alejar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French alléger, Italian alleggerire, Spanish aligerar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aleˈʒar/, /aleˈd͡ʒar/

Verb

alejar (present tense alejas, past tense alejis, future tense alejos, imperative alejez, conditional alejus)

(transitive) to lighten the load of (someone or something), relieve (of a load)
Ni mustas alejar nia bagajo. ― We must lighten our luggage.
(figuratively) to alleviate, ease, relieve (the mind, etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of alejar

		present	past	future
infinitive		alejar	alejir	alejor
tense		alejas	alejis	alejos
conditional		alejus
imperative		alejez
adjective active participle		alejanta	alejinta	alejonta
adverbial active participle		alejante	alejinte	alejonte
nominal active participle	singular	alejanto	alejinto	alejonto
nominal active participle	plural	alejanti	alejinti	alejonti
adjective passive participle		alejata	alejita	alejota
adverbial passive participle		alejate	alejite	alejote
nominal passive participle	singular	alejato	alejito	alejoto
nominal passive participle	plural	alejati	alejiti	alejoti

Derived terms

alejeso (“ease, relief”)

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ lejos +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aleˈxaɾ/ [a.leˈxaɾ]
Audio (Venezuela): (file)
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: a‧le‧jar

Verb

alejar (first-person singular present alejo, first-person singular preterite alejé, past participle alejado)

(transitive) to remove to a distance, put farther away, to lead away, to draw away
(transitive) to estrange, alienate
(transitive) to keep at a distance
(reflexive) to withdraw, distance oneself
(transitive) to zoom out
acercar y alejar el mapa
to zoom in and zoom out on the map

Conjugation

Conjugation of alejar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			alejar
gerund			alejando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		alejado		alejada
		plural		alejados		alejadas
		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	alejo	alejas^{^tú} alejás^{^vos}	aleja	alejamos	alejáis	alejan
	imperfect	alejaba	alejabas	alejaba	alejábamos	alejabais	alejaban
	preterite	alejé	alejaste	alejó	alejamos	alejasteis	alejaron
	future	alejaré	alejarás	alejará	alejaremos	alejaréis	alejarán
	conditional	alejaría	alejarías	alejaría	alejaríamos	alejaríais	alejarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	aleje	alejes^{^tú} alejés^{^vos²}	aleje	alejemos	alejéis	alejen
	imperfect (ra)	alejara	alejaras	alejara	alejáramos	alejarais	alejaran
	imperfect (se)	alejase	alejases	alejase	alejásemos	alejaseis	alejasen
	future¹	alejare	alejares	alejare	alejáremos	alejareis	alejaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		aleja^{^tú} alejá^{^vos}	aleje	alejemos	alejad	alejen
	negative		no alejes	no aleje	no alejemos	no alejéis	no alejen

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

Selected combined forms of alejar

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 alejar	dative	alejarme	alejarte	alejarle, alejarse	alejarnos	alejaros	alejarles, alejarse
with infinitive alejar	accusative	alejarme	alejarte	alejarlo, alejarla, alejarse	alejarnos	alejaros	alejarlos, alejarlas, alejarse

with gerund alejando	dative	alejándome	alejándote	alejándole, alejándose	alejándonos	alejándoos	alejándoles, alejándose
with gerund alejando	accusative	alejándome	alejándote	alejándolo, alejándola, alejándose	alejándonos	alejándoos	alejándolos, alejándolas, alejándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative aleja	dative	aléjame	aléjate	aléjale	aléjanos	not used	aléjales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative aleja	accusative	aléjame	aléjate	aléjalo, aléjala	aléjanos	not used	aléjalos, aléjalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative alejá	dative	alejame	alejate	alejale	alejanos	not used	alejales
with informal second-person singular vos imperative alejá	accusative	alejame	alejate	alejalo, alejala	alejanos	not used	alejalos, alejalas

with formal second-person singular imperative aleje	dative	aléjeme	not used	aléjele, aléjese	aléjenos	not used	aléjeles
with formal second-person singular imperative aleje	accusative	aléjeme	not used	aléjelo, aléjela, aléjese	aléjenos	not used	aléjelos, aléjelas

with first-person plural imperative alejemos	dative	not used	alejémoste	alejémosle	alejémonos	alejémoos	alejémosles
with first-person plural imperative alejemos	accusative	not used	alejémoste	alejémoslo, alejémosla	alejémonos	alejémoos	alejémoslos, alejémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative alejad	dative	alejadme	not used	alejadle	alejadnos	alejaos	alejadles
with informal second-person plural imperative alejad	accusative	alejadme	not used	alejadlo, alejadla	alejadnos	alejaos	alejadlos, alejadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative alejen	dative	aléjenme	not used	aléjenle	aléjennos	not used	aléjenles, aléjense
with formal second-person plural imperative alejen	accusative	aléjenme	not used	aléjenlo, aléjenla	aléjennos	not used	aléjenlos, aléjenlas, aléjense

alejar

Contents

Ido

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

Spanish

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