abolir

Asturian

Verb

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

1. abolish (to end a law)

Conjugation

Conjugation of abolir

infinitive		abolir
gerundive		aboliendo
participle		m abolíu, f abolida, n abolío, m pl abolíos, f pl abolíes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	abolo	aboles	abole	abolimos	abolís	abolen
	preterite imperfect	abolía	abolíes	abolía	abolíemos/abolíamos	abolíeis/abolíais	abolíen
	preterite indefinite	abolí	aboliesti/abolisti	abolió	aboliemos/abolimos	aboliestis/abolistis	abolieron
	pluperfect	aboliere/aboliera	abolieres/abolieras	aboliere/aboliera	aboliéremos/aboliéramos	aboliereis/abolierais	abolieren/abolieran
subjunctive	present	abola	abolas	abola	abolamos	aboláis	abolan
	preterite imperfect	aboliere/aboliera	abolieres/abolieras	aboliere/aboliera	aboliéremos/aboliéramos	aboliereis/abolierais	abolieren/abolieran
potential	future	aboliré	abolirás	abolirá	aboliremos	aboliréis	abolirán
	conditional	aboliría	aboliríes	aboliría	aboliríemos/aboliríamos	aboliríeis/aboliríais	aboliríen
imperative			aboli			abolíi

Related terms

• abolición

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Catalan

Verb

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

1. to abolish

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French

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin abolēre, present active infinitive of aboleō (“destroy, abolish”).

Pronunciation

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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)

infinitive	simple	abolir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	abolissant /a.bɔ.li.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		aboli /a.bɔ.li/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(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 historic2	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	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(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/
	imperfect2	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	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		-	tu	-	nous	vous	-
simple		—	abolis /a.bɔ.li/	—	abolissons /a.bɔ.li.sɔ̃/	abolissez /a.bɔ.li.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• abolitif
• abolition

Further reading

• “abolir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Portuguese

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin abolēre, present active infinitive of aboleō (“destroy, abolish”).

Verb

1. (transitive) to abolish

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Spanish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin abolēre, present active infinitive of aboleō (“destroy, abolish”).

Verb

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