aullar

aullar

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from an older *ullar, from Vulgar Latin *ūl(ŭ)lāre, from Latin ululāre, present active infinitive of ululō, ultimately from a reduplicated Proto-Indo-European imitative root. Doublet of the borrowed ulular[1]. Cognate with English ululate.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /auˈʝaɾ/ [au̯ˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /auˈʝaɾ/ [au̯ˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /auˈʎaɾ/ [au̯ˈʎaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /auˈʃaɾ/ [au̯ˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /auˈʒaɾ/ [au̯ˈʒaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: au‧llar

Verb

aullar (first-person singular present aúllo, first-person singular preterite aullé, past participle aullado)

1. (intransitive) to howl, bay

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aullar (u-ú alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			aullar
gerund			aullando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aullado		aullada
		plural		aullados		aulladas
		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	aúllo	aúllastú aullásvos	aúlla	aullamos	aulláis	aúllan
	imperfect	aullaba	aullabas	aullaba	aullábamos	aullabais	aullaban
	preterite	aullé	aullaste	aulló	aullamos	aullasteis	aullaron
	future	aullaré	aullarás	aullará	aullaremos	aullaréis	aullarán
	conditional	aullaría	aullarías	aullaría	aullaríamos	aullaríais	aullarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	aúlle	aúllestú aullésvos2	aúlle	aullemos	aulléis	aúllen
	imperfect (ra)	aullara	aullaras	aullara	aulláramos	aullarais	aullaran
	imperfect (se)	aullase	aullases	aullase	aullásemos	aullaseis	aullasen
	future1	aullare	aullares	aullare	aulláremos	aullareis	aullaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		aúllatú aullávos	aúlle	aullemos	aullad	aúllen
	negative		no aúlles	no aúlle	no aullemos	no aulléis	no aúllen

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

    Selected combined forms of aullar (u-ú alternation)

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 aullar
	dative	aullarme	aullarte	aullarle, aullarse	aullarnos	aullaros	aullarles, aullarse
	accusative	aullarme	aullarte	aullarlo, aullarla, aullarse	aullarnos	aullaros	aullarlos, aullarlas, aullarse
with gerund aullando
	dative	aullándome	aullándote	aullándole, aullándose	aullándonos	aullándoos	aullándoles, aullándose
	accusative	aullándome	aullándote	aullándolo, aullándola, aullándose	aullándonos	aullándoos	aullándolos, aullándolas, aullándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative aúlla
	dative	aúllame	aúllate	aúllale	aúllanos	not used	aúllales
	accusative	aúllame	aúllate	aúllalo, aúllala	aúllanos	not used	aúllalos, aúllalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative aullá
	dative	aullame	aullate	aullale	aullanos	not used	aullales
	accusative	aullame	aullate	aullalo, aullala	aullanos	not used	aullalos, aullalas
with formal second-person singular imperative aúlle
	dative	aúlleme	not used	aúllele, aúllese	aúllenos	not used	aúlleles
	accusative	aúlleme	not used	aúllelo, aúllela, aúllese	aúllenos	not used	aúllelos, aúllelas
with first-person plural imperative aullemos
	dative	not used	aullémoste	aullémosle	aullémonos	aullémoos	aullémosles
	accusative	not used	aullémoste	aullémoslo, aullémosla	aullémonos	aullémoos	aullémoslos, aullémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative aullad
	dative	aulladme	not used	aulladle	aulladnos	aullaos	aulladles
	accusative	aulladme	not used	aulladlo, aulladla	aulladnos	aullaos	aulladlos, aulladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative aúllen
	dative	aúllenme	not used	aúllenle	aúllennos	not used	aúllenles, aúllense
	accusative	aúllenme	not used	aúllenlo, aúllenla	aúllennos	not used	aúllenlos, aúllenlas, aúllense

Derived terms

• aullador
• aullido

Related terms

• ulular

References

1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading

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