lijar

Spanish

Etymology

From lija +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈxaɾ/ [liˈxaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: li‧jar

Verb

lijar (first-person singular present lijo, first-person singular preterite lijé, past participle lijado)

1. (transitive) to sand

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lijar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			lijar
gerund			lijando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		lijado		lijada
		plural		lijados		lijadas
		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	lijo	lijastú lijásvos	lija	lijamos	lijáis	lijan
	imperfect	lijaba	lijabas	lijaba	lijábamos	lijabais	lijaban
	preterite	lijé	lijaste	lijó	lijamos	lijasteis	lijaron
	future	lijaré	lijarás	lijará	lijaremos	lijaréis	lijarán
	conditional	lijaría	lijarías	lijaría	lijaríamos	lijaríais	lijarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	lije	lijestú lijésvos2	lije	lijemos	lijéis	lijen
	imperfect (ra)	lijara	lijaras	lijara	lijáramos	lijarais	lijaran
	imperfect (se)	lijase	lijases	lijase	lijásemos	lijaseis	lijasen
	future1	lijare	lijares	lijare	lijáremos	lijareis	lijaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		lijatú lijávos	lije	lijemos	lijad	lijen
	negative		no lijes	no lije	no lijemos	no lijéis	no lijen

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

    Selected combined forms of lijar

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 lijar
	dative	lijarme	lijarte	lijarle, lijarse	lijarnos	lijaros	lijarles, lijarse
	accusative	lijarme	lijarte	lijarlo, lijarla, lijarse	lijarnos	lijaros	lijarlos, lijarlas, lijarse
with gerund lijando
	dative	lijándome	lijándote	lijándole, lijándose	lijándonos	lijándoos	lijándoles, lijándose
	accusative	lijándome	lijándote	lijándolo, lijándola, lijándose	lijándonos	lijándoos	lijándolos, lijándolas, lijándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative lija
	dative	líjame	líjate	líjale	líjanos	not used	líjales
	accusative	líjame	líjate	líjalo, líjala	líjanos	not used	líjalos, líjalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative lijá
	dative	lijame	lijate	lijale	lijanos	not used	lijales
	accusative	lijame	lijate	lijalo, lijala	lijanos	not used	lijalos, lijalas
with formal second-person singular imperative lije
	dative	líjeme	not used	líjele, líjese	líjenos	not used	líjeles
	accusative	líjeme	not used	líjelo, líjela, líjese	líjenos	not used	líjelos, líjelas
with first-person plural imperative lijemos
	dative	not used	lijémoste	lijémosle	lijémonos	lijémoos	lijémosles
	accusative	not used	lijémoste	lijémoslo, lijémosla	lijémonos	lijémoos	lijémoslos, lijémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative lijad
	dative	lijadme	not used	lijadle	lijadnos	lijaos	lijadles
	accusative	lijadme	not used	lijadlo, lijadla	lijadnos	lijaos	lijadlos, lijadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative lijen
	dative	líjenme	not used	líjenle	líjennos	not used	líjenles, líjense
	accusative	líjenme	not used	líjenlo, líjenla	líjennos	not used	líjenlos, líjenlas, líjense

Related terms

• lija
• papel de lija

 

Further reading

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