abstenerse
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin abstinere.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /absteˈneɾse/ [aβ̞s.t̪eˈneɾ.se]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -eɾse
- Syllabification: abs‧te‧ner‧se
Verb
[edit]abstenerse (first-person singular present me abstengo, first-person singular preterite me abstuve, past participle abstenido)
- (reflexive) to abstain, to forbear
- Se abstiene de fumar en el coche.
- She abstains from smoking in the car.
- Te puedes quedar con tal de abstenerte de hablar.
- You can stay as long as you refrain from speaking.
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of abstenerse (irregular; e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “abstener”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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