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Borrowed from Latin abolēre.

abolir (first-person singular indicative present abolo, past participle abolíu)

1. abolish (to end a law)

Conjugation of abolir

• abolición

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

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

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

1. to abolish

• abolició
• “abolir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “abolir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “abolir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “abolir”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Borrowed from Latin abolēre.

• IPA(key): /a.bɔ.liʁ/

abolir

1. (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[1], 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.

• 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.

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-.

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

Learned borrowing from Latin abolēre.

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)

1. (transitive) to abolish

Conjugation of abolir (defective)

Reintegrated conjugation of abolir (u-o alternation in present singular) (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 | abolir | | | | | | | Personal | abolir | abolires | abolir | abolirmos | abolirdes | abolirem | | Gerund | | | | | | | | | abolindo | | | | | | | | Past participle | | | | | | | | Masculine | abolido | abolidos | | | | | | Feminine | abolida | abolidas | | | | | | Indicative | | | | | | | | Present | abulo | aboles | abole | abolimos | abolides, abolis | abolem | | Imperfect | abolia | abolias | abolia | abolíamos | abolíades, abolíeis, _abolíais_1 | aboliam | | Preterite | abolim, aboli | aboliste, _aboliche_1 | aboliu | abolimos | abolistes | abolírom, aboliram | | Pluperfect | abolira | aboliras | abolira | abolíramos | abolírades, abolíreis, _abolírais_1 | aboliram | | Future | abolirei | abolirás | abolirá | aboliremos | aboliredes, abolireis | abolirám, abolirão | | Conditional | aboliria | abolirias | aboliria | aboliríamos | aboliríades, aboliríeis, aboliríais1 | aboliriam | | Subjunctive | | | | | | | | Present | abula | abulas | abula | abulamos | abulades, abulais | abulam | | Imperfect | abolisse | abolisses | abolisse | abolíssemos | abolíssedes, abolísseis | abolissem | | Future | abolir | abolires | abolir | abolirmos | abolirdes | abolirem | | Imperative | | | | | | | | Affirmative | | abole | abula | abulamos | abolide, aboli | abulam | | Negative (nom) | nom abulas | nom abula | nom abulamos | nom abulades, nom abulais | nom abulam | |

• abolición
• “abolir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “abolir”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

abolir

1. to abolish

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

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

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

  • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.boˈli(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.boˈli(ʁ)/ [a.boˈli(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA(key): /a.boˈli(ɻ)/

• (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.buˈliɾ/ [ɐ.βuˈliɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.buˈliɾ/ [ɐ.βuˈliɾ]

  • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.buˈli.ɾi/ [ɐ.βuˈli.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: a‧bo‧lir

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

1. (transitive) to abolish

• abolição

• abolitivo

• “abolir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

• “abolir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026

• “abolir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Latin abolēre. First attested in 1500.

• IPA(key): /aboˈliɾ/ [a.β̞oˈliɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: a‧bo‧lir

abolir (first-person singular present abolo, first-person singular preterite abolí, past participle abolido)

1. (transitive) to abolish
2. (transitive) to revoke
   Synonym: revocar

This verb has been considered a defective verb in the present indicative, subjunctive, and imperative forms, whose conjugation resulted in a word with stress on the penultimate syllable. These are "abolo", "aboles", "abole", "abolen", "abola", "abolas" and "abolan".

Selected combined forms of abolir

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 abolir | dative | abolirme | abolirte | abolirle, abolirse | abolirnos | aboliros | abolirles, abolirse | | accusative | abolirme | abolirte | abolirlo, abolirla, abolirse | abolirnos | aboliros | abolirlos, abolirlas, abolirse | | | | | | | | | | | | with gerund aboliendo | dative | aboliéndome | aboliéndote | aboliéndole, aboliéndose | aboliéndonos | aboliéndoos | aboliéndoles, aboliéndose | | accusative | aboliéndome | aboliéndote | aboliéndolo, aboliéndola, aboliéndose | aboliéndonos | aboliéndoos | aboliéndolos, aboliéndolas, aboliéndose | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative abole | dative | abóleme | abólete | abólele | abólenos | not used | abóleles | | accusative | abóleme | abólete | abólelo, abólela | abólenos | not used | abólelos, abólelas | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person singular voseo imperative abolí | dative | abolime | abolite | abolile | abolinos | not used | aboliles | | accusative | abolime | abolite | abolilo, abolila | abolinos | not used | abolilos, abolilas | | | | | | | | | | | | with formal second-person singular imperative abola | dative | abólame | not used | abólale, abólase | abólanos | not used | abólales | | accusative | abólame | not used | abólalo, abólala, abólase | abólanos | not used | abólalos, abólalas | | | | | | | | | | | | with first-person plural imperative abolamos | dative | not used | abolámoste | abolámosle | abolámonos | abolámoos | abolámosles | | accusative | not used | abolámoste | abolámoslo, abolámosla | abolámonos | abolámoos | abolámoslos, abolámoslas | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person plural imperative abolid | dative | abolidme | not used | abolidle | abolidnos | abolíos | abolidles | | accusative | abolidme | not used | abolidlo, abolidla | abolidnos | abolíos | abolidlos, abolidlas | | | | | | | | | | | | with formal second-person plural imperative abolan | dative | abólanme | not used | abólanle | abólannos | not used | abólanles, abólanse | | accusative | abólanme | not used | abólanlo, abólanla | abólannos | not used | abólanlos, abólanlas, abólanse | |

• abolición

• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “abolir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[2] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 17

• “abolir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025