arrodillar

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Latin ad

Latin ad-

Spanish a-

Proto-Italic *rotā

Latin rota

Latin -ella

Late Latin rotella

Old Spanish rodiella

Spanish rodilla

Proto-Italic *-āzi

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -āre

Spanish -ar

Spanish arrodillar

From a- (state-entering prefix) +‎ rodilla (“knee”) +‎ -ar (first conjugation infinitive suffix).

Verb

arrodillar (first-person singular present arrodillo, first-person singular preterite arrodillé, past participle arrodillado)

1. (transitive) to make someone kneel

   Synonym: hincar

2. (reflexive) to kneel down

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arrodillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			arrodillar
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
		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

Derived terms

• arrodillarse

Further reading

• “arrodillar”, 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