avasallar
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abasaˈʝaɾ/ [a.β̞a.saˈʝaɾ] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /abasaˈʎaɾ/ [a.β̞a.saˈʎaɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /abasaˈʃaɾ/ [a.β̞a.saˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /abasaˈʒaɾ/ [a.β̞a.saˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧va‧sa‧llar
Verb
avasallar (first-person singular present avasallo, first-person singular preterite avasallé, past participle avasallado)
- to subdue, subjugate
- 1973 September 11, Salvador Allende, Ultimas palabras:
- Tienen la fuerza, podrán avasallarnos, pero no se detienen los procesos sociales ni con el crimen ni con la fuerza. La historia es nuestra y la hacen los pueblos.
- They have force and will be able to dominate us, but social processes can be arrested by neither crime nor force. History is ours, and people make history.
- to subject
Conjugation
Conjugation of avasallar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of avasallar
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 avasallar | dative | avasallarme | avasallarte | avasallarle, avasallarse | avasallarnos | avasallaros | avasallarles, avasallarse |
| accusative | avasallarme | avasallarte | avasallarlo, avasallarla, avasallarse | avasallarnos | avasallaros | avasallarlos, avasallarlas, avasallarse | |
| with gerund avasallando | dative | avasallándome | avasallándote | avasallándole, avasallándose | avasallándonos | avasallándoos | avasallándoles, avasallándose |
| accusative | avasallándome | avasallándote | avasallándolo, avasallándola, avasallándose | avasallándonos | avasallándoos | avasallándolos, avasallándolas, avasallándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative avasalla | dative | avasállame | avasállate | avasállale | avasállanos | not used | avasállales |
| accusative | avasállame | avasállate | avasállalo, avasállala | avasállanos | not used | avasállalos, avasállalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative avasallá | dative | avasallame | avasallate | avasallale | avasallanos | not used | avasallales |
| accusative | avasallame | avasallate | avasallalo, avasallala | avasallanos | not used | avasallalos, avasallalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative avasalle | dative | avasálleme | not used | avasállele, avasállese | avasállenos | not used | avasálleles |
| accusative | avasálleme | not used | avasállelo, avasállela, avasállese | avasállenos | not used | avasállelos, avasállelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative avasallemos | dative | not used | avasallémoste | avasallémosle | avasallémonos | avasallémoos | avasallémosles |
| accusative | not used | avasallémoste | avasallémoslo, avasallémosla | avasallémonos | avasallémoos | avasallémoslos, avasallémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative avasallad | dative | avasalladme | not used | avasalladle | avasalladnos | avasallaos | avasalladles |
| accusative | avasalladme | not used | avasalladlo, avasalladla | avasalladnos | avasallaos | avasalladlos, avasalladlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative avasallen | dative | avasállenme | not used | avasállenle | avasállennos | not used | avasállenles, avasállense |
| accusative | avasállenme | not used | avasállenlo, avasállenla | avasállennos | not used | avasállenlos, avasállenlas, avasállense | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “avasallar”, 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