alijar

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French alléger, from Latin alleviāre.^[1]^[2] Doublet of aliviar.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.liˈʒa(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.liˈʒa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.liˈʒa(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.liˈʒa(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.liˈʒaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.liˈʒa.ɾi/

Hyphenation: a‧li‧jar

Verb

alijar (first-person singular present alijo, first-person singular preterite alijei, past participle alijado)

(nautical) to jettison
to relief, lighten
Synonym: aliviar

Conjugation

Conjugation of alijar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	alijar
Personal	alijar	alijares	alijar	alijarmos	alijardes	alijarem
Gerund
	alijando
Past participle
Masculine	alijado			alijados
Feminine	alijada			alijadas
Indicative
Present	alijo	alijas	alija	alijamos	alijais	alijam
Imperfect	alijava	alijavas	alijava	alijávamos	alijáveis	alijavam
Preterite	alijei	alijaste	alijou	alijamos¹, alijámos²	alijastes	alijaram
Pluperfect	alijara	alijaras	alijara	alijáramos	alijáreis	alijaram
Future	alijarei	alijarás	alijará	alijaremos	alijareis	alijarão
Conditional	alijaria	alijarias	alijaria	alijaríamos	alijaríeis	alijariam
Subjunctive
Present	alije	alijes	alije	alijemos	alijeis	alijem
Imperfect	alijasse	alijasses	alijasse	alijássemos	alijásseis	alijassem
Future	alijar	alijares	alijar	alijarmos	alijardes	alijarem
Imperative
Affirmative		alija	alije	alijemos	alijai	alijem
Negative (não)		não alijes	não alije	não alijemos	não alijeis	não alijem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

References

^ “alijar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
^ “alijar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French alléger, from Latin alleviāre. Doublet of aliviar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aliˈxaɾ/
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: a‧li‧jar

Verb

alijar (first-person singular present alijo, first-person singular preterite alijé, past participle alijado)

to lighten
(nautical) to unload
to smuggle onto the shore

Conjugation

Conjugation of alijar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			alijar
gerund			alijando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		alijado		alijada
		plural		alijados		alijadas
		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	alijo	alijas^{^tú} alijás^{^vos}	alija	alijamos	alijáis	alijan
	imperfect	alijaba	alijabas	alijaba	alijábamos	alijabais	alijaban
	preterite	alijé	alijaste	alijó	alijamos	alijasteis	alijaron
	future	alijaré	alijarás	alijará	alijaremos	alijaréis	alijarán
	conditional	alijaría	alijarías	alijaría	alijaríamos	alijaríais	alijarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	alije	alijes^{^tú} alijés^{^vos²}	alije	alijemos	alijéis	alijen
	imperfect (ra)	alijara	alijaras	alijara	alijáramos	alijarais	alijaran
	imperfect (se)	alijase	alijases	alijase	alijásemos	alijaseis	alijasen
	future¹	alijare	alijares	alijare	alijáremos	alijareis	alijaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		alija^{^tú} alijá^{^vos}	alije	alijemos	alijad	alijen
	negative		no alijes	no alije	no alijemos	no alijéis	no alijen

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

Derived terms

alijo

Further reading

“alijar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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