averiar

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Spanish

Etymology

From avería (“damage, breakdown”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abeˈɾjaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧ve‧riar

Verb

averiar (first-person singular present averío, first-person singular preterite averié, past participle averiado)

  1. to break (break down)
  2. to damage
  3. (reflexive) to break down

Conjugation

    Conjugation of averiar (i-í alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive averiar
gerund averiando
past participle masculine feminine
singular averiado averiada
plural averiados averiadas
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 averío averíastú
averiásvos 		avería averiamos averiáis averían
imperfect averiaba averiabas averiaba averiábamos averiabais averiaban
preterite averié averiaste averió averiamos averiasteis averiaron
future averiaré averiarás averiará averiaremos averiaréis averiarán
conditional averiaría averiarías averiaría averiaríamos averiaríais averiarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present averíe averíestú
averiésvos2 		averíe averiemos averiéis averíen
imperfect
(ra) 		averiara averiaras averiara averiáramos averiarais averiaran
imperfect
(se) 		averiase averiases averiase averiásemos averiaseis averiasen
future1 averiare averiares averiare averiáremos averiareis averiaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative averíatú
averiávos 		averíe averiemos averiad averíen
negative no averíes no averíe no averiemos no averiéis no averíen

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

    Selected combined forms of averiar (i-í 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 averiar
dative averiarme averiarte averiarle, averiarse averiarnos averiaros averiarles, averiarse
accusative averiarme averiarte averiarlo, averiarla, averiarse averiarnos averiaros averiarlos, averiarlas, averiarse
with gerund averiando
dative averiándome averiándote averiándole, averiándose averiándonos averiándoos averiándoles, averiándose
accusative averiándome averiándote averiándolo, averiándola, averiándose averiándonos averiándoos averiándolos, averiándolas, averiándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative avería
dative averíame averíate averíale averíanos not used averíales
accusative averíame averíate averíalo, averíala averíanos not used averíalos, averíalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative averiá
dative averiame averiate averiale averianos not used averiales
accusative averiame averiate averialo, averiala averianos not used averialos, averialas
with formal second-person singular imperative averíe
dative averíeme not used averíele, averíese averíenos not used averíeles
accusative averíeme not used averíelo, averíela, averíese averíenos not used averíelos, averíelas
with first-person plural imperative averiemos
dative not used averiémoste averiémosle averiémonos averiémoos averiémosles
accusative not used averiémoste averiémoslo, averiémosla averiémonos averiémoos averiémoslos, averiémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative averiad
dative averiadme not used averiadle averiadnos averiaos averiadles
accusative averiadme not used averiadlo, averiadla averiadnos averiaos averiadlos, averiadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative averíen
dative averíenme not used averíenle averíennos not used averíenles, averíense
accusative averíenme not used averíenlo, averíenla averíennos not used averíenlos, averíenlas, averíense

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