eligir

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Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eliˈxiɾ/
Rhymes: -iɾ
Syllabification: e‧li‧gir

Verb

eligir (first-person singular present elijo, first-person singular preterite eligí, past participle eligido)

Obsolete form of elegir.

Conjugation

Conjugation of eligir (g-j alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			eligir
gerund			eligiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		eligido		eligida
		plural		eligidos		eligidas
		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	elijo	eliges^{^tú} eligís^{^vos}	elige	eligimos	eligís	eligen
	imperfect	eligía	eligías	eligía	eligíamos	eligíais	eligían
	preterite	eligí	eligiste	eligió	eligimos	eligisteis	eligieron
	future	eligiré	eligirás	eligirá	eligiremos	eligiréis	eligirán
	conditional	eligiría	eligirías	eligiría	eligiríamos	eligiríais	eligirían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	elija	elijas^{^tú} elijás^{^vos²}	elija	elijamos	elijáis	elijan
	imperfect (ra)	eligiera	eligieras	eligiera	eligiéramos	eligierais	eligieran
	imperfect (se)	eligiese	eligieses	eligiese	eligiésemos	eligieseis	eligiesen
	future¹	eligiere	eligieres	eligiere	eligiéremos	eligiereis	eligieren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		elige^{^tú} eligí^{^vos}	elija	elijamos	eligid	elijan
	negative		no elijas	no elija	no elijamos	no elijáis	no elijan

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

Further reading

“eligir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

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