lidiar

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lītigāre. Doublet of litigar, which was a borrowing. Whence, compare English litigate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liˈdjaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: li‧diar

Verb

lidiar (first-person singular present lidio, first-person singular preterite lidié, past participle lidiado)

  1. (intransitive) to fight, battle
    Synonyms: luchar, pelear
  2. (transitive, bullfighting) to bullfight until the animal dies
  3. (intransitive) to oppose someone
  4. (intransitive) to attempt to negotiate with an annoying person
  5. (intransitive, rare) to argue, litigate
  6. to cope, deal with, handle
    Synonyms: afrontar, tratar, poder con

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lidiar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive lidiar
gerund lidiando
past participle masculine feminine
singular lidiado lidiada
plural lidiados lidiadas
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 lidio lidiastú
lidiásvos 		lidia lidiamos lidiáis lidian
imperfect lidiaba lidiabas lidiaba lidiábamos lidiabais lidiaban
preterite lidié lidiaste lidió lidiamos lidiasteis lidiaron
future lidiaré lidiarás lidiará lidiaremos lidiaréis lidiarán
conditional lidiaría lidiarías lidiaría lidiaríamos lidiaríais lidiarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present lidie lidiestú
lidiésvos2 		lidie lidiemos lidiéis lidien
imperfect
(ra) 		lidiara lidiaras lidiara lidiáramos lidiarais lidiaran
imperfect
(se) 		lidiase lidiases lidiase lidiásemos lidiaseis lidiasen
future1 lidiare lidiares lidiare lidiáremos lidiareis lidiaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative lidiatú
lidiávos 		lidie lidiemos lidiad lidien
negative no lidies no lidie no lidiemos no lidiéis no lidien

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

    Selected combined forms of lidiar

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 lidiar
dative lidiarme lidiarte lidiarle, lidiarse lidiarnos lidiaros lidiarles, lidiarse
accusative lidiarme lidiarte lidiarlo, lidiarla, lidiarse lidiarnos lidiaros lidiarlos, lidiarlas, lidiarse
with gerund lidiando
dative lidiándome lidiándote lidiándole, lidiándose lidiándonos lidiándoos lidiándoles, lidiándose
accusative lidiándome lidiándote lidiándolo, lidiándola, lidiándose lidiándonos lidiándoos lidiándolos, lidiándolas, lidiándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative lidia
dative lídiame lídiate lídiale lídianos not used lídiales
accusative lídiame lídiate lídialo, lídiala lídianos not used lídialos, lídialas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative lidiá
dative lidiame lidiate lidiale lidianos not used lidiales
accusative lidiame lidiate lidialo, lidiala lidianos not used lidialos, lidialas
with formal second-person singular imperative lidie
dative lídieme not used lídiele, lídiese lídienos not used lídieles
accusative lídieme not used lídielo, lídiela, lídiese lídienos not used lídielos, lídielas
with first-person plural imperative lidiemos
dative not used lidiémoste lidiémosle lidiémonos lidiémoos lidiémosles
accusative not used lidiémoste lidiémoslo, lidiémosla lidiémonos lidiémoos lidiémoslos, lidiémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative lidiad
dative lidiadme not used lidiadle lidiadnos lidiaos lidiadles
accusative lidiadme not used lidiadlo, lidiadla lidiadnos lidiaos lidiadlos, lidiadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative lidien
dative lídienme not used lídienle lídiennos not used lídienles, lídiense
accusative lídienme not used lídienlo, lídienla lídiennos not used lídienlos, lídienlas, lídiense

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