esleír

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish esleer,[1] from Vulgar Latin *exligere, from Latin ēligere. Doublet of elegir, which was borrowed. Compare French élire, Italian scegliere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esleˈiɾ/
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: es‧le‧ír

Verb

esleír (first-person singular present eslío, first-person singular preterite esleí, past participle esleído)

  1. (obsolete) to elect
  2. (obsolete) to choose
    Synonym: elegir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of esleír (e-í alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive esleír
gerund esliendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular esleído esleída
plural esleídos esleídas
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 eslío eslíestú
esleísvos 		eslíe esleímos esleís eslíen
imperfect esleía esleías esleía esleíamos esleíais esleían
preterite esleí esleíste eslió esleímos esleísteis eslieron
future esleiré esleirás esleirá esleiremos esleiréis esleirán
conditional esleiría esleirías esleiría esleiríamos esleiríais esleirían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present eslía eslíastú
esliásvos2 		eslía esliamos esliáis eslían
imperfect
(ra) 		esliera eslieras esliera esliéramos eslierais eslieran
imperfect
(se) 		esliese eslieses esliese esliésemos eslieseis esliesen
future1 esliere eslieres esliere esliéremos esliereis eslieren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative eslíetú
esleívos 		eslía esliamos esleíd eslían
negative no eslías no eslía no esliamos no esliáis no eslían

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

References

  1. ^ https://etd.ohiolink.edu/rws_etd/document/get/osu1275060463/inline

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