humillar

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Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese omillar (Cantigas de Santa Maria, 13th century); from Late Latin humiliāre, present active infinitive of humiliō, from humus (“ground, soil”). Compare Portuguese humilhar.

Pronunciation

Verb

humillar (first-person singular present humillo, first-person singular preterite humillei, past participle humillado)

  1. (transitive) to humiliate
    Synonym: vexar
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to humble, to abase
    Synonym: abaixar
  3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to bow, to lower, to salute
    Synonym: abaixar
    • 1295, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 642:
      Et, quando forõ ante dona Xemena, o mouro omillouse a ela et a suas fillas, et quiso beyiar as mãos a dona Xemena; mays ela nõ llas quiso dar.
      And when they were before lady Xemena, the Moor man bowed before her and her daughters, and he wanted to kiss lady Xemena,s hands, but she didn't allow him to.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of humillar
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti) 		Third-person
(el / ela / Vde.) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal humillar
Personal humillar humillares humillar humillarmos humillardes humillaren
Gerund
humillando
Past participle
Masculine humillado humillados
Feminine humillada humilladas
Indicative
Present humillo humillas humilla humillamos humillades humillan
Imperfect humillaba humillabas humillaba humillabamos humillabades humillaban
Preterite humillei humillaches humillou humillamos humillastes humillaron
Pluperfect humillara humillaras humillara humillaramos humillarades humillaran
Future humillarei humillarás humillará humillaremos humillaredes humillarán
Conditional humillaría humillarías humillaría humillariamos humillariades humillarían
Subjunctive
Present humille humilles humille humillemos humilledes humillen
Imperfect humillase humillases humillase humillásemos humillásedes humillasen
Future humillar humillares humillar humillarmos humillardes humillaren
Imperative
Affirmative humilla humille humillemos humillade humillen
Negative (non) non humilles non humille non humillemos non humilledes non humillen

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Further reading

References

  • “omillar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “omill” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “humillar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “humillar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Spanish

Etymology

Altered from Old Spanish homillar, a borrowing from Late Latin humiliāre.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /umiˈʝaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /umiˈʎaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /umiˈʃaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /umiˈʒaɾ/

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: hu‧mi‧llar

Verb

humillar (first-person singular present humillo, first-person singular preterite humillé, past participle humillado)

  1. (transitive) to humiliate
    Synonym: (Mexico) sobajar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of humillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive humillar
gerund humillando
past participle masculine feminine
singular humillado humillada
plural humillados humilladas
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 humillo humillastú
humillásvos 		humilla humillamos humilláis humillan
imperfect humillaba humillabas humillaba humillábamos humillabais humillaban
preterite humillé humillaste humilló humillamos humillasteis humillaron
future humillaré humillarás humillará humillaremos humillaréis humillarán
conditional humillaría humillarías humillaría humillaríamos humillaríais humillarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present humille humillestú
humillésvos2 		humille humillemos humilléis humillen
imperfect
(ra) 		humillara humillaras humillara humilláramos humillarais humillaran
imperfect
(se) 		humillase humillases humillase humillásemos humillaseis humillasen
future1 humillare humillares humillare humilláremos humillareis humillaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative humillatú
humillávos 		humille humillemos humillad humillen
negative no humilles no humille no humillemos no humilléis no humillen

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

    Selected combined forms of humillar

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 humillar
dative humillarme humillarte humillarle, humillarse humillarnos humillaros humillarles, humillarse
accusative humillarme humillarte humillarlo, humillarla, humillarse humillarnos humillaros humillarlos, humillarlas, humillarse
with gerund humillando
dative humillándome humillándote humillándole, humillándose humillándonos humillándoos humillándoles, humillándose
accusative humillándome humillándote humillándolo, humillándola, humillándose humillándonos humillándoos humillándolos, humillándolas, humillándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative humilla
dative humíllame humíllate humíllale humíllanos not used humíllales
accusative humíllame humíllate humíllalo, humíllala humíllanos not used humíllalos, humíllalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative humillá
dative humillame humillate humillale humillanos not used humillales
accusative humillame humillate humillalo, humillala humillanos not used humillalos, humillalas
with formal second-person singular imperative humille
dative humílleme not used humíllele, humíllese humíllenos not used humílleles
accusative humílleme not used humíllelo, humíllela, humíllese humíllenos not used humíllelos, humíllelas
with first-person plural imperative humillemos
dative not used humillémoste humillémosle humillémonos humillémoos humillémosles
accusative not used humillémoste humillémoslo, humillémosla humillémonos humillémoos humillémoslos, humillémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative humillad
dative humilladme not used humilladle humilladnos humillaos humilladles
accusative humilladme not used humilladlo, humilladla humilladnos humillaos humilladlos, humilladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative humillen
dative humíllenme not used humíllenle humíllennos not used humíllenles, humíllense
accusative humíllenme not used humíllenlo, humíllenla humíllennos not used humíllenlos, humíllenlas, humíllense

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