herir

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Icelandic

Noun

herir

  1. indefinite nominative plural of her

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish ferir, from Latin ferīre, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to scrape, to cut”). Related to English interfere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈɾiɾ/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: he‧rir

Verb

herir (first-person singular present hiero, first-person singular preterite herí, past participle herido)

  1. (transitive) to wound, injure (to cause physical injury and pain)
  2. (transitive) to hurt, offend, wound (to cause emotional pain)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of herir (e-ie-i alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive herir
gerund hiriendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular herido herida
plural heridos heridas
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 hiero hierestú
herísvos 		hiere herimos herís hieren
imperfect hería herías hería heríamos heríais herían
preterite herí heriste hirió herimos heristeis hirieron
future heriré herirás herirá heriremos heriréis herirán
conditional heriría herirías heriría heriríamos heriríais herirían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present hiera hierastú
hirásvos2 		hiera hiramos hiráis hieran
imperfect
(ra) 		hiriera hirieras hiriera hiriéramos hirierais hirieran
imperfect
(se) 		hiriese hirieses hiriese hiriésemos hirieseis hiriesen
future1 hiriere hirieres hiriere hiriéremos hiriereis hirieren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative hieretú
herívos 		hiera hiramos herid hieran
negative no hieras no hiera no hiramos no hiráis no hieran

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

    Selected combined forms of herir (e-ie-i 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 herir
dative herirme herirte herirle, herirse herirnos heriros herirles, herirse
accusative herirme herirte herirlo, herirla, herirse herirnos heriros herirlos, herirlas, herirse
with gerund hiriendo
dative hiriéndome hiriéndote hiriéndole, hiriéndose hiriéndonos hiriéndoos hiriéndoles, hiriéndose
accusative hiriéndome hiriéndote hiriéndolo, hiriéndola, hiriéndose hiriéndonos hiriéndoos hiriéndolos, hiriéndolas, hiriéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative hiere
dative hiéreme hiérete hiérele hiérenos not used hiéreles
accusative hiéreme hiérete hiérelo, hiérela hiérenos not used hiérelos, hiérelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative herí
dative herime herite herile herinos not used heriles
accusative herime herite herilo, herila herinos not used herilos, herilas
with formal second-person singular imperative hiera
dative hiérame not used hiérale, hiérase hiéranos not used hiérales
accusative hiérame not used hiéralo, hiérala, hiérase hiéranos not used hiéralos, hiéralas
with first-person plural imperative hiramos
dative not used hirámoste hirámosle hirámonos hirámoos hirámosles
accusative not used hirámoste hirámoslo, hirámosla hirámonos hirámoos hirámoslos, hirámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative herid
dative heridme not used heridle heridnos heríos heridles
accusative heridme not used heridlo, heridla heridnos heríos heridlos, heridlas
with formal second-person plural imperative hieran
dative hiéranme not used hiéranle hiérannos not used hiéranles, hiéranse
accusative hiéranme not used hiéranlo, hiéranla hiérannos not used hiéranlos, hiéranlas, hiéranse

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