aliar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French aliier, from Latin alligāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.liˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.liˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

aliar (first-person singular present alio, first-person singular preterite alií, past participle aliat)

1. to ally
2. to alloy

   Synonym: lligar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aliar (first conjugation)

infinitive			aliar
gerund			aliant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aliat		aliada
		plural		aliats		aliades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	alio	alies	alia	aliem	alieu	alien
	imperfect	aliava	aliaves	aliava	aliàvem	aliàveu	aliaven
	future	aliaré	aliaràs	aliarà	aliarem	aliareu	aliaran
	preterite	alií	aliares	alià	aliàrem	aliàreu	aliaren
	conditional	aliaria	aliaries	aliaria	aliaríem	aliaríeu	aliarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	aliï	aliïs	aliï	aliem	alieu	aliïn
	imperfect	aliés	aliessis	aliés	aliéssim	aliéssiu	aliessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	alia	aliï	aliem	alieu	aliïn
	negative (no)	—	no aliïs	no aliï	no aliem	no alieu	no aliïn

Derived terms

• aliança
• aliat
• aliatge

Further reading

• “aliar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin alligāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.liˈa(ʁ)/ [a.lɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /aˈlja(ʁ)/ [aˈlja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.liˈa(ʁ)/ [a.lɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /aˈlja(ʁ)/ [aˈlja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.liˈa(ɾ)/ [a.lɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /aˈlja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.liˈa(ʁ)/ [a.lɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /aˈlja(ʁ)/ [aˈlja(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.liˈa(ɻ)/ [a.lɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /aˈlja(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈljaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈljaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈlja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: a‧li‧ar

Verb

aliar (first-person singular present alio, first-person singular preterite aliei, past participle aliado)

1. (transitive) to ally (to unite by agreement)
2. (transitive) to unite

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aliar (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	aliar
Personal	aliar	aliares	aliar	aliarmos	aliardes	aliarem
Gerund
	aliando
Past participle
Masculine	aliado			aliados
Feminine	aliada			aliadas
Indicative
Present	alio	alias	alia	aliamos	aliais	aliam
Imperfect	aliava	aliavas	aliava	aliávamos	aliáveis	aliavam
Preterite	aliei	aliaste	aliou	aliamos1, aliámos2	aliastes	aliaram
Pluperfect	aliara	aliaras	aliara	aliáramos	aliáreis	aliaram
Future	aliarei	aliarás	aliará	aliaremos	aliareis	aliarão
Conditional	aliaria	aliarias	aliaria	aliaríamos	aliaríeis	aliariam
Subjunctive
Present	alie	alies	alie	aliemos	alieis	aliem
Imperfect	aliasse	aliasses	aliasse	aliássemos	aliásseis	aliassem
Future	aliar	aliares	aliar	aliarmos	aliardes	aliarem
Imperative
Affirmative		alia	alie	aliemos	aliai	aliem
Negative (não)		não alies	não alie	não aliemos	não alieis	não aliem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• aliança

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Old French alier, from Latin alligāre (“to bind”). Cognate with English ally.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈljaɾ/ [aˈljaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧liar

Verb

aliar (first-person singular present alío, first-person singular preterite alié, past participle aliado)

1. to ally, unite

   Synonym: unir

2. (reflexive) to ally (to unite by agreement)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aliar (i-í alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			aliar
gerund			aliando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aliado		aliada
		plural		aliados		aliadas
		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	alío	alíastú aliásvos	alía	aliamos	aliáis	alían
	imperfect	aliaba	aliabas	aliaba	aliábamos	aliabais	aliaban
	preterite	alié	aliaste	alió	aliamos	aliasteis	aliaron
	future	aliaré	aliarás	aliará	aliaremos	aliaréis	aliarán
	conditional	aliaría	aliarías	aliaría	aliaríamos	aliaríais	aliarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	alíe	alíestú aliésvos2	alíe	aliemos	aliéis	alíen
	imperfect (ra)	aliara	aliaras	aliara	aliáramos	aliarais	aliaran
	imperfect (se)	aliase	aliases	aliase	aliásemos	aliaseis	aliasen
	future1	aliare	aliares	aliare	aliáremos	aliareis	aliaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		alíatú aliávos	alíe	aliemos	aliad	alíen
	negative		no alíes	no alíe	no aliemos	no aliéis	no alíen

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

    Selected combined forms of aliar (i-í 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 aliar	dative	aliarme	aliarte	aliarle, aliarse	aliarnos	aliaros	aliarles, aliarse
	accusative	aliarme	aliarte	aliarlo, aliarla, aliarse	aliarnos	aliaros	aliarlos, aliarlas, aliarse
with gerund aliando	dative	aliándome	aliándote	aliándole, aliándose	aliándonos	aliándoos	aliándoles, aliándose
	accusative	aliándome	aliándote	aliándolo, aliándola, aliándose	aliándonos	aliándoos	aliándolos, aliándolas, aliándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative alía	dative	alíame	alíate	alíale	alíanos	not used	alíales
	accusative	alíame	alíate	alíalo, alíala	alíanos	not used	alíalos, alíalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative aliá	dative	aliame	aliate	aliale	alianos	not used	aliales
	accusative	aliame	aliate	alialo, aliala	alianos	not used	alialos, alialas
with formal second-person singular imperative alíe	dative	alíeme	not used	alíele, alíese	alíenos	not used	alíeles
	accusative	alíeme	not used	alíelo, alíela, alíese	alíenos	not used	alíelos, alíelas
with first-person plural imperative aliemos	dative	not used	aliémoste	aliémosle	aliémonos	aliémoos	aliémosles
	accusative	not used	aliémoste	aliémoslo, aliémosla	aliémonos	aliémoos	aliémoslos, aliémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative aliad	dative	aliadme	not used	aliadle	aliadnos	aliaos	aliadles
	accusative	aliadme	not used	aliadlo, aliadla	aliadnos	aliaos	aliadlos, aliadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative alíen	dative	alíenme	not used	alíenle	alíennos	not used	alíenles, alíense
	accusative	alíenme	not used	alíenlo, alíenla	alíennos	not used	alíenlos, alíenlas, alíense

Derived terms

• alianza

 

Related terms

• liar
• ligar

 

Further reading

• “aliar”, 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