aojar

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *adoculāre, from oclus, from Latin oculus. Cognate with Galician ollar, Mirandese oulhar, Portuguese olhar, and Italian adocchiare.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aoˈxaɾ/
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: a‧o‧jar

Verb

aojar (first-person singular present aojo, first-person singular preterite aojé, past participle aojado)

(transitive) to evil-eye (cast an evil eye upon)
(transitive, archaic) to look at
Synonym: mirar

Conjugation

Conjugation of aojar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			aojar
gerund			aojando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aojado		aojada
		plural		aojados		aojadas
		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	aojo	aojas^{^tú} aojás^{^vos}	aoja	aojamos	aojáis	aojan
	imperfect	aojaba	aojabas	aojaba	aojábamos	aojabais	aojaban
	preterite	aojé	aojaste	aojó	aojamos	aojasteis	aojaron
	future	aojaré	aojarás	aojará	aojaremos	aojaréis	aojarán
	conditional	aojaría	aojarías	aojaría	aojaríamos	aojaríais	aojarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	aoje	aojes^{^tú} aojés^{^vos²}	aoje	aojemos	aojéis	aojen
	imperfect (ra)	aojara	aojaras	aojara	aojáramos	aojarais	aojaran
	imperfect (se)	aojase	aojases	aojase	aojásemos	aojaseis	aojasen
	future¹	aojare	aojares	aojare	aojáremos	aojareis	aojaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		aoja^{^tú} aojá^{^vos}	aoje	aojemos	aojad	aojen
	negative		no aojes	no aoje	no aojemos	no aojéis	no aojen

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

Related terms

ojo

Further reading

“aojar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

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