alabar
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish alabar, from Late Latin alapāri.
Pronunciation
Verb
alabar (first-person singular present alabo, first-person singular preterite alabí, past participle alabat)
Conjugation
infinitive | |||||||
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gerund | |||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | |||||||
plural | |||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | |||||||
imperfect | |||||||
future | |||||||
preterite | |||||||
conditional | |||||||
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | |||||||
imperfect | |||||||
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | ||||||
negative (no) | — | no alabis | no alabi | no alabem | no alabeu | no alabin |
Related terms
Further reading
- “alabar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “alabar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “alabar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “alabar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin alapārī (“to boast”),[1] originally (in Plautus) “to slap”, which is probably related to Latin alapa (“box on the ear, blow with the hand”).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alaˈbaɾ/ [a.laˈβ̞aɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧la‧bar
Verb
alabar (first-person singular present alabo, first-person singular preterite alabé, past participle alabado)
- (transitive) to praise
- 2018 July 24, Belén Remacha, “Rosalía lanza lo que parece un alegato contra la violencia machista y rompe internet”, in eldiario.es:
- Muchos, además de alabar la parte musical y visual, han entendido que el vídeo profundiza en los celos propios o ajenos de los que parece hablar la letra y trata de cómo salir de la violencia y dinámica machista de una relación.
- Many, in addition to praising the musical and visual part, have understood that the video delves into their own jealousy or that of others that the lyrics seem to talk about and deals with how to get out of the violence and macho dynamics of a relationship.
- 2022 March 8, Macarena Vidal Liy, “El presidente de China, Xi Jinping, pide “contención máxima” en Ucrania para evitar que la situación quede “fuera de control””, in El País, retrieved 2022-03-08:
- “China alaba los esfuerzos de mediación de Francia y Alemania en Ucrania. Permanecerá en comunicación y coordinación con ambas y con la UE y, a la luz de las necesidades de las partes implicadas, colaborará activamente con la comunidad internacional”, ha agregado Xi.
- “China praises the mediation efforts of France and Germany in Ukraine. It will remain in communication and coordination with both sides and with the EU, and in light of the needs of the parties involved, will actively collaborate with the international community," Xi added.
Conjugation
infinitive | |||||||
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gerund | |||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | |||||||
plural | |||||||
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 | vos |
tú||||||
imperfect | |||||||
preterite | |||||||
future | |||||||
conditional | |||||||
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | vos2 |
tú||||||
imperfect (ra) |
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imperfect (se) |
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future1 | |||||||
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | vos |
tú||||||
negative | no alabes | no alabe | no alabemos | no alabéis | no alaben |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive | |||||||
dative | , | , | |||||
accusative | , , | , , | |||||
with gerund | |||||||
dative | , | , | |||||
accusative | , , | , , | |||||
with informal second-person singular tú imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | , | not used | , | ||||
with informal second-person singular vos imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | , | not used | , | ||||
with formal second-person singular imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | , | not used | ||||
accusative | not used | , , | not used | , | |||
with first-person plural imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | not used | , | , | ||||
with informal second-person plural imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | not used | , | , | ||||
with formal second-person plural imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | not used | , | ||||
accusative | not used | , | not used | , , |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Catalan: alabar
References
- “alabar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 65
Further reading
- “alabar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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