aberrar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aberrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βəˈra]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.bəˈra]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.beˈraɾ]

Verb

aberrar (first-person singular present aberro, first-person singular preterite aberrí, past participle aberrat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (obsolete, literal or figurative) to deviate, to go astray

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aberrar (first conjugation)

infinitive			aberrar
gerund			aberrant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aberrat		aberrada
		plural		aberrats		aberrades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	aberro	aberres	aberra	aberrem	aberreu	aberren
	imperfect	aberrava	aberraves	aberrava	aberràvem	aberràveu	aberraven
	future	aberraré	aberraràs	aberrarà	aberrarem	aberrareu	aberraran
	preterite	aberrí	aberrares	aberrà	aberràrem	aberràreu	aberraren
	conditional	aberraria	aberraries	aberraria	aberraríem	aberraríeu	aberrarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	aberri	aberris	aberri	aberrem	aberreu	aberrin
	imperfect	aberrés	aberressis	aberrés	aberréssim	aberréssiu	aberressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	aberra	aberri	aberrem	aberreu	aberrin
	negative (no)	—	no aberris	no aberri	no aberrem	no aberreu	no aberrin

Further reading

• “aberrar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “aberrar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aberrāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.beˈʁa(ʁ)/ [a.beˈha(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.beˈʁa(ʁ)/ [a.beˈha(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.beˈʁa(ɾ)/ [a.beˈha(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.beˈʁa(ʁ)/ [a.beˈχa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.beˈʁa(ɻ)/ [a.beˈha(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɨˈʁaɾ/ [ɐ.βɨˈʁaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɨˈʁaɾ/ [ɐ.βɨˈʁaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɨˈʁa.ɾi/ [ɐ.βɨˈʁa.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: a‧ber‧rar

Verb

aberrar (first-person singular present aberro, first-person singular preterite aberrei, past participle aberrado)

1. to aberrate (to deviate from the norm)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aberrar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	aberrar
Personal	aberrar	aberrares	aberrar	aberrarmos	aberrardes	aberrarem
Gerund
	aberrando
Past participle
Masculine	aberrado			aberrados
Feminine	aberrada			aberradas
Indicative
Present	aberro	aberras	aberra	aberramos	aberrais	aberram
Imperfect	aberrava	aberravas	aberrava	aberrávamos	aberráveis	aberravam
Preterite	aberrei	aberraste	aberrou	aberramos1, aberrámos2	aberrastes	aberraram
Pluperfect	aberrara	aberraras	aberrara	aberráramos	aberráreis	aberraram
Future	aberrarei	aberrarás	aberrará	aberraremos	aberrareis	aberrarão
Conditional	aberraria	aberrarias	aberraria	aberraríamos	aberraríeis	aberrariam
Subjunctive
Present	aberre	aberres	aberre	aberremos	aberreis	aberrem
Imperfect	aberrasse	aberrasses	aberrasse	aberrássemos	aberrásseis	aberrassem
Future	aberrar	aberrares	aberrar	aberrarmos	aberrardes	aberrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		aberra	aberre	aberremos	aberrai	aberrem
Negative (não)		não aberres	não aberre	não aberremos	não aberreis	não aberrem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• aberração
• aberrante

Further reading

• “aberrar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aberrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abeˈraɾ/ [a.β̞eˈraɾ]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧be‧rrar

Verb

aberrar (first-person singular present aberro, first-person singular preterite aberré, past participle aberrado)

1. (intransitive, rare) to aberrate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aberrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			aberrar
gerund			aberrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aberrado		aberrada
		plural		aberrados		aberradas
		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	aberro	aberrastú aberrásvos	aberra	aberramos	aberráis	aberran
	imperfect	aberraba	aberrabas	aberraba	aberrábamos	aberrabais	aberraban
	preterite	aberré	aberraste	aberró	aberramos	aberrasteis	aberraron
	future	aberraré	aberrarás	aberrará	aberraremos	aberraréis	aberrarán
	conditional	aberraría	aberrarías	aberraría	aberraríamos	aberraríais	aberrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	aberre	aberrestú aberrésvos2	aberre	aberremos	aberréis	aberren
	imperfect (ra)	aberrara	aberraras	aberrara	aberráramos	aberrarais	aberraran
	imperfect (se)	aberrase	aberrases	aberrase	aberrásemos	aberraseis	aberrasen
	future1	aberrare	aberrares	aberrare	aberráremos	aberrareis	aberraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		aberratú aberrávos	aberre	aberremos	aberrad	aberren
	negative		no aberres	no aberre	no aberremos	no aberréis	no aberren

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

Related terms

• aberración
• aberrante
• errar

 

Further reading

• “aberrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014