alabar
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish alabar, from Late Latin alapāri.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ə.ləˈba/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.laˈbaɾ/
Audio (Catalonia) (file)
Verb
alabar (first-person singular present alabo, past participle alabat)
- (transitive) to praise
- Synonym: lloar
Conjugation
Conjugation of alabar (first conjugation)
infinitive | alabar | ||||||
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present participle | alabant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | alabat | alabada | |||||
plural | alabats | alabades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | alabo | alabes | alaba | alabem | alabeu | alaben | |
imperfect | alabava | alabaves | alabava | alabàvem | alabàveu | alabaven | |
future | alabaré | alabaràs | alabarà | alabarem | alabareu | alabaran | |
preterite | alabí | alabares | alabà | alabàrem | alabàreu | alabaren | |
conditional | alabaria | alabaries | alabaria | alabaríem | alabaríeu | alabarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | alabi | alabis | alabi | alabem | alabeu | alabin | |
imperfect | alabés | alabessis | alabés | alabéssim | alabéssiu | alabessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
— | alaba | alabi | alabem | alabeu | alabin |
Related terms
- alabança
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, 2023
- “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
From Late Latin alapor (“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
- Synonyms: adular, aplaudir, celebrar, elogiar, encomiar, loar
- 2018 July 24, Belén Remacha, “Rosalía lanza lo que parece un alegato contra la violencia machista y rompe internet”, in eldiaro.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.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 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.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
Conjugation
Conjugation of alabar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
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) | |||||||
imperfect (se) | |||||||
future1 | |||||||
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | vos | tú||||||
negative | no alabes | no alabe | no alabemos | no alabéis | no alaben |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of alabar
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
- alabable
Related terms
- alabanza
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