elijar

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin elixāre, from Latin lixa, cf. elixus. Compare Italian lessare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eliˈxaɾ/ [e.liˈxaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: e‧li‧jar

Verb

elijar (first-person singular present elijo, first-person singular preterite elijé, past participle elijado)

1. (transitive) to boil; seethe

Conjugation

    Conjugation of elijar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			elijar
gerund			elijando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		elijado		elijada
		plural		elijados		elijadas
		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	elijo	elijastú elijásvos	elija	elijamos	elijáis	elijan
	imperfect	elijaba	elijabas	elijaba	elijábamos	elijabais	elijaban
	preterite	elijé	elijaste	elijó	elijamos	elijasteis	elijaron
	future	elijaré	elijarás	elijará	elijaremos	elijaréis	elijarán
	conditional	elijaría	elijarías	elijaría	elijaríamos	elijaríais	elijarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	elije	elijestú elijésvos2	elije	elijemos	elijéis	elijen
	imperfect (ra)	elijara	elijaras	elijara	elijáramos	elijarais	elijaran
	imperfect (se)	elijase	elijases	elijase	elijásemos	elijaseis	elijasen
	future1	elijare	elijares	elijare	elijáremos	elijareis	elijaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		elijatú elijávos	elije	elijemos	elijad	elijen
	negative		no elijes	no elije	no elijemos	no elijéis	no elijen

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

    Selected combined forms of elijar

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 elijar
	dative	elijarme	elijarte	elijarle, elijarse	elijarnos	elijaros	elijarles, elijarse
	accusative	elijarme	elijarte	elijarlo, elijarla, elijarse	elijarnos	elijaros	elijarlos, elijarlas, elijarse
with gerund elijando
	dative	elijándome	elijándote	elijándole, elijándose	elijándonos	elijándoos	elijándoles, elijándose
	accusative	elijándome	elijándote	elijándolo, elijándola, elijándose	elijándonos	elijándoos	elijándolos, elijándolas, elijándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative elija
	dative	elíjame	elíjate	elíjale	elíjanos	not used	elíjales
	accusative	elíjame	elíjate	elíjalo, elíjala	elíjanos	not used	elíjalos, elíjalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative elijá
	dative	elijame	elijate	elijale	elijanos	not used	elijales
	accusative	elijame	elijate	elijalo, elijala	elijanos	not used	elijalos, elijalas
with formal second-person singular imperative elije
	dative	elíjeme	not used	elíjele, elíjese	elíjenos	not used	elíjeles
	accusative	elíjeme	not used	elíjelo, elíjela, elíjese	elíjenos	not used	elíjelos, elíjelas
with first-person plural imperative elijemos
	dative	not used	elijémoste	elijémosle	elijémonos	elijémoos	elijémosles
	accusative	not used	elijémoste	elijémoslo, elijémosla	elijémonos	elijémoos	elijémoslos, elijémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative elijad
	dative	elijadme	not used	elijadle	elijadnos	elijaos	elijadles
	accusative	elijadme	not used	elijadlo, elijadla	elijadnos	elijaos	elijadlos, elijadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative elijen
	dative	elíjenme	not used	elíjenle	elíjennos	not used	elíjenles, elíjense
	accusative	elíjenme	not used	elíjenlo, elíjenla	elíjennos	not used	elíjenlos, elíjenlas, elíjense

Further reading

• “elijar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28