abortar
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English abort, French avorter, German abortieren, Italian abortire, Russian або́рт (abórt), Spanish abortar. (Compare Esperanto aborti).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aborˈtar/
Verb
abortar (present tense abortas, past tense abortis, future tense abortos, imperative abortez, conditional abortus)
- (intransitive) to abort, miscarry
- (figuratively) to come to nothing, fail
- (computing) to abort
Conjugation
Conjugation of abortar
 | present | past | future | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | abortar | abortir | abortor | ||||
| tense | abortas | abortis | abortos | ||||
| conditional | abortus | ||||||
| imperative | abortez | ||||||
| adjective active participle | abortanta | abortinta | abortonta | ||||
| adverbial active participle | abortante | abortinte | abortonte | ||||
| nominal active participle | singular | abortanto | abortinto | abortonto | |||
| plural | abortanti | abortinti | abortonti | ||||
Derived terms
- abortala (“abortive”)
- abortigar (“to cause abort to (someone)”)
- abortigiva, abortiganta (“abortive (capable of producing and abortion)”)
- abortigivo, abortigilo (“something causing abortion”)
- abortigo (“miscarriage (caused)”)
- aborto (“miscarriage”)
- aborturo (“an abortive child or thing”)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
abortar m
- indefinite plural of abort
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin abortāre.
Verb
abortar (first-person singular present aborto, first-person singular preterite abortei, past participle abortado)
- to abort, miscarry
- Ele abortou a operação. ― He aborted the operation.
- (intransitive, transitive, medicine) to perform an abortion, interrupt pregnancy
Conjugation
Conjugation of abortar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | abortar | |||||
| Personal | abortar | abortares | abortar | abortarmos | abortardes | abortarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| abortando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | abortado | abortados | ||||
| Feminine | abortada | abortadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | aborto | abortas | aborta | abortamos | abortais | abortam |
| Imperfect | abortava | abortavas | abortava | abortávamos | abortáveis | abortavam |
| Preterite | abortei | abortaste | abortou | abortamos1, abortámos2 | abortastes | abortaram |
| Pluperfect | abortara | abortaras | abortara | abortáramos | abortáreis | abortaram |
| Future | abortarei | abortarás | abortará | abortaremos | abortareis | abortarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| abortaria | abortarias | abortaria | abortaríamos | abortaríeis | abortariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | aborte | abortes | aborte | abortemos | aborteis | abortem |
| Imperfect | abortasse | abortasses | abortasse | abortássemos | abortásseis | abortassem |
| Future | abortar | abortares | abortar | abortarmos | abortardes | abortarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | aborta | aborte | abortemos | abortai | abortem | |
| Negative (não) | não abortes | não aborte | não abortemos | não aborteis | não abortem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin abortāre, present active infinitive of abortō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aboɾˈtaɾ/ [a.β̞oɾˈt̪aɾ]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧bor‧tar
Verb
abortar (first-person singular present aborto, first-person singular preterite aborté, past participle abortado)
- (transitive) to abort
- (transitive) to suppress
- (intransitive) to have an abortion
Conjugation
Conjugation of abortar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | abortar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | abortando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | abortado | abortada | |||||
| plural | abortados | abortadas | |||||
| 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 | aborto | abortastú abortásvos | aborta | abortamos | abortáis | abortan | |
| imperfect | abortaba | abortabas | abortaba | abortábamos | abortabais | abortaban | |
| preterite | aborté | abortaste | abortó | abortamos | abortasteis | abortaron | |
| future | abortaré | abortarás | abortará | abortaremos | abortaréis | abortarán | |
| conditional | abortaría | abortarías | abortaría | abortaríamos | abortaríais | abortarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | aborte | abortestú abortésvos2 | aborte | abortemos | abortéis | aborten | |
| imperfect (ra) | abortara | abortaras | abortara | abortáramos | abortarais | abortaran | |
| imperfect (se) | abortase | abortases | abortase | abortásemos | abortaseis | abortasen | |
| future1 | abortare | abortares | abortare | abortáremos | abortareis | abortaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | abortatú abortávos | aborte | abortemos | abortad | aborten | ||
| negative | no abortes | no aborte | no abortemos | no abortéis | no aborten | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of abortar
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 abortar | |||||||
| dative | abortarme | abortarte | abortarle, abortarse | abortarnos | abortaros | abortarles, abortarse | |
| accusative | abortarme | abortarte | abortarlo, abortarla, abortarse | abortarnos | abortaros | abortarlos, abortarlas, abortarse | |
| with gerund abortando | |||||||
| dative | abortándome | abortándote | abortándole, abortándose | abortándonos | abortándoos | abortándoles, abortándose | |
| accusative | abortándome | abortándote | abortándolo, abortándola, abortándose | abortándonos | abortándoos | abortándolos, abortándolas, abortándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative aborta | |||||||
| dative | abórtame | abórtate | abórtale | abórtanos | not used | abórtales | |
| accusative | abórtame | abórtate | abórtalo, abórtala | abórtanos | not used | abórtalos, abórtalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative abortá | |||||||
| dative | abortame | abortate | abortale | abortanos | not used | abortales | |
| accusative | abortame | abortate | abortalo, abortala | abortanos | not used | abortalos, abortalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative aborte | |||||||
| dative | abórteme | not used | abórtele, abórtese | abórtenos | not used | abórteles | |
| accusative | abórteme | not used | abórtelo, abórtela, abórtese | abórtenos | not used | abórtelos, abórtelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative abortemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | abortémoste | abortémosle | abortémonos | abortémoos | abortémosles | |
| accusative | not used | abortémoste | abortémoslo, abortémosla | abortémonos | abortémoos | abortémoslos, abortémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative abortad | |||||||
| dative | abortadme | not used | abortadle | abortadnos | abortaos | abortadles | |
| accusative | abortadme | not used | abortadlo, abortadla | abortadnos | abortaos | abortadlos, abortadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative aborten | |||||||
| dative | abórtenme | not used | abórtenle | abórtennos | not used | abórtenles, abórtense | |
| accusative | abórtenme | not used | abórtenlo, abórtenla | abórtennos | not used | abórtenlos, abórtenlas, abórtense | |
Related terms
- abortista
- abortivo
- aborto
Further reading
- “abortar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014