arrodillar
Spanish
Etymology
a- + rodilla (“knee”) + -ar
Verb
arrodillar (first-person singular present arrodillo, first-person singular preterite arrodillé, past participle arrodillado)
- (transitive) to make someone kneel
- Synonym: hincar
- (reflexive) to kneel down
Conjugation
Conjugation of arrodillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | arrodillar | ||||||
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gerund | arrodillando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | arrodillado | arrodillada | |||||
plural | arrodillados | arrodilladas | |||||
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 | arrodillo | arrodillastú arrodillásvos | arrodilla | arrodillamos | arrodilláis | arrodillan | |
imperfect | arrodillaba | arrodillabas | arrodillaba | arrodillábamos | arrodillabais | arrodillaban | |
preterite | arrodillé | arrodillaste | arrodilló | arrodillamos | arrodillasteis | arrodillaron | |
future | arrodillaré | arrodillarás | arrodillará | arrodillaremos | arrodillaréis | arrodillarán | |
conditional | arrodillaría | arrodillarías | arrodillaría | arrodillaríamos | arrodillaríais | arrodillarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | arrodille | arrodillestú arrodillésvos2 | arrodille | arrodillemos | arrodilléis | arrodillen | |
imperfect (ra) | arrodillara | arrodillaras | arrodillara | arrodilláramos | arrodillarais | arrodillaran | |
imperfect (se) | arrodillase | arrodillases | arrodillase | arrodillásemos | arrodillaseis | arrodillasen | |
future1 | arrodillare | arrodillares | arrodillare | arrodilláremos | arrodillareis | arrodillaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | arrodillatú arrodillávos | arrodille | arrodillemos | arrodillad | arrodillen | ||
negative | no arrodilles | no arrodille | no arrodillemos | no arrodilléis | no arrodillen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of arrodillar
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 arrodillar | |||||||
dative | arrodillarme | arrodillarte | arrodillarle, arrodillarse | arrodillarnos | arrodillaros | arrodillarles, arrodillarse | |
accusative | arrodillarme | arrodillarte | arrodillarlo, arrodillarla, arrodillarse | arrodillarnos | arrodillaros | arrodillarlos, arrodillarlas, arrodillarse | |
with gerund arrodillando | |||||||
dative | arrodillándome | arrodillándote | arrodillándole, arrodillándose | arrodillándonos | arrodillándoos | arrodillándoles, arrodillándose | |
accusative | arrodillándome | arrodillándote | arrodillándolo, arrodillándola, arrodillándose | arrodillándonos | arrodillándoos | arrodillándolos, arrodillándolas, arrodillándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative arrodilla | |||||||
dative | arrodíllame | arrodíllate | arrodíllale | arrodíllanos | not used | arrodíllales | |
accusative | arrodíllame | arrodíllate | arrodíllalo, arrodíllala | arrodíllanos | not used | arrodíllalos, arrodíllalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative arrodillá | |||||||
dative | arrodillame | arrodillate | arrodillale | arrodillanos | not used | arrodillales | |
accusative | arrodillame | arrodillate | arrodillalo, arrodillala | arrodillanos | not used | arrodillalos, arrodillalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative arrodille | |||||||
dative | arrodílleme | not used | arrodíllele, arrodíllese | arrodíllenos | not used | arrodílleles | |
accusative | arrodílleme | not used | arrodíllelo, arrodíllela, arrodíllese | arrodíllenos | not used | arrodíllelos, arrodíllelas | |
with first-person plural imperative arrodillemos | |||||||
dative | not used | arrodillémoste | arrodillémosle | arrodillémonos | arrodillémoos | arrodillémosles | |
accusative | not used | arrodillémoste | arrodillémoslo, arrodillémosla | arrodillémonos | arrodillémoos | arrodillémoslos, arrodillémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative arrodillad | |||||||
dative | arrodilladme | not used | arrodilladle | arrodilladnos | arrodillaos | arrodilladles | |
accusative | arrodilladme | not used | arrodilladlo, arrodilladla | arrodilladnos | arrodillaos | arrodilladlos, arrodilladlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative arrodillen | |||||||
dative | arrodíllenme | not used | arrodíllenle | arrodíllennos | not used | arrodíllenles, arrodíllense | |
accusative | arrodíllenme | not used | arrodíllenlo, arrodíllenla | arrodíllennos | not used | arrodíllenlos, arrodíllenlas, arrodíllense |
Related terms
- arrodillarse
Further reading
- “arrodillar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014