asoballar

Galician

Etymology

Uncertain. Cognate with Spanish sobajar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asoβaˈʎaɾ/

Verb

asoballar (first-person singular present asoballo, first-person singular preterite asoballei, past participle asoballado)

1. (transitive) to trample

   Synonym: trepar

2. (transitive, figurative) to oppress

   Synonyms: esmagar, oprimir

3. (transitive, figurative) to humiliate

   Synonym: humillar

   • 1934, Castelao, Os dous de sempre, page 127:

     […] os empregados non se deixan asoballar pola súa maldade, e o mesmo porteiro deprendeu a poñerlle cara de can. Somente Pedro é un manteiguiñas, incapaz de defenderse. A covardía do xefe cabalga na covardía de Pedro, para locí-las arroutadas que non é quen de descargar no lombo dos outros. Pedro sofre en silenzo; pero cóme-no as xenreiras, e non pode ollá-la cara daquel home sen desexarlle a morte.

     […] employees don't let him humiliate them with his meanness, and even the doorman learnt to put an angry face for him. But Pedro is a poor thing, unable to defend himself. The boss' cowardice rides Pedro's, to show off the outbursts that he is incapable of discharging over other's shoulders. Pedro suffers in silence; but spite eats him, and he can't watch that man's face without wishing him death.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of asoballar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	asoballar
Personal	asoballar	asoballares	asoballar	asoballarmos	asoballardes	asoballaren
Gerund
	asoballando
Past participle
Masculine	asoballado			asoballados
Feminine	asoballada			asoballadas
Indicative
Present	asoballo	asoballas	asoballa	asoballamos	asoballades	asoballan
Imperfect	asoballaba	asoballabas	asoballaba	asoballabamos	asoballabades	asoballaban
Preterite	asoballei	asoballaches	asoballou	asoballamos	asoballastes	asoballaron
Pluperfect	asoballara	asoballaras	asoballara	asoballaramos	asoballarades	asoballaran
Future	asoballarei	asoballarás	asoballará	asoballaremos	asoballaredes	asoballarán
Conditional	asoballaría	asoballarías	asoballaría	asoballariamos	asoballariades	asoballarían
Subjunctive
Present	asoballe	asoballes	asoballe	asoballemos	asoballedes	asoballen
Imperfect	asoballase	asoballases	asoballase	asoballásemos	asoballásedes	asoballasen
Future	asoballar	asoballares	asoballar	asoballarmos	asoballardes	asoballaren
Imperative
Affirmative		asoballa	asoballe	asoballemos	asoballade	asoballen
Negative (non)		non asoballes	non asoballe	non asoballemos	non asoballedes	non asoballen

References

• “asoballar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “asoballar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “asoballar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.