abalear

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ balear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abaleˈaɾ/ [a.β̞a.leˈaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧le‧ar

Verb

abalear (first-person singular present abaleo, first-person singular preterite abaleé, past participle abaleado)

1. (transitive, Latin America) to shoot

   Synonym: balear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abalear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			abalear
gerund			abaleando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		abaleado		abaleada
		plural		abaleados		abaleadas
		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	abaleo	abaleastú abaleásvos	abalea	abaleamos	abaleáis	abalean
	imperfect	abaleaba	abaleabas	abaleaba	abaleábamos	abaleabais	abaleaban
	preterite	abaleé	abaleaste	abaleó	abaleamos	abaleasteis	abalearon
	future	abalearé	abalearás	abaleará	abalearemos	abalearéis	abalearán
	conditional	abalearía	abalearías	abalearía	abalearíamos	abalearíais	abalearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	abalee	abaleestú abaleésvos2	abalee	abaleemos	abaleéis	abaleen
	imperfect (ra)	abaleara	abalearas	abaleara	abaleáramos	abalearais	abalearan
	imperfect (se)	abalease	abaleases	abalease	abaleásemos	abaleaseis	abaleasen
	future1	abaleare	abaleares	abaleare	abaleáremos	abaleareis	abalearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		abaleatú abaleávos	abalee	abaleemos	abalead	abaleen
	negative		no abalees	no abalee	no abaleemos	no abaleéis	no abaleen

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

Derived terms

• abaleo

Further reading

• “abalear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024