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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βuˈli]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.buˈli]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.boˈliɾ]
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

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

• IPA^(key): /a.bɔ.liʁ/

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Verb

abolir

1. (transitive) to abolish

Usage notes

• A distinction is drawn in legal usage between abolir and abroger, with the latter 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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Interlingua

Verb

abolir

1. to abolish

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abolir

infinitive		abolir
participle		present	perfect
		aboliente	abolite
active		simple	perfect
	present	aboli	ha abolite
	past	aboliva	habeva abolite
	future	abolira	habera abolite
	conditional	abolirea	haberea abolite
	imperative	aboli
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es abolite	ha essite abolite
	past	esseva abolite	habeva essite abolite
	future	essera abolite	habera essite abolite
	conditional	esserea abolite	haberea essite abolite
	imperative	sia abolite

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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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aboˈliɾ/ [a.β̞oˈliɾ]

Verb

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

Related terms

• abolición

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001