avalar
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ə.vəˈla/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ə.bəˈla/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.vaˈlaɾ/
Verb
avalar (first-person singular present avalo, past participle avalat)
- To endorse
- to reply to
Conjugation
Conjugation of avalar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | avalar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | avalant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | avalat | avalada | |||||
| plural | avalats | avalades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | avalo | avales | avala | avalem | avaleu | avalen | |
| imperfect | avalava | avalaves | avalava | avalàvem | avalàveu | avalaven | |
| future | avalaré | avalaràs | avalarà | avalarem | avalareu | avalaran | |
| preterite | avalí | avalares | avalà | avalàrem | avalàreu | avalaren | |
| conditional | avalaria | avalaries | avalaria | avalaríem | avalaríeu | avalarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | avali | avalis | avali | avalem | avaleu | avalin | |
| imperfect | avalés | avalessis | avalés | avaléssim | avaléssiu | avalessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | avala | avali | avalem | avaleu | avalin | ||
Spanish
Etymology
aval + -ar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abaˈlaɾ/ [a.β̞aˈlaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧va‧lar
Verb
avalar (first-person singular present avalo, first-person singular preterite avalé, past participle avalado)
- (transitive) to endorse, to back, to support
Conjugation
Conjugation of avalar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | avalar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | avalando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | avalado | avalada | |||||
| plural | avalados | avaladas | |||||
| 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 | avalo | avalastú avalásvos | avala | avalamos | avaláis | avalan | |
| imperfect | avalaba | avalabas | avalaba | avalábamos | avalabais | avalaban | |
| preterite | avalé | avalaste | avaló | avalamos | avalasteis | avalaron | |
| future | avalaré | avalarás | avalará | avalaremos | avalaréis | avalarán | |
| conditional | avalaría | avalarías | avalaría | avalaríamos | avalaríais | avalarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | avale | avalestú avalésvos2 | avale | avalemos | avaléis | avalen | |
| imperfect (ra) | avalara | avalaras | avalara | avaláramos | avalarais | avalaran | |
| imperfect (se) | avalase | avalases | avalase | avalásemos | avalaseis | avalasen | |
| future1 | avalare | avalares | avalare | avaláremos | avalareis | avalaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | avalatú avalávos | avale | avalemos | avalad | avalen | ||
| negative | no avales | no avale | no avalemos | no avaléis | no avalen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of avalar
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 avalar | |||||||
| dative | avalarme | avalarte | avalarle, avalarse | avalarnos | avalaros | avalarles, avalarse | |
| accusative | avalarme | avalarte | avalarlo, avalarla, avalarse | avalarnos | avalaros | avalarlos, avalarlas, avalarse | |
| with gerund avalando | |||||||
| dative | avalándome | avalándote | avalándole, avalándose | avalándonos | avalándoos | avalándoles, avalándose | |
| accusative | avalándome | avalándote | avalándolo, avalándola, avalándose | avalándonos | avalándoos | avalándolos, avalándolas, avalándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative avala | |||||||
| dative | aválame | aválate | aválale | aválanos | not used | aválales | |
| accusative | aválame | aválate | aválalo, aválala | aválanos | not used | aválalos, aválalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative avalá | |||||||
| dative | avalame | avalate | avalale | avalanos | not used | avalales | |
| accusative | avalame | avalate | avalalo, avalala | avalanos | not used | avalalos, avalalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative avale | |||||||
| dative | aváleme | not used | aválele, aválese | aválenos | not used | aváleles | |
| accusative | aváleme | not used | aválelo, aválela, aválese | aválenos | not used | aválelos, aválelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative avalemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | avalémoste | avalémosle | avalémonos | avalémoos | avalémosles | |
| accusative | not used | avalémoste | avalémoslo, avalémosla | avalémonos | avalémoos | avalémoslos, avalémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative avalad | |||||||
| dative | avaladme | not used | avaladle | avaladnos | avalaos | avaladles | |
| accusative | avaladme | not used | avaladlo, avaladla | avaladnos | avalaos | avaladlos, avaladlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative avalen | |||||||
| dative | aválenme | not used | aválenle | aválennos | not used | aválenles, aválense | |
| accusative | aválenme | not used | aválenlo, aválenla | aválennos | not used | aválenlos, aválenlas, aválense | |
Derived terms
- avalador
Further reading
- “avalar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014