarás	aquellará	aquellaremos	aquellaréis	aquellarán
	conditional	aquellaría	aquellarías	aquellaría	aquellaríamos	aquellaríais	aquellarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	aquelle	aquelles^{^tú} aquellés^{^vos²}	aquelle	aquellemos	aquelléis	aquellen
	imperfect (ra)	aquellara	aquellaras	aquellara	aquelláramos	aquellarais	aquellaran
	imperfect (se)	aquellase	aquellases	aquellase	aquellásemos	aquellaseis	aquellasen
	future¹	aquellare	aquellares	aquellare	aquelláremos	aquellareis	aquellaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		aquella^{^tú} aquellá^{^vos}	aquelle	aquellemos	aquellad	aquellen
	negative		no aquelles	no aquelle	no aquellemos	no aquelléis	no aquellen

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

Selected combined forms of aquellar

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 aquellar	dative	aquellarme	aquellarte	aquellarle, aquellarse	aquellarnos	aquellaros	aquellarles, aquellarse
with infinitive aquellar	accusative	aquellarme	aquellarte	aquellarlo, aquellarla, aquellarse	aquellarnos	aquellaros	aquellarlos, aquellarlas, aquellarse

with gerund aquellando	dative	aquellándome	aquellándote	aquellándole, aquellándose	aquellándonos	aquellándoos	aquellándoles, aquellándose
with gerund aquellando	accusative	aquellándome	aquellándote	aquellándolo, aquellándola, aquellándose	aquellándonos	aquellándoos	aquellándolos, aquellándolas, aquellándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative aquella	dative	aquéllame	aquéllate	aquéllale	aquéllanos	not used	aquéllales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative aquella	accusative	aquéllame	aquéllate	aquéllalo, aquéllala	aquéllanos	not used	aquéllalos, aquéllalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative aquellá	dative	aquellame	aquellate	aquellale	aquellanos	not used	aquellales
	accusative	aquellame	aquellate	aquellalo, aquellala	aquellanos	not used	aquellalos, aquellalas

with formal second-person singular imperative aquelle	dative	aquélleme	not used	aquéllele, aquéllese	aquéllenos	not used	aquélleles
with formal second-person singular imperative aquelle	accusative	aquélleme	not used	aquéllelo, aquéllela, aquéllese	aquéllenos	not used	aquéllelos, aquéllelas

with first-person plural imperative aquellemos	dative	not used	aquellémoste	aquellémosle	aquellémonos	aquellémoos	aquellémosles
with first-person plural imperative aquellemos	accusative	not used	aquellémoste	aquellémoslo, aquellémosla	aquellémonos	aquellémoos	aquellémoslos, aquellémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative aquellad	dative	aquelladme	not used	aquelladle	aquelladnos	aquellaos	aquelladles
with informal second-person plural imperative aquellad	accusative	aquelladme	not used	aquelladlo, aquelladla	aquelladnos	aquellaos	aquelladlos, aquelladlas

with formal second-person plural imperative aquellen	dative	aquéllenme	not used	aquéllenle	aquéllennos	not used	aquéllenles, aquéllense
with formal second-person plural imperative aquellen	accusative	aquéllenme	not used	aquéllenlo, aquéllenla	aquéllennos	not used	aquéllenlos, aquéllenlas, aquéllense

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