abogar

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin advocāre. Doublet of advocar and avocar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aboˈɡaɾ/
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧bo‧gar

Verb

abogar (first-person singular present abogo, first-person singular preterite abogué, past participle abogado)

  1. to advocate
  2. to defend in court

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abogar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive abogar
gerund abogando
past participle masculine feminine
singular abogado abogada
plural abogados abogadas
singular plural
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 abogo abogastú
abogásvos 		aboga abogamos abogáis abogan
imperfect abogaba abogabas abogaba abogábamos abogabais abogaban
preterite abogué abogaste abogó abogamos abogasteis abogaron
future abogaré abogarás abogará abogaremos abogaréis abogarán
conditional abogaría abogarías abogaría abogaríamos abogaríais abogarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present abogue aboguestú
aboguésvos2 		abogue aboguemos aboguéis aboguen
imperfect
(ra) 		abogara abogaras abogara abogáramos abogarais abogaran
imperfect
(se) 		abogase abogases abogase abogásemos abogaseis abogasen
future1 abogare abogares abogare abogáremos abogareis abogaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative abogatú
abogávos 		abogue aboguemos abogad aboguen
negative no abogues no abogue no aboguemos no aboguéis no aboguen

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

    Selected combined forms of abogar (g-gu 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 abogar
dative abogarme abogarte abogarle, abogarse abogarnos abogaros abogarles, abogarse
accusative abogarme abogarte abogarlo, abogarla, abogarse abogarnos abogaros abogarlos, abogarlas, abogarse
with gerund abogando
dative abogándome abogándote abogándole, abogándose abogándonos abogándoos abogándoles, abogándose
accusative abogándome abogándote abogándolo, abogándola, abogándose abogándonos abogándoos abogándolos, abogándolas, abogándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative aboga
dative abógame abógate abógale abóganos not used abógales
accusative abógame abógate abógalo, abógala abóganos not used abógalos, abógalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative abogá
dative abogame abogate abogale aboganos not used abogales
accusative abogame abogate abogalo, abogala aboganos not used abogalos, abogalas
with formal second-person singular imperative abogue
dative abógueme not used abóguele, abóguese abóguenos not used abógueles
accusative abógueme not used abóguelo, abóguela, abóguese abóguenos not used abóguelos, abóguelas
with first-person plural imperative aboguemos
dative not used aboguémoste aboguémosle aboguémonos aboguémoos aboguémosles
accusative not used aboguémoste aboguémoslo, aboguémosla aboguémonos aboguémoos aboguémoslos, aboguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative abogad
dative abogadme not used abogadle abogadnos abogaos abogadles
accusative abogadme not used abogadlo, abogadla abogadnos abogaos abogadlos, abogadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative aboguen
dative abóguenme not used abóguenle abóguennos not used abóguenles, abóguense
accusative abóguenme not used abóguenlo, abóguenla abóguennos not used abóguenlos, abóguenlas, abóguense

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