ahusar

Spanish

Etymology

From huso (“spindle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /auˈsaɾ/ [au̯ˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ahu‧sar

Verb

ahusar (first-person singular present ahúso, first-person singular preterite ahusé, past participle ahusado)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to taper

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ahusar (u-ú alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			ahusar
gerund			ahusando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ahusado		ahusada
		plural		ahusados		ahusadas
		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	ahúso	ahúsastú ahusásvos	ahúsa	ahusamos	ahusáis	ahúsan
	imperfect	ahusaba	ahusabas	ahusaba	ahusábamos	ahusabais	ahusaban
	preterite	ahusé	ahusaste	ahusó	ahusamos	ahusasteis	ahusaron
	future	ahusaré	ahusarás	ahusará	ahusaremos	ahusaréis	ahusarán
	conditional	ahusaría	ahusarías	ahusaría	ahusaríamos	ahusaríais	ahusarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ahúse	ahúsestú ahusésvos2	ahúse	ahusemos	ahuséis	ahúsen
	imperfect (ra)	ahusara	ahusaras	ahusara	ahusáramos	ahusarais	ahusaran
	imperfect (se)	ahusase	ahusases	ahusase	ahusásemos	ahusaseis	ahusasen
	future1	ahusare	ahusares	ahusare	ahusáremos	ahusareis	ahusaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		ahúsatú ahusávos	ahúse	ahusemos	ahusad	ahúsen
	negative		no ahúses	no ahúse	no ahusemos	no ahuséis	no ahúsen

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

    Selected combined forms of ahusar (u-ú alternation)

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 ahusar
	dative	ahusarme	ahusarte	ahusarle, ahusarse	ahusarnos	ahusaros	ahusarles, ahusarse
	accusative	ahusarme	ahusarte	ahusarlo, ahusarla, ahusarse	ahusarnos	ahusaros	ahusarlos, ahusarlas, ahusarse
with gerund ahusando
	dative	ahusándome	ahusándote	ahusándole, ahusándose	ahusándonos	ahusándoos	ahusándoles, ahusándose
	accusative	ahusándome	ahusándote	ahusándolo, ahusándola, ahusándose	ahusándonos	ahusándoos	ahusándolos, ahusándolas, ahusándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative ahúsa
	dative	ahúsame	ahúsate	ahúsale	ahúsanos	not used	ahúsales
	accusative	ahúsame	ahúsate	ahúsalo, ahúsala	ahúsanos	not used	ahúsalos, ahúsalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative ahusá
	dative	ahusame	ahusate	ahusale	ahusanos	not used	ahusales
	accusative	ahusame	ahusate	ahusalo, ahusala	ahusanos	not used	ahusalos, ahusalas
with formal second-person singular imperative ahúse
	dative	ahúseme	not used	ahúsele, ahúsese	ahúsenos	not used	ahúseles
	accusative	ahúseme	not used	ahúselo, ahúsela, ahúsese	ahúsenos	not used	ahúselos, ahúselas
with first-person plural imperative ahusemos
	dative	not used	ahusémoste	ahusémosle	ahusémonos	ahusémoos	ahusémosles
	accusative	not used	ahusémoste	ahusémoslo, ahusémosla	ahusémonos	ahusémoos	ahusémoslos, ahusémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative ahusad
	dative	ahusadme	not used	ahusadle	ahusadnos	ahusaos	ahusadles
	accusative	ahusadme	not used	ahusadlo, ahusadla	ahusadnos	ahusaos	ahusadlos, ahusadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative ahúsen
	dative	ahúsenme	not used	ahúsenle	ahúsennos	not used	ahúsenles, ahúsense
	accusative	ahúsenme	not used	ahúsenlo, ahúsenla	ahúsennos	not used	ahúsenlos, ahúsenlas, ahúsense

Derived terms

• ahusado

 

Further reading

• “ahusar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16