aullar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish, from an older *ullar, from Vulgar Latin *ūl(ŭ)lāre, from Latin ululāre, ultimately from a reduplicated Proto-Indo-European imitative root. Doublet of the borrowed ulular.^[1] Cognate with English ululate.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /auˈʝaɾ/ [au̯ˈʝaɾ] (most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /auˈʎaɾ/ [au̯ˈʎaɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /auˈʃaɾ/ [au̯ˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /auˈʒaɾ/ [au̯ˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: au‧llar

Verb

aullar (first-person singular present aúllo, first-person singular preterite aullé, past participle aullado)

(intransitive) to howl, bay

Conjugation

Conjugation of aullar (u-ú alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			aullar
gerund			aullando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aullado		aullada
		plural		aullados		aulladas
		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	aúllo	aúllas^{^tú} aullás^{^vos}	aúlla	aullamos	aulláis	aúllan
	imperfect	aullaba	aullabas	aullaba	aullábamos	aullabais	aullaban
	preterite	aullé	aullaste	aulló	aullamos	aullasteis	aullaron
	future	aullaré	aullarás	aullará	aullaremos	aullaréis	aullarán
	conditional	aullaría	aullarías	aullaría	aullaríamos	aullaríais	aullarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	aúlle	aúlles^{^tú} aullés^{^vos²}	aúlle	aullemos	aulléis	aúllen
	imperfect (ra)	aullara	aullaras	aullara	aulláramos	aullarais	aullaran
	imperfect (se)	aullase	aullases	aullase	aullásemos	aullaseis	aullasen
	future¹	aullare	aullares	aullare	aulláremos	aullareis	aullaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		aúlla^{^tú} aullá^{^vos}	aúlle	aullemos	aullad	aúllen
	negative		no aúlles	no aúlle	no aullemos	no aulléis	no aúllen

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

Selected combined forms of aullar (u-ú alternation)

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 aullar	dative	aullarme	aullarte	aullarle, aullarse	aullarnos	aullaros	aullarles, aullarse
with infinitive aullar	accusative	aullarme	aullarte	aullarlo, aullarla, aullarse	aullarnos	aullaros	aullarlos, aullarlas, aullarse

with gerund aullando	dative	aullándome	aullándote	aullándole, aullándose	aullándonos	aullándoos	aullándoles, aullándose
with gerund aullando	accusative	aullándome	aullándote	aullándolo, aullándola, aullándose	aullándonos	aullándoos	aullándolos, aullándolas, aullándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative aúlla	dative	aúllame	aúllate	aúllale	aúllanos	not used	aúllales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative aúlla	accusative	aúllame	aúllate	aúllalo, aúllala	aúllanos	not used	aúllalos, aúllalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative aullá	dative	aullame	aullate	aullale	aullanos	not used	aullales
with informal second-person singular vos imperative aullá	accusative	aullame	aullate	aullalo, aullala	aullanos	not used	aullalos, aullalas

with formal second-person singular imperative aúlle	dative	aúlleme	not used	aúllele, aúllese	aúllenos	not used	aúlleles
with formal second-person singular imperative aúlle	accusative	aúlleme	not used	aúllelo, aúllela, aúllese	aúllenos	not used	aúllelos, aúllelas

with first-person plural imperative aullemos	dative	not used	aullémoste	aullémosle	aullémonos	aullémoos	aullémosles
with first-person plural imperative aullemos	accusative	not used	aullémoste	aullémoslo, aullémosla	aullémonos	aullémoos	aullémoslos, aullémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative aullad	dative	aulladme	not used	aulladle	aulladnos	aullaos	aulladles
with informal second-person plural imperative aullad	accusative	aulladme	not used	aulladlo, aulladla	aulladnos	aullaos	aulladlos, aulladlas

with formal second-person plural imperative aúllen	dative	aúllenme	not used	aúllenle	aúllennos	not used	aúllenles, aúllense
with formal second-person plural imperative aúllen	accusative	aúllenme	not used	aúllenlo, aúllenla	aúllennos	not used	aúllenlos, aúllenlas, aúllense

Derived terms

Related terms

ulular

References

^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “aullar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos