abluir

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abluere, with change of conjugation.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈblujʁ/ [aˈbluɪ̯h]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈblujʁ/ [aˈbluɪ̯h]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aˈblujɾ/ [aˈbluɪ̯ɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈblujʁ/ [aˈbluɪ̯χ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈblujɻ/ [aˈbluɪ̯ɻ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈblujɾ/ [ɐˈβlujɾ]

• Hyphenation: a‧blu‧ir

Verb

abluir (first-person singular present abluo, first-person singular preterite abluí, past participle abluído)

1. to ablute

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abluir (irregular) (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	abluir
Personal	abluir	abluíres	abluir	abluirmos	abluirdes	abluírem
Gerund
	abluindo
Past participle
Masculine	abluído			abluídos
Feminine	abluída			abluídas
Indicative
Present	abluo	abluis	ablui	abluímos	abluís	abluem
Imperfect	abluía	abluías	abluía	abluíamos	abluíeis	abluíam
Preterite	abluí	abluíste	abluiu	abluímos	abluístes	abluíram
Pluperfect	abluíra	abluíras	abluíra	abluíramos	abluíreis	abluíram
Future	abluirei	abluirás	abluirá	abluiremos	abluireis	abluirão
Conditional	abluiria	abluirias	abluiria	abluiríamos	abluiríeis	abluiriam
Subjunctive
Present	ablua	abluas	ablua	abluamos	abluais	abluam
Imperfect	abluísse	abluísses	abluísse	abluíssemos	abluísseis	abluíssem
Future	abluir	abluíres	abluir	abluirmos	abluirdes	abluírem
Imperative
Affirmative		ablui	ablua	abluamos	abluí	abluam
Negative (não)		não abluas	não ablua	não abluamos	não abluais	não abluam

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abluere (“wash off, cleanse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abluˈiɾ/ [a.β̞luˈiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: a‧bluir

Verb

abluir (first-person singular present abluyo, first-person singular preterite abluí, past participle abluido)

1. (rare, transitive) to ablute, wash
   • 1701, Pablo Ramón, Cartilla, y explicacion de los rudimentos de la theologia moral 2.2.2:

     Y aſsi, es regla general, que para q̃ aya Baptiſmo ha de tocar el agua al cuerpo, mojando, labando, ò abluyendo algunas partes dèl; porque ſi ſola una parte, v.g. vn punto de el cuerpo tan ſolamente tocaſſe el agua, y no ſe difundieſſe mas, no ſeria ablucion, y aſsi no ſeria Baptiſmo.

     And thus, as a general rule, for Baptism to take place, the water must touch the body, getting it wet, washing it, or abluting some parts of it; because if only one part, i.e. if only one point of the body touches the water, and it doesn't diffuse more, this wouldn't count as ablution, and therefore neither as Baptism.

   • 1956, J.R. de Legísima, L.G. Canedo, Escritos Completos de San Francisco de Asis y Biografias de su Epoca, 3rd edition, Madrid: Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos, →OCLC, page 468:

     Rarísimas veces lavaba las manos por completo, abluyendo sólo los dedos, para que no se denunciara el secreto a los demás.

     Very rarely did he wash his hands completely, rinsing only the fingers, so that the secret would not be revealed to others.

   • 1982, Sara Velasco, Escritores jaliscienses, vol. 2: 1900-1965 :

     Al margen, de luces dormecida,
     abluyes el secreto:
     —núbil y ágil secreto sometido
     al lumínico signo que te baña—.

     At the edge, asleep from the lights, you wash off the secret: a nubile and agile secret, subdued to the luminous sign that bathes you.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abluir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			abluir
gerund			abluyendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		abluido		abluida
		plural		abluidos		abluidas
		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	abluyo	abluyestú abluísvos	abluye	abluimos	abluís	abluyen
	imperfect	abluía	abluías	abluía	abluíamos	abluíais	abluían
	preterite	abluí	abluiste	abluyó	abluimos	abluisteis	abluyeron
	future	abluiré	abluirás	abluirá	abluiremos	abluiréis	abluirán
	conditional	abluiría	abluirías	abluiría	abluiríamos	abluiríais	abluirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	abluya	abluyastú abluyásvos2	abluya	abluyamos	abluyáis	abluyan
	imperfect (ra)	abluyera	abluyeras	abluyera	abluyéramos	abluyerais	abluyeran
	imperfect (se)	abluyese	abluyeses	abluyese	abluyésemos	abluyeseis	abluyesen
	future1	abluyere	abluyeres	abluyere	abluyéremos	abluyereis	abluyeren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		abluyetú abluívos	abluya	abluyamos	abluid	abluyan
	negative		no abluyas	no abluya	no abluyamos	no abluyáis	no abluyan

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