allow

Inglés

allow
Received Pronunciation, General American, Standard Canadian (AFI)	/əˈlaʊ/ Londresⓘ "to allow", Londresⓘ Californiaⓘ Texasⓘ Connecticutⓘ Nueva Jerseyⓘ
Australia (AFI)	/əˈlæɔ/
Nueva Zelanda (AFI)	/əˈlæʊ/
longitud silábica	bisílaba

Etimología

Del inglés medio allouen, alowen, préstamo del francés antiguo allouer, alouer, y este del latín medieval allaudāre, se fusionó con alouer, del latín medieval allocō ('asignar').

Verbo transitivo

1

Permitir, dejar₉.

• Antónimo: forbid.
• Ejemplo: 

  Allow me.→ Permíteme.

2

Tener en cuenta al hacer planes.

• Ejemplo: When calculating a budget for a construction project, always allow for contingencies.

Locuciones

• to be allowed (frase verbal)

Información adicional

• Derivado: allowance.

Conjugación

Conjugación de allow (allowed, allowed)  (regular) [▲▼]

Formas no personales (verboides)
Infinitivo	allow
Gerundio	allowing
Participio	allowed
Formas personales
Modo indicativo
	I	you	he, she, it	we, you, they
Presente	I allow	you allow, allowest†	he, she, it allows, alloweth†	we, you, they allow
Pretérito	I allowed	you allowed, allowedst†	he, she, it allowed	we, you, they allowed
Pretérito compuesto	I have allowed	you have allowed	he, she, it has allowed	we, you, they have allowed
Pretérito pluscuamperfecto	I had allowed	you had allowed	he, she, it had allowed	we, you, they had allowed
Futuro	I will allowed	you will allowed	he, she, it will allowed	we, you, they will allowed
Futuro compuesto	I will have allowed	you will have allowed	he, she, it will have allowed	we, you, they will have allowed
Modo condicional
	I	you	he, she, it	we, you, they
Condicional simple	I would allowed	you would allowed	he, she, it would allowed	we, you, they would allowed
Condicional compuesto	I would have allowed	you would have allowed	he, she, it would have allowed	we, you, they would have allowed
Modo subjuntivo
	I	you	he, she, it	we, you, they
Presente	I allow	you allow	he, she, it allow	we, you, they allow
Pretérito	I allowed	you allowed	he, she, it allowed	we, you, they allowed
Modo imperativo
	―	(you)	―	(we)
Presente	― ―	(you) allow	― ―	(we) let's allow
Leyenda: † arcaico, x no normativo, ■ cambio ortográfico, ■ irregularidad