avalar

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

avalar (first-person singular present avalo, first-person singular preterite avalí, past participle avalat)

to endorse
to reply to

Conjugation

Conjugation of avalar (first conjugation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			avalar
gerund			avalant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		avalat		avalada
		plural		avalats		avalades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	avalo	avales	avala	avalem	avaleu	avalen
	imperfect	avalava	avalaves	avalava	avalàvem	avalàveu	avalaven
	future	avalaré	avalaràs	avalarà	avalarem	avalareu	avalaran
	preterite	avalí	avalares	avalà	avalàrem	avalàreu	avalaren
	conditional	avalaria	avalaries	avalaria	avalaríem	avalaríeu	avalarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	avali	avalis	avali	avalem	avaleu	avalin
	imperfect	avalés	avalessis	avalés	avaléssim	avaléssiu	avalessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	avala	avali	avalem	avaleu	avalin
	negative (no)	—	no avalis	no avali	no avalem	no avaleu	no avalin

Spanish

Etymology

From aval +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /abaˈlaɾ/
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: a‧va‧lar

Verb

avalar (first-person singular present avalo, first-person singular preterite avalé, past participle avalado)

(transitive) to endorse, to back, to support
Synonym: respaldar

avalar la teoría
corroborate the theory

avalar la apuesta
uphold the bet

avalar una petición
back a petition

avalar su cultura
support their culture
- 1983, “chaapter 66”, in Informe Conadep:
  Existen pruebas suficientes para avalar la existencia de tales grupos y de su ubicación «legítima» en la estructura formal de las fuerzas armadas.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of avalar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			avalar
gerund			avalando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		avalado		avalada
		plural		avalados		avaladas
		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	avalo	avalas^{^tú} avalás^{^vos}	avala	avalamos	avaláis	avalan
	imperfect	avalaba	avalabas	avalaba	avalábamos	avalabais	avalaban
	preterite	avalé	avalaste	avaló	avalamos	avalasteis	avalaron
	future	avalaré	avalarás	avalará	avalaremos	avalaréis	avalarán
	conditional	avalaría	avalarías	avalaría	avalaríamos	avalaríais	avalarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	avale	avales^{^tú} avalés^{^vos²}	avale	avalemos	avaléis	avalen
	imperfect (ra)	avalara	avalaras	avalara	avaláramos	avalarais	avalaran
	imperfect (se)	avalase	avalases	avalase	avalásemos	avalaseis	avalasen
	future¹	avalare	avalares	avalare	avaláremos	avalareis	avalaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		avala^{^tú} avalá^{^vos}	avale	avalemos	avalad	avalen
	negative		no avales	no avale	no avalemos	no avaléis	no avalen

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

Selected combined forms of avalar

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 avalar	dative	avalarme	avalarte	avalarle, avalarse	avalarnos	avalaros	avalarles, avalarse
with infinitive avalar	accusative	avalarme	avalarte	avalarlo, avalarla, avalarse	avalarnos	avalaros	avalarlos, avalarlas, avalarse

with gerund avalando	dative	avalándome	avalándote	avalándole, avalándose	avalándonos	avalándoos	avalándoles, avalándose
with gerund avalando	accusative	avalándome	avalándote	avalándolo, avalándola, avalándose	avalándonos	avalándoos	avalándolos, avalándolas, avalándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative avala	dative	aválame	aválate	aválale	aválanos	not used	aválales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative avala	accusative	aválame	aválate	aválalo, aválala	aválanos	not used	aválalos, aválalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative avalá	dative	avalame	avalate	avalale	avalanos	not used	avalales
with informal second-person singular vos imperative avalá	accusative	avalame	avalate	avalalo, avalala	avalanos	not used	avalalos, avalalas

with formal second-person singular imperative avale	dative	aváleme	not used	aválele, aválese	aválenos	not used	aváleles
with formal second-person singular imperative avale	accusative	aváleme	not used	aválelo, aválela, aválese	aválenos	not used	aválelos, aválelas

with first-person plural imperative avalemos	dative	not used	avalémoste	avalémosle	avalémonos	avalémoos	avalémosles
with first-person plural imperative avalemos	accusative	not used	avalémoste	avalémoslo, avalémosla	avalémonos	avalémoos	avalémoslos, avalémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative avalad	dative	avaladme	not used	avaladle	avaladnos	avalaos	avaladles
with informal second-person plural imperative avalad	accusative	avaladme	not used	avaladlo, avaladla	avaladnos	avalaos	avaladlos, avaladlas

with formal second-person plural imperative avalen	dative	aválenme	not used	aválenle	aválennos	not used	aválenles, aválense
with formal second-person plural imperative avalen	accusative	aválenme	not used	aválenlo, aválenla	aválennos	not used	aválenlos, aválenlas, aválense

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avalador

avalar

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