# abolir
## Asturian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abolēre.

### Verb

abolir (first-person singular indicative present abolo, past participle abolíu)
* abolish (to end a law)

#### Related terms

* abolición

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abolēre, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ə.βuˈli]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ə.buˈli]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.boˈliɾ]
* Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

### Verb

abolir (first-person singular present aboleixo, first-person singular preterite abolí, past participle abolit)
* to abolish

#### Related terms

* abolició

### Further reading

* “abolir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “abolir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “abolir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “abolir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abolēre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.bɔ.liʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

abolir
* (transitive) to abolish
** 1856, “Mémoire sur l'île de Chio présenté par M. Fustel de Coulanges, membre de l'École française d'Athènes”, in Archives des missions scientifiques et littéraires‎, volume 5, Paris, page 624:Plus tard, la démogérontie fit un marché avec le gouvernement, et, moyennant un droit fixe et annuel, elle fit abolir à la fois le monopole et l’impôt, et obtint que le commerce fût libre.Later, the Demogeronty made a deal with the government, and, by means of a fixed annual fee, it abolished both the monopoly and the tax, and obtained free trade.

#### Usage notes

* A distinction is drawn in legal usage between abolir and abroger, with the latter requiring a formal action, and is used (for example) of laws, whereas abolition is an incidental effect of other actions, or is not performed by a legislative body.

#### Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

#### Derived terms

* abolitif
* abolition

### References

* “abolir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin abolēre.

### Verb

abolir (no stressed present indicative or subjunctive, first-person singular preterite abolín, past participle abolido) abolir (first-person singular present abulo, third-person singular present abole, first-person singular preterite abolim or aboli, past participle abolido, reintegrationist norm)
* (transitive) to abolish

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* abolición

### Further reading

* “abolir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “abolir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Interlingua
### Verb

abolir
* to abolish

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | abolir | abolir |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | aboliente | abolite |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | aboli | ha abolite |
| active | past | aboliva | habeva abolite |
| active | future | abolira | habera abolite |
| active | conditional | abolirea | haberea abolite |
| active | imperative | aboli | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es abolite | ha essite abolite |
| passive | past | esseva abolite | habeva essite abolite |
| passive | future | essera abolite | habera essite abolite |
| passive | conditional | esserea abolite | haberea essite abolite |
| passive | imperative | sia abolite | |

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abolēre (“destroy, abolish”), with change of conjugation.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.boˈli(ʁ)/ [a.boˈli(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.boˈli(ʁ)/ [a.boˈli(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.boˈli(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.boˈli(ʁ)/ [a.boˈli(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.boˈli(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.buˈliɾ/ [ɐ.βuˈliɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.buˈliɾ/ [ɐ.βuˈliɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.buˈli.ɾi/ [ɐ.βuˈli.ɾi]
* Audio (Brazil):(file)
* Hyphenation: a‧bo‧lir

### Verb

abolir (first-person singular present (Portugal only; missing in Brazil) abulo, third-person singular present abole, first-person singular preterite aboli, past participle abolido)
* (transitive) to abolish

#### Conjugation

$^1$Portugal only; missing in Brazil.

#### Related terms

* abolição
* abolitivo

### Further reading

* “abolir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “abolir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abolēre. First attested in 1500.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aboˈliɾ/ [a.β̞oˈliɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: a‧bo‧lir

### Verb

abolir (first-person singular present abolo, first-person singular preterite abolí, past participle abolido)
* (transitive) to abolish
* (transitive) to revoke
    Synonym: revocar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* abolición

### References

* Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “abolir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 17

### Further reading

* “abolir”, 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