aludir

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin allūdere.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.luˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [a.luˈd͡ʒi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.luˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [a.luˈd͡ʒi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.luˈd͡ʒi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.luˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [a.luˈd͡ʒi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.luˈd͡ʒi(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.luˈdiɾ/ [ɐ.luˈðiɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.luˈdiɾ/ [ɐ.luˈðiɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.luˈdi.ɾi/ [ɐ.luˈði.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: a‧lu‧dir

Verb

aludir (first-person singular present aludo, first-person singular preterite aludi, past participle aludido)

1. to allude

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aludir (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	aludir
Personal	aludir	aludires	aludir	aludirmos	aludirdes	aludirem
Gerund
	aludindo
Past participle
Masculine	aludido			aludidos
Feminine	aludida			aludidas
Indicative
Present	aludo	aludes	alude	aludimos	aludis	aludem
Imperfect	aludia	aludias	aludia	aludíamos	aludíeis	aludiam
Preterite	aludi	aludiste	aludiu	aludimos	aludistes	aludiram
Pluperfect	aludira	aludiras	aludira	aludíramos	aludíreis	aludiram
Future	aludirei	aludirás	aludirá	aludiremos	aludireis	aludirão
Conditional	aludiria	aludirias	aludiria	aludiríamos	aludiríeis	aludiriam
Subjunctive
Present	aluda	aludas	aluda	aludamos	aludais	aludam
Imperfect	aludisse	aludisses	aludisse	aludíssemos	aludísseis	aludissem
Future	aludir	aludires	aludir	aludirmos	aludirdes	aludirem
Imperative
Affirmative		alude	aluda	aludamos	aludi	aludam
Negative (não)		não aludas	não aluda	não aludamos	não aludais	não aludam

Related terms

• alusão

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin allūdō (“to jest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aluˈdiɾ/ [a.luˈð̞iɾ]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: a‧lu‧dir

Verb

aludir (first-person singular present aludo, first-person singular preterite aludí, past participle aludido)

1. (intransitive) to allude, insinuate, mention

   Synonym: insinuar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aludir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			aludir
gerund			aludiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aludido		aludida
		plural		aludidos		aludidas
		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	aludo	aludestú aludísvos	alude	aludimos	aludís	aluden
	imperfect	aludía	aludías	aludía	aludíamos	aludíais	aludían
	preterite	aludí	aludiste	aludió	aludimos	aludisteis	aludieron
	future	aludiré	aludirás	aludirá	aludiremos	aludiréis	aludirán
	conditional	aludiría	aludirías	aludiría	aludiríamos	aludiríais	aludirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	aluda	aludastú aludásvos2	aluda	aludamos	aludáis	aludan
	imperfect (ra)	aludiera	aludieras	aludiera	aludiéramos	aludierais	aludieran
	imperfect (se)	aludiese	aludieses	aludiese	aludiésemos	aludieseis	aludiesen
	future1	aludiere	aludieres	aludiere	aludiéremos	aludiereis	aludieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		aludetú aludívos	aluda	aludamos	aludid	aludan
	negative		no aludas	no aluda	no aludamos	no aludáis	no aludan

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

    Selected combined forms of aludir

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 aludir
	dative	aludirme	aludirte	aludirle, aludirse	aludirnos	aludiros	aludirles, aludirse
	accusative	aludirme	aludirte	aludirlo, aludirla, aludirse	aludirnos	aludiros	aludirlos, aludirlas, aludirse
with gerund aludiendo
	dative	aludiéndome	aludiéndote	aludiéndole, aludiéndose	aludiéndonos	aludiéndoos	aludiéndoles, aludiéndose
	accusative	aludiéndome	aludiéndote	aludiéndolo, aludiéndola, aludiéndose	aludiéndonos	aludiéndoos	aludiéndolos, aludiéndolas, aludiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative alude
	dative	alúdeme	alúdete	alúdele	alúdenos	not used	alúdeles
	accusative	alúdeme	alúdete	alúdelo, alúdela	alúdenos	not used	alúdelos, alúdelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative aludí
	dative	aludime	aludite	aludile	aludinos	not used	aludiles
	accusative	aludime	aludite	aludilo, aludila	aludinos	not used	aludilos, aludilas
with formal second-person singular imperative aluda
	dative	alúdame	not used	alúdale, alúdase	alúdanos	not used	alúdales
	accusative	alúdame	not used	alúdalo, alúdala, alúdase	alúdanos	not used	alúdalos, alúdalas
with first-person plural imperative aludamos
	dative	not used	aludámoste	aludámosle	aludámonos	aludámoos	aludámosles
	accusative	not used	aludámoste	aludámoslo, aludámosla	aludámonos	aludámoos	aludámoslos, aludámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative aludid
	dative	aludidme	not used	aludidle	aludidnos	aludíos	aludidles
	accusative	aludidme	not used	aludidlo, aludidla	aludidnos	aludíos	aludidlos, aludidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative aludan
	dative	alúdanme	not used	alúdanle	alúdannos	not used	alúdanles, alúdanse
	accusative	alúdanme	not used	alúdanlo, alúdanla	alúdannos	not used	alúdanlos, alúdanlas, alúdanse

Related terms

• alusión
• alusivo

 

Further reading

• “aludir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28