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Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin abstinēre, present active infinitive of abstineō (“I abstain”), with conjugation based on ter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /absˈteɾ/
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Hyphenation: abs‧ter
Verb
abster (first-person singular present absteño, first-person singular preterite abstiven, past participle abstido)
abster (first-person singular present abstenho, first-person singular preterite abstivem or abstive, past participle abstido, reintegrationist norm)
- (reflexive) to abstain
Conjugation
Conjugation of abster (irregular)
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Singular
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Plural
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First-person (eu)
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Second-person (ti / tu)
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Third-person (ele / ela / você)
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First-person (nós)
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Second-person (vós)
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Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
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Infinitive
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Impersonal
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abster
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Personal
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abster
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absteres
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abster
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abstermos
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absterdes
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absterem
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Gerund
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abstendo
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Past participle
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Masculine
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abstido
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abstidos
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Feminine
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abstida
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abstidas
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Indicative
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Present
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abstenho
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abstés, absténs
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abstém
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abstemos
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abstendes
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abstenhem, abstêm, abstém1
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Imperfect
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abstinha
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abstinhas
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abstinha
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abstínhamos
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abstínhades, abstínheis, abstínhais1
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abstinham
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Preterite
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abstivem, abstive
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abstiveste, abstiveche1
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abstivo, absteve
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abstivemos
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abstivestes
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abstivérom, abstiveram
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Pluperfect
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abstivera
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abstiveras
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abstivera
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abstivéramos
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abstivérades, abstivéreis, abstivérais1
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abstiveram
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Future
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absterei
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absterás
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absterá
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absteremos
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absteredes, abstereis
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absterám, absterão
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Conditional
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absteria
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absterias
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absteria
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absteríamos
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absteríades, absteríeis, absteríais1
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absteriam
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Subjunctive
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Present
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abstenha
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abstenhas
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abstenha
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abstenhamos
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abstenhades, abstenhais
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abstenham
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Imperfect
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abstivesse
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abstivesses
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abstivesse
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abstivéssemos
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abstivéssedes, abstivésseis
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abstivessem
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Future
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abstiver
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abstiveres
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abstiver
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abstivermos
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abstiverdes
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abstiverem
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Imperative
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Affirmative
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abstém
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abstenha
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abstenhamos
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abstende
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abstenham
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Negative (nom)
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nom abstenhas
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nom abstenha
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nom abstenhamos
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nom abstenhades, nom abstenhais
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nom abstenham
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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin abstinēre (“to abstain”), with conjugation based on ter.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eʁ, -eɾ
- Hyphenation: abs‧ter
Verb
abster (first-person singular present abstenho, first-person singular preterite abstive, past participle abstido)
- (ditransitive, with the indirect object taking de and a verb in the infinitive) to keep from; to prevent from (to stop someone from doing something)
As dores o abstiveram de viajar.- The pains kept him from travelling.
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, auxiliary with de and a verb in the infinitive) to abstain from; to refrain from (to deliberately not do something)
Essa dieta exige que você se abstenha de comer chocolate.- This diet requires you to abstain from eating chocolate.
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with de) to abstain from (not to do, have or make use of something pleasurable)
Essa dieta exige que você se abstenha de chocolate.- This diet requires you to abstain from chocolate.
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to keep one’s composure
Não importa quantos insultos ouvir, abstenha-se.- No matter how many insults you hear, keep calm.
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to abstain (to deliberately refrain from voting)
Nenhuma das opções é boa, então eu me abstenho.- None of the options is good, so I abstain.
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