abordar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French aborder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βurˈda]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.borˈda]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.boɾˈðaɾ]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

Verb

abordar (first-person singular present abordo, first-person singular preterite abordí, past participle abordat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive, nautical) to board
2. (transitive) to incite, to urge on

   Synonym: envestir

3. (transitive) to broach, to address (a topic)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abordar (first conjugation)

infinitive			abordar
gerund			abordant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		abordat		abordada
		plural		abordats		abordades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	abordo	abordes	aborda	abordem	abordeu	aborden
	imperfect	abordava	abordaves	abordava	abordàvem	abordàveu	abordaven
	future	abordaré	abordaràs	abordarà	abordarem	abordareu	abordaran
	preterite	abordí	abordares	abordà	abordàrem	abordàreu	abordaren
	conditional	abordaria	abordaries	abordaria	abordaríem	abordaríeu	abordarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	abordi	abordis	abordi	abordem	abordeu	abordin
	imperfect	abordés	abordessis	abordés	abordéssim	abordéssiu	abordessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	aborda	abordi	abordem	abordeu	abordin
	negative (no)	—	no abordis	no abordi	no abordem	no abordeu	no abordin

Derived terms

• abordada
• bordar

Further reading

• “abordar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “abordar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowing from English board, French aborder, Italian abbordare, Russian абордаж (abordaž) and Spanish abordar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bɔrˈdar/

Verb

abordar (present tense abordas, past tense abordis, future tense abordos, imperative abordez, conditional abordus)

1. (transitive) to land on a (shore, a wharf, etc.)
2. (transitive) to board (a ship, a vehicle, etc.)
3. (transitive, figurative) to go alongside, come up close to

Conjugation

Conjugation of abordar

		present		past		future
infinitive		abordar		abordir		abordor
tense		abordas		abordis		abordos
conditional		abordus		—		—
imperative		abordez		—		—
adjective active participle		abordanta		abordinta		abordonta
adverbial active participle		abordante		abordinte		abordonte
nominal active participle	singular	abordanto		abordinto		abordonto
	plural	abordanti		abordinti		abordonti
adjective passive participle		abordata		abordita		abordota
adverbial passive participle		abordate		abordite		abordote
nominal passive participle	singular	abordato		abordito		abordoto
	plural	abordati		aborditi		abordoti

Portuguese

Etymology

From French aborder (“to deal with”). Related to abordagem (“approach”). By surface analysis, a- +‎ borda +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.boʁˈda(ʁ)/ [a.boɦˈda(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.boʁˈda(ʁ)/ [a.boɦˈda(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.boɾˈda(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.boʁˈda(ʁ)/ [a.boʁˈda(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.boɻˈda(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.buɾˈdaɾ/ [ɐ.βuɾˈðaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.buɾˈdaɾ/ [ɐ.βuɾˈðaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.buɾˈda.ɾi/ [ɐ.βuɾˈða.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: a‧bor‧dar

Verb

abordar (first-person singular present abordo, first-person singular preterite abordei, past participle abordado)

1. to address (a subject, etc.)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abordar (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	abordar
Personal	abordar	abordares	abordar	abordarmos	abordardes	abordarem
Gerund
	abordando
Past participle
Masculine	abordado			abordados
Feminine	abordada			abordadas
Indicative
Present	abordo	abordas	aborda	abordamos	abordais	abordam
Imperfect	abordava	abordavas	abordava	abordávamos	abordáveis	abordavam
Preterite	abordei	abordaste	abordou	abordamos1, abordámos2	abordastes	abordaram
Pluperfect	abordara	abordaras	abordara	abordáramos	abordáreis	abordaram
Future	abordarei	abordarás	abordará	abordaremos	abordareis	abordarão
Conditional	abordaria	abordarias	abordaria	abordaríamos	abordaríeis	abordariam
Subjunctive
Present	aborde	abordes	aborde	abordemos	abordeis	abordem
Imperfect	abordasse	abordasses	abordasse	abordássemos	abordásseis	abordassem
Future	abordar	abordares	abordar	abordarmos	abordardes	abordarem
Imperative
Affirmative		aborda	aborde	abordemos	abordai	abordem
Negative (não)		não abordes	não aborde	não abordemos	não abordeis	não abordem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ bordo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aboɾˈdaɾ/ [a.β̞oɾˈð̞aɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧bor‧dar

Verb

abordar (first-person singular present abordo, first-person singular preterite abordé, past participle abordado)

1. (transitive) to address, to broach, to approach, to discuss, to touch on (e.g. a subject, issue, topic, point)
2. (transitive) to tackle, to deal with, to confront, to approach, to grapple with (e.g. a problem, a challenge)
3. (transitive) to accost, to waylay
4. (transitive) to board (to enter a boat)
5. (reflexive) to address
6. (reflexive) to be addressed, to be tackled, to be taken up, to be approached, to be treated, to be considered, to be dealt with, to be handled, to be discussed

Usage notes

• Both abordar and abordarse can mean to "address". You should only use the active reflexive, however, when not referring to a human or sentient speaker or writer. For example, you would use the reflexive when the subject of the sentence is a report, an article, a book, a policy or law, a summit or conference, an event or meeting, a list of rules and regulations, etc. In all these situations, there is no human or sentient subject.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abordar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			abordar
gerund			abordando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		abordado		abordada
		plural		abordados		abordadas
		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	abordo	abordastú abordásvos	aborda	abordamos	abordáis	abordan
	imperfect	abordaba	abordabas	abordaba	abordábamos	abordabais	abordaban
	preterite	abordé	abordaste	abordó	abordamos	abordasteis	abordaron
	future	abordaré	abordarás	abordará	abordaremos	abordaréis	abordarán
	conditional	abordaría	abordarías	abordaría	abordaríamos	abordaríais	abordarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	aborde	abordestú abordésvos2	aborde	abordemos	abordéis	aborden
	imperfect (ra)	abordara	abordaras	abordara	abordáramos	abordarais	abordaran
	imperfect (se)	abordase	abordases	abordase	abordásemos	abordaseis	abordasen
	future1	abordare	abordares	abordare	abordáremos	abordareis	abordaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		abordatú abordávos	aborde	abordemos	abordad	aborden
	negative		no abordes	no aborde	no abordemos	no abordéis	no aborden

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

    Selected combined forms of abordar

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 abordar	dative	abordarme	abordarte	abordarle, abordarse	abordarnos	abordaros	abordarles, abordarse
	accusative	abordarme	abordarte	abordarlo, abordarla, abordarse	abordarnos	abordaros	abordarlos, abordarlas, abordarse
with gerund abordando	dative	abordándome	abordándote	abordándole, abordándose	abordándonos	abordándoos	abordándoles, abordándose
	accusative	abordándome	abordándote	abordándolo, abordándola, abordándose	abordándonos	abordándoos	abordándolos, abordándolas, abordándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative aborda	dative	abórdame	abórdate	abórdale	abórdanos	not used	abórdales
	accusative	abórdame	abórdate	abórdalo, abórdala	abórdanos	not used	abórdalos, abórdalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative abordá	dative	abordame	abordate	abordale	abordanos	not used	abordales
	accusative	abordame	abordate	abordalo, abordala	abordanos	not used	abordalos, abordalas
with formal second-person singular imperative aborde	dative	abórdeme	not used	abórdele, abórdese	abórdenos	not used	abórdeles
	accusative	abórdeme	not used	abórdelo, abórdela, abórdese	abórdenos	not used	abórdelos, abórdelas
with first-person plural imperative abordemos	dative	not used	abordémoste	abordémosle	abordémonos	abordémoos	abordémosles
	accusative	not used	abordémoste	abordémoslo, abordémosla	abordémonos	abordémoos	abordémoslos, abordémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative abordad	dative	abordadme	not used	abordadle	abordadnos	abordaos	abordadles
	accusative	abordadme	not used	abordadlo, abordadla	abordadnos	abordaos	abordadlos, abordadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative aborden	dative	abórdenme	not used	abórdenle	abórdennos	not used	abórdenles, abórdense
	accusative	abórdenme	not used	abórdenlo, abórdenla	abórdennos	not used	abórdenlos, abórdenlas, abórdense

Derived terms

• abordador
• abordaje

Further reading

• “abordar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10