lidiar
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin lītigāre. Doublet of litigar, which was a borrowing. Whence, compare English litigate.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
lidiar (first-person singular present lidio, first-person singular preterite lidié, past participle lidiado)
- (intransitive) to fight, battle
- (transitive, bullfighting) to bullfight until the animal dies
- (intransitive) to oppose someone
- (intransitive) to attempt to negotiate with an annoying person
- (intransitive, rare) to argue, litigate
- to cope, deal with, handle
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of lidiar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | lidiar | ||||||
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gerund | lidiando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | lidiado | lidiada | |||||
plural | lidiados | lidiadas | |||||
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 | lidio | lidiastú lidiásvos |
lidia | lidiamos | lidiáis | lidian | |
imperfect | lidiaba | lidiabas | lidiaba | lidiábamos | lidiabais | lidiaban | |
preterite | lidié | lidiaste | lidió | lidiamos | lidiasteis | lidiaron | |
future | lidiaré | lidiarás | lidiará | lidiaremos | lidiaréis | lidiarán | |
conditional | lidiaría | lidiarías | lidiaría | lidiaríamos | lidiaríais | lidiarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | lidie | lidiestú lidiésvos2 |
lidie | lidiemos | lidiéis | lidien | |
imperfect (ra) |
lidiara | lidiaras | lidiara | lidiáramos | lidiarais | lidiaran | |
imperfect (se) |
lidiase | lidiases | lidiase | lidiásemos | lidiaseis | lidiasen | |
future1 | lidiare | lidiares | lidiare | lidiáremos | lidiareis | lidiaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | lidiatú lidiávos |
lidie | lidiemos | lidiad | lidien | ||
negative | no lidies | no lidie | no lidiemos | no lidiéis | no lidien |
Selected combined forms of lidiar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “lidiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014