alejar
Ido edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French alléger, Italian alleggerire, Spanish aligerar.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
alejar (present tense alejas, past tense alejis, future tense alejos, imperative alejez, conditional alejus)
- (transitive) to lighten the load of (someone or something), relieve (of a load)
- Ni mustas alejar nia bagajo. ― We must lighten our luggage.
- (figuratively) to alleviate, ease, relieve (the mind, etc.)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of alejar
present | past | future | |||||
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infinitive | alejar | alejir | alejor | ||||
tense | alejas | alejis | alejos | ||||
conditional | alejus | ||||||
imperative | alejez | ||||||
adjective active participle | alejanta | alejinta | alejonta | ||||
adverbial active participle | alejante | alejinte | alejonte | ||||
nominal active participle | singular | alejanto | alejinto | alejonto | |||
plural | alejanti | alejinti | alejonti | ||||
adjective passive participle | alejata | alejita | alejota | ||||
adverbial passive participle | alejate | alejite | alejote | ||||
nominal passive participle | singular | alejato | alejito | alejoto | |||
plural | alejati | alejiti | alejoti |
Derived terms edit
- alejeso (“ease, relief”)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
alejar (first-person singular present alejo, first-person singular preterite alejé, past participle alejado)
- (transitive) to remove to a distance, put farther away, to lead away, to draw away
- (transitive) to estrange, alienate
- (transitive) to keep at a distance
- (reflexive) to withdraw, distance oneself
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of alejar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | alejar | ||||||
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gerund | alejando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | alejado | alejada | |||||
plural | alejados | alejadas | |||||
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 | alejo | alejastú alejásvos |
aleja | alejamos | alejáis | alejan | |
imperfect | alejaba | alejabas | alejaba | alejábamos | alejabais | alejaban | |
preterite | alejé | alejaste | alejó | alejamos | alejasteis | alejaron | |
future | alejaré | alejarás | alejará | alejaremos | alejaréis | alejarán | |
conditional | alejaría | alejarías | alejaría | alejaríamos | alejaríais | alejarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | aleje | alejestú alejésvos2 |
aleje | alejemos | alejéis | alejen | |
imperfect (ra) |
alejara | alejaras | alejara | alejáramos | alejarais | alejaran | |
imperfect (se) |
alejase | alejases | alejase | alejásemos | alejaseis | alejasen | |
future1 | alejare | alejares | alejare | alejáremos | alejareis | alejaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | alejatú alejávos |
aleje | alejemos | alejad | alejen | ||
negative | no alejes | no aleje | no alejemos | no alejéis | no alejen |
Selected combined forms of alejar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “alejar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014