abollar

abollar

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ Latin bulla (“bubble, ball”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aboˈʝaɾ/ [a.β̞oˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /aboˈʝaɾ/ [a.β̞oˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /aboˈʎaɾ/ [a.β̞oˈʎaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aboˈʃaɾ/ [a.β̞oˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aboˈʒaɾ/ [a.β̞oˈʒaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧bo‧llar

Verb

abollar (first-person singular present abollo, first-person singular preterite abollé, past participle abollado)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to dent
2. (Burgos, transitive) to tread, to trample
3. (transitive) to emboss

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abollar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			abollar
gerund			abollando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		abollado		abollada
		plural		abollados		abolladas
		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	abollo	abollastú abollásvos	abolla	abollamos	abolláis	abollan
	imperfect	abollaba	abollabas	abollaba	abollábamos	abollabais	abollaban
	preterite	abollé	abollaste	abolló	abollamos	abollasteis	abollaron
	future	abollaré	abollarás	abollará	abollaremos	abollaréis	abollarán
	conditional	abollaría	abollarías	abollaría	abollaríamos	abollaríais	abollarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	abolle	abollestú abollésvos2	abolle	abollemos	abolléis	abollen
	imperfect (ra)	abollara	abollaras	abollara	abolláramos	abollarais	abollaran
	imperfect (se)	abollase	abollases	abollase	abollásemos	abollaseis	abollasen
	future1	abollare	abollares	abollare	abolláremos	abollareis	abollaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		abollatú abollávos	abolle	abollemos	abollad	abollen
	negative		no abolles	no abolle	no abollemos	no abolléis	no abollen

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

    Selected combined forms of abollar

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 abollar
	dative	abollarme	abollarte	abollarle, abollarse	abollarnos	abollaros	abollarles, abollarse
	accusative	abollarme	abollarte	abollarlo, abollarla, abollarse	abollarnos	abollaros	abollarlos, abollarlas, abollarse
with gerund abollando
	dative	abollándome	abollándote	abollándole, abollándose	abollándonos	abollándoos	abollándoles, abollándose
	accusative	abollándome	abollándote	abollándolo, abollándola, abollándose	abollándonos	abollándoos	abollándolos, abollándolas, abollándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative abolla
	dative	abóllame	abóllate	abóllale	abóllanos	not used	abóllales
	accusative	abóllame	abóllate	abóllalo, abóllala	abóllanos	not used	abóllalos, abóllalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative abollá
	dative	abollame	abollate	abollale	abollanos	not used	abollales
	accusative	abollame	abollate	abollalo, abollala	abollanos	not used	abollalos, abollalas
with formal second-person singular imperative abolle
	dative	abólleme	not used	abóllele, abóllese	abóllenos	not used	abólleles
	accusative	abólleme	not used	abóllelo, abóllela, abóllese	abóllenos	not used	abóllelos, abóllelas
with first-person plural imperative abollemos
	dative	not used	abollémoste	abollémosle	abollémonos	abollémoos	abollémosles
	accusative	not used	abollémoste	abollémoslo, abollémosla	abollémonos	abollémoos	abollémoslos, abollémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative abollad
	dative	abolladme	not used	abolladle	abolladnos	abollaos	abolladles
	accusative	abolladme	not used	abolladlo, abolladla	abolladnos	abollaos	abolladlos, abolladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative abollen
	dative	abóllenme	not used	abóllenle	abóllennos	not used	abóllenles, abóllense
	accusative	abóllenme	not used	abóllenlo, abóllenla	abóllennos	not used	abóllenlos, abóllenlas, abóllense

Derived terms

• abollado
• abolladura
• bola

Further reading

• “abollar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014