auxiliar

See also: Auxiliar

English

Etymology

From Latin auxiliaris.

Adjective

auxiliar (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) auxiliary
   • 1715–1720, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, “Book II”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:

     The auxiliar troops and Trojan hosts appear.

Derived terms

• auxiliarly

 

Noun

auxiliar (plural auxiliars)

1. (archaic) An auxiliary.
   • 1670, John Milton, The History of Britain, that Part especially now called England, Book II:

     Agricola, who perceav'd that the noiſe of this defeat had alſo in the Province deſirous of novelty, ſtirr'd up new expectations, reſolves to be before-hand with the danger : and drawing together the choice of his Legions with a competent number of Auxiliars, not beeing met by the Ordovices, who kept the Hills, himſelf in the head of his men hunts them up and down through difficult places, almoſt to the final extirpating of that whole Nation. With the ſame current of ſucceſs, what Paulinus had left unfiniſh'd he Conquers in the Ile of Mona: for the Ilanders altogether fearleſs of his approach, whom they knew to have no Shipping, when they ſaw themſelves invaded on a ſudden by the Auxiliars, whoſe Countrie uſe had taught them to ſwimm over with Horſe and Armes, were compel'd to yeild.

References

• “auxiliar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əwk.si.liˈar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əwk.si.liˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [awk.si.liˈaɾ]

Adjective

auxiliar m or f (masculine and feminine plural auxiliars)

1. auxiliary
2. (grammar) auxiliary

Noun

auxiliar m or f by sense (plural auxiliars)

1. auxiliary, assistant

   Synonyms: adjunt, ajudant

2. substitute (teacher)
3. (grammar) auxiliary

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əwk.si.liˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [awk.si.liˈaɾ]

Verb

auxiliar (first-person singular present auxilio, first-person singular preterite auxilií, past participle auxiliat)

1. (transitive) to aid, to help

Conjugation

    Conjugation of auxiliar (first conjugation)

infinitive			auxiliar
gerund			auxiliant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		auxiliat		auxiliada
		plural		auxiliats		auxiliades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	auxilio	auxilies	auxilia	auxiliem	auxilieu	auxilien
	imperfect	auxiliava	auxiliaves	auxiliava	auxiliàvem	auxiliàveu	auxiliaven
	future	auxiliaré	auxiliaràs	auxiliarà	auxiliarem	auxiliareu	auxiliaran
	preterite	auxilií	auxiliares	auxilià	auxiliàrem	auxiliàreu	auxiliaren
	conditional	auxiliaria	auxiliaries	auxiliaria	auxiliaríem	auxiliaríeu	auxiliarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	auxiliï	auxiliïs	auxiliï	auxiliem	auxilieu	auxiliïn
	imperfect	auxiliés	auxiliessis	auxiliés	auxiliéssim	auxiliéssiu	auxiliessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	auxilia	auxiliï	auxiliem	auxilieu	auxiliïn
	negative (no)	—	no auxiliïs	no auxiliï	no auxiliem	no auxilieu	no auxiliïn

Derived terms

• auxiliaria
• auxiliador

Related terms

• auxili

Further reading

• “auxiliar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin auxiliaris.

Adjective

auxiliar m or f (plural auxiliares)

1. auxiliary

Verb

auxiliar (first-person singular present auxilio, first-person singular preterite auxiliei, past participle auxiliado)

1. to aid, help

Conjugation

    Conjugation of auxiliar

	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	auxiliar
Personal	auxiliar	auxiliares	auxiliar	auxiliarmos	auxiliardes	auxiliaren
Gerund
	auxiliando
Past participle
Masculine	auxiliado			auxiliados
Feminine	auxiliada			auxiliadas
Indicative
Present	auxilio	auxilias	auxilia	auxiliamos	auxiliades	auxilian
Imperfect	auxiliaba	auxiliabas	auxiliaba	auxiliabamos	auxiliabades	auxiliaban
Preterite	auxiliei	auxiliaches	auxiliou	auxiliamos	auxiliastes	auxiliaron
Pluperfect	auxiliara	auxiliaras	auxiliara	auxiliaramos	auxiliarades	auxiliaran
Future	auxiliarei	auxiliarás	auxiliará	auxiliaremos	auxiliaredes	auxiliarán
Conditional	auxiliaría	auxiliarías	auxiliaría	auxiliariamos	auxiliariades	auxiliarían
Subjunctive
Present	auxilie	auxilies	auxilie	auxiliemos	auxiliedes	auxilien
Imperfect	auxiliase	auxiliases	auxiliase	auxiliásemos	auxiliásedes	auxiliasen
Future	auxiliar	auxiliares	auxiliar	auxiliarmos	auxiliardes	auxiliaren
Imperative
Affirmative		auxilia	auxilie	auxiliemos	auxiliade	auxilien
Negative (non)		non auxilies	non auxilie	non auxiliemos	non auxiliedes	non auxilien

    Reintegrated conjugation of auxiliar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	auxiliar
Personal	auxiliar	auxiliares	auxiliar	auxiliarmos	auxiliardes	auxiliarem
Gerund
	auxiliando
Past participle
Masculine	auxiliado			auxiliados
Feminine	auxiliada			auxiliadas
Indicative
Present	auxilio	auxilias	auxilia	auxiliamos	auxiliades, auxiliais	auxiliam
Imperfect	auxiliava	auxiliavas	auxiliava	auxiliávamos	auxiliávades, auxiliáveis, auxiliávais1	auxiliavam
Preterite	auxiliei	auxiliaste, auxiliache1	auxiliou	auxiliamos	auxiliastes	auxiliárom, auxiliaram
Pluperfect	auxiliara	auxiliaras	auxiliara	auxiliáramos	auxiliárades, auxiliáreis, auxiliárais1	auxiliaram
Future	auxiliarei	auxiliarás	auxiliará	auxiliaremos	auxiliaredes, auxiliareis	auxiliarám, auxiliarão
Conditional	auxiliaria	auxiliarias	auxiliaria	auxiliaríamos	auxiliaríades, auxiliaríeis, auxiliaríais1	auxiliariam
Subjunctive
Present	auxilie	auxilies	auxilie	auxiliemos	auxiliedes, auxilieis	auxiliem
Imperfect	auxiliasse	auxiliasses	auxiliasse	auxiliássemos	auxiliássedes, auxiliásseis	auxiliassem
Future	auxiliar	auxiliares	auxiliar	auxiliarmos	auxiliardes	auxiliarem
Imperative
Affirmative		auxilia	auxilie	auxiliemos	auxiliade, auxiliai	auxiliem
Negative (nom)		nom auxilies	nom auxilie	nom auxiliemos	nom auxiliedes, nom auxilieis	nom auxiliem

¹Less recommended.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin auxiliaris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aʊ̯ksiˈli̯aːɐ̯]
• Hyphenation: au‧xi‧li‧ar

• Audio:

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Adjective

auxiliar (strong nominative masculine singular auxiliarer, not comparable)

1. auxiliary

Declension

Positive forms of auxiliar (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist auxiliar	sie ist auxiliar	es ist auxiliar	sie sind auxiliar
strong declension (without article)	nominative	auxiliarer	auxiliare	auxiliares	auxiliare
	genitive	auxiliaren	auxiliarer	auxiliaren	auxiliarer
	dative	auxiliarem	auxiliarer	auxiliarem	auxiliaren
	accusative	auxiliaren	auxiliare	auxiliares	auxiliare
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der auxiliare	die auxiliare	das auxiliare	die auxiliaren
	genitive	des auxiliaren	der auxiliaren	des auxiliaren	der auxiliaren
	dative	dem auxiliaren	der auxiliaren	dem auxiliaren	den auxiliaren
	accusative	den auxiliaren	die auxiliare	das auxiliare	die auxiliaren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein auxiliarer	eine auxiliare	ein auxiliares	(keine) auxiliaren
	genitive	eines auxiliaren	einer auxiliaren	eines auxiliaren	(keiner) auxiliaren
	dative	einem auxiliaren	einer auxiliaren	einem auxiliaren	(keinen) auxiliaren
	accusative	einen auxiliaren	eine auxiliare	ein auxiliares	(keine) auxiliaren

Further reading

• “auxiliar” in Duden online
• “auxiliar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin auxiliāris.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.si.liˈaʁ/ [aʊ̯.si.lɪˈah], (faster pronunciation) /aw.siˈljaʁ/ [aʊ̯.siˈljah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.si.liˈaʁ/ [aʊ̯.si.lɪˈah], (faster pronunciation) /aw.siˈljaʁ/ [aʊ̯.siˈljah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aw.si.liˈaɾ/ [aʊ̯.si.lɪˈaɾ], (faster pronunciation) /aw.siˈljaɾ/ [aʊ̯.siˈljaɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aw.si.liˈaʁ/ [aʊ̯.si.lɪˈaχ], (faster pronunciation) /aw.siˈljaʁ/ [aʊ̯.siˈljaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.si.liˈaɻ/ [aʊ̯.si.lɪˈaɻ], (faster pronunciation) /aw.siˈljaɻ/ [aʊ̯.siˈljaɻ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /aw.siˈljaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /aw.siˈljaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /aw.siˈlja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: au‧xi‧li‧ar

Adjective

auxiliar m or f (plural auxiliares)

1. auxiliary

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.si.liˈa(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.si.lɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /aw.siˈlja(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.siˈlja(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /aw.siˈljaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /aw.siˈljaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /aw.siˈlja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: au‧xi‧li‧ar

Verb

auxiliar (first-person singular present auxilio, first-person singular preterite auxiliei, past participle auxiliado)

1. to aid

   Synonyms: ajudar, socorrer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of auxiliar (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	auxiliar
Personal	auxiliar	auxiliares	auxiliar	auxiliarmos	auxiliardes	auxiliarem
Gerund
	auxiliando
Past participle
Masculine	auxiliado			auxiliados
Feminine	auxiliada			auxiliadas
Indicative
Present	auxilio	auxilias	auxilia	auxiliamos	auxiliais	auxiliam
Imperfect	auxiliava	auxiliavas	auxiliava	auxiliávamos	auxiliáveis	auxiliavam
Preterite	auxiliei	auxiliaste	auxiliou	auxiliamos1, auxiliámos2	auxiliastes	auxiliaram
Pluperfect	auxiliara	auxiliaras	auxiliara	auxiliáramos	auxiliáreis	auxiliaram
Future	auxiliarei	auxiliarás	auxiliará	auxiliaremos	auxiliareis	auxiliarão
Conditional	auxiliaria	auxiliarias	auxiliaria	auxiliaríamos	auxiliaríeis	auxiliariam
Subjunctive
Present	auxilie	auxilies	auxilie	auxiliemos	auxilieis	auxiliem
Imperfect	auxiliasse	auxiliasses	auxiliasse	auxiliássemos	auxiliásseis	auxiliassem
Future	auxiliar	auxiliares	auxiliar	auxiliarmos	auxiliardes	auxiliarem
Imperative
Affirmative		auxilia	auxilie	auxiliemos	auxiliai	auxiliem
Negative (não)		não auxilies	não auxilie	não auxiliemos	não auxilieis	não auxiliem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French auxiliaire, from Latin auxiliaris.

Adjective

auxiliar m or n (feminine singular auxiliară, masculine plural auxiliari, feminine and neuter plural auxiliare)

1. auxiliary

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	auxiliar		auxiliară		auxiliari	auxiliare
	definite	auxiliarul		auxiliara		auxiliarii	auxiliarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	auxiliar		auxiliare		auxiliari	auxiliare
	definite	auxiliarului		auxiliarei		auxiliarilor	auxiliarelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /auɡsiˈljaɾ/ [au̯ɣ̞.siˈljaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: au‧xi‧liar

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin auxiliāris. Cognate with English auxiliary.

Adjective

auxiliar m or f (masculine and feminine plural auxiliares)

1. auxiliary, ancillary
2. (accounting) subsidiary
3. support (e.g. support staff)

Derived terms

• libro mayor auxiliar (“subsidiary ledger”)
• mano auxiliar
• obispo auxiliar
• servicios auxiliares (“ancillary services”) (electric power)
• verbo auxiliar

 

Noun

auxiliar m or f by sense (plural auxiliares)

1. assistant, attendant, steward, stewardess, aide

Hyponyms

• auxiliar administrativo (“administrative assistant”)
• auxiliar de conversación
• auxiliar de vuelo
• auxiliar jurídico (“legal assistant”)
• auxiliar médico (“medical assistant”)

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin auxiliārī.

Verb

auxiliar (first-person singular present auxilio, first-person singular preterite auxilié, past participle auxiliado)

1. to help, to aid

Usage notes

• Although in some regions auxiliar and ayudar can be synonymous to mean "to help", usually auxiliar is used in more grave or critical situations.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of auxiliar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			auxiliar
gerund			auxiliando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		auxiliado		auxiliada
		plural		auxiliados		auxiliadas
		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	auxilio	auxiliastú auxiliásvos	auxilia	auxiliamos	auxiliáis	auxilian
	imperfect	auxiliaba	auxiliabas	auxiliaba	auxiliábamos	auxiliabais	auxiliaban
	preterite	auxilié	auxiliaste	auxilió	auxiliamos	auxiliasteis	auxiliaron
	future	auxiliaré	auxiliarás	auxiliará	auxiliaremos	auxiliaréis	auxiliarán
	conditional	auxiliaría	auxiliarías	auxiliaría	auxiliaríamos	auxiliaríais	auxiliarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	auxilie	auxiliestú auxiliésvos2	auxilie	auxiliemos	auxiliéis	auxilien
	imperfect (ra)	auxiliara	auxiliaras	auxiliara	auxiliáramos	auxiliarais	auxiliaran
	imperfect (se)	auxiliase	auxiliases	auxiliase	auxiliásemos	auxiliaseis	auxiliasen
	future1	auxiliare	auxiliares	auxiliare	auxiliáremos	auxiliareis	auxiliaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		auxiliatú auxiliávos	auxilie	auxiliemos	auxiliad	auxilien
	negative		no auxilies	no auxilie	no auxiliemos	no auxiliéis	no auxilien

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

    Selected combined forms of auxiliar

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 auxiliar	dative	auxiliarme	auxiliarte	auxiliarle, auxiliarse	auxiliarnos	auxiliaros	auxiliarles, auxiliarse
	accusative	auxiliarme	auxiliarte	auxiliarlo, auxiliarla, auxiliarse	auxiliarnos	auxiliaros	auxiliarlos, auxiliarlas, auxiliarse
with gerund auxiliando	dative	auxiliándome	auxiliándote	auxiliándole, auxiliándose	auxiliándonos	auxiliándoos	auxiliándoles, auxiliándose
	accusative	auxiliándome	auxiliándote	auxiliándolo, auxiliándola, auxiliándose	auxiliándonos	auxiliándoos	auxiliándolos, auxiliándolas, auxiliándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative auxilia	dative	auxíliame	auxíliate	auxíliale	auxílianos	not used	auxíliales
	accusative	auxíliame	auxíliate	auxílialo, auxíliala	auxílianos	not used	auxílialos, auxílialas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative auxiliá	dative	auxiliame	auxiliate	auxiliale	auxilianos	not used	auxiliales
	accusative	auxiliame	auxiliate	auxilialo, auxiliala	auxilianos	not used	auxilialos, auxilialas
with formal second-person singular imperative auxilie	dative	auxílieme	not used	auxíliele, auxíliese	auxílienos	not used	auxílieles
	accusative	auxílieme	not used	auxílielo, auxíliela, auxíliese	auxílienos	not used	auxílielos, auxílielas
with first-person plural imperative auxiliemos	dative	not used	auxiliémoste	auxiliémosle	auxiliémonos	auxiliémoos	auxiliémosles
	accusative	not used	auxiliémoste	auxiliémoslo, auxiliémosla	auxiliémonos	auxiliémoos	auxiliémoslos, auxiliémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative auxiliad	dative	auxiliadme	not used	auxiliadle	auxiliadnos	auxiliaos	auxiliadles
	accusative	auxiliadme	not used	auxiliadlo, auxiliadla	auxiliadnos	auxiliaos	auxiliadlos, auxiliadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative auxilien	dative	auxílienme	not used	auxílienle	auxíliennos	not used	auxílienles, auxíliense
	accusative	auxílienme	not used	auxílienlo, auxílienla	auxíliennos	not used	auxílienlos, auxílienlas, auxíliense

Related terms

• aumentar
• aumento
• auxiliador
• auxilio

 

Further reading

• “auxiliar”, 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