abdicar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin abdicāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əb.diˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ab.diˈkaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ab.diˈka]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: ab‧di‧car

Verb

abdicar (first-person singular present abdico, first-person singular preterite abdiquí, past participle abdicat)

1. (ambitransitive) to abdicate

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of abdicar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			abdicar
gerund			abdicant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		abdicat		abdicada
		plural		abdicats		abdicades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	abdico	abdiques	abdica	abdiquem	abdiqueu	abdiquen
	imperfect	abdicava	abdicaves	abdicava	abdicàvem	abdicàveu	abdicaven
	future	abdicaré	abdicaràs	abdicarà	abdicarem	abdicareu	abdicaran
	preterite	abdiquí	abdicares	abdicà	abdicàrem	abdicàreu	abdicaren
	conditional	abdicaria	abdicaries	abdicaria	abdicaríem	abdicaríeu	abdicarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	abdiqui	abdiquis	abdiqui	abdiquem	abdiqueu	abdiquin
	imperfect	abdiqués	abdiquessis	abdiqués	abdiquéssim	abdiquéssiu	abdiquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	abdica	abdiqui	abdiquem	abdiqueu	abdiquin
	negative (no)	—	no abdiquis	no abdiqui	no abdiquem	no abdiqueu	no abdiquin

Derived terms

• abdicació f
• abdicatiu (adjective)

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “abdicar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “abdicar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “abdicar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “abdicar”, 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

Galician

Etymology

Derived from Latin abdicāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abdiˈkaɾ/ [aβ̞.ð̞iˈkɑɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: ab‧di‧car

Verb

abdicar (first-person singular present abdico, first-person singular preterite abdiquei, past participle abdicado)

1. to abdicate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abdicar (c-qu alternation)

	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	abdicar
Personal	abdicar	abdicares	abdicar	abdicarmos	abdicardes	abdicaren
Gerund
	abdicando
Past participle
Masculine	abdicado			abdicados
Feminine	abdicada			abdicadas
Indicative
Present	abdico	abdicas	abdica	abdicamos	abdicades	abdican
Imperfect	abdicaba	abdicabas	abdicaba	abdicabamos	abdicabades	abdicaban
Preterite	abdiquei	abdicaches	abdicou	abdicamos	abdicastes	abdicaron
Pluperfect	abdicara	abdicaras	abdicara	abdicaramos	abdicarades	abdicaran
Future	abdicarei	abdicarás	abdicará	abdicaremos	abdicaredes	abdicarán
Conditional	abdicaría	abdicarías	abdicaría	abdicariamos	abdicariades	abdicarían
Subjunctive
Present	abdique	abdiques	abdique	abdiquemos	abdiquedes	abdiquen
Imperfect	abdicase	abdicases	abdicase	abdicásemos	abdicásedes	abdicasen
Future	abdicar	abdicares	abdicar	abdicarmos	abdicardes	abdicaren
Imperative
Affirmative		abdica	abdique	abdiquemos	abdicade	abdiquen
Negative (non)		non abdiques	non abdique	non abdiquemos	non abdiquedes	non abdiquen

    Reintegrated conjugation of abdicar (c-qu alternation) (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	abdicar
Personal	abdicar	abdicares	abdicar	abdicarmos	abdicardes	abdicarem
Gerund
	abdicando
Past participle
Masculine	abdicado			abdicados
Feminine	abdicada			abdicadas
Indicative
Present	abdico	abdicas	abdica	abdicamos	abdicades, abdicais	abdicam
Imperfect	abdicava	abdicavas	abdicava	abdicávamos	abdicávades, abdicáveis, abdicávais1	abdicavam
Preterite	abdiquei	abdicaste, abdicache1	abdicou	abdicamos	abdicastes	abdicárom, abdicaram
Pluperfect	abdicara	abdicaras	abdicara	abdicáramos	abdicárades, abdicáreis, abdicárais1	abdicaram
Future	abdicarei	abdicarás	abdicará	abdicaremos	abdicaredes, abdicareis	abdicarám, abdicarão
Conditional	abdicaria	abdicarias	abdicaria	abdicaríamos	abdicaríades, abdicaríeis, abdicaríais1	abdicariam
Subjunctive
Present	abdique	abdiques	abdique	abdiquemos	abdiquedes, abdiqueis	abdiquem
Imperfect	abdicasse	abdicasses	abdicasse	abdicássemos	abdicássedes, abdicásseis	abdicassem
Future	abdicar	abdicares	abdicar	abdicarmos	abdicardes	abdicarem
Imperative
Affirmative		abdica	abdique	abdiquemos	abdicade, abdicai	abdiquem
Negative (nom)		nom abdiques	nom abdique	nom abdiquemos	nom abdiquedes, nom abdiqueis	nom abdiquem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• abdicación

Further reading

• “abdicar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Interlingua

Etymology

Ultimately derived from Latin abdicāre. Compare Esperanto abdiki.

Verb

abdicar

1. (transitive) abdicate (to reject, cast off, discard)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abdicar

infinitive		abdicar
participle		present	perfect
		abdicante	abdicate
active		simple	perfect
	present	abdica	ha abdicate
	past	abdicava	habeva abdicate
	future	abdicara	habera abdicate
	conditional	abdicarea	haberea abdicate
	imperative	abdica	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es abdicate	ha essite abdicate
	past	esseva abdicate	habeva essite abdicate
	future	essera abdicate	habera essite abdicate
	conditional	esserea abdicate	haberea essite abdicate
	imperative	sia abdicate	—

Related terms

• abdication
• abdicative

References

• Alexander Gode (1951), Interlingua-English: A Dictionary of the International Language, New York: Storm Publishers, →OL

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [abˈdiː.kar]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [abˈdiː.kar]

Verb

abdīcar

1. first-person singular future passive indicative of abdīcō

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin abdicāre.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ab‧di‧car

• Audio (Béarn):

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Verb

abdicar

1. to abdicate

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		abdicar			aver abdicat
gerund		abdicant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		abdicat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	abdiqui	abdicas	abdica	abdicam	abdicatz	abdican
	imperfect	abdicavi	abdicavas	abdicava	abdicàvem	abdicàvetz	abdicavan
	preterite	abdiquèri	abdiquères	abdiquèt	abdiquèrem	abdiquèretz	abdiquèron
	future	abdicarai	abdicaràs	abdicarà	abdicarem	abdicaretz	abdicaràn
	conditional	abdicariái	abdicariás	abdicariá	abdicariam	abdicariatz	abdicarián
	conditional 2nd form1	abdiquèra	abdiquèras	abdiquèra	abdiqueram	abdiqueratz	abdiquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	abdique	abdiques	abdique	abdiquem	abdiquetz	abdiquen
	imperfect	abdiquèssi	abdiquèsses	abdiquèsse	abdiquèssem	abdiquèssetz	abdiquèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			abdica		abdiquem	abdicatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		abdicar			aver abdicat
gerund		abdicant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		abdicat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	abdique	abdiques	abdica	abdicam	abdicatz	abdicon
	imperfect	abdicave	abdicaves	abdicava	abdicaviam	abdicaviatz	abdicavon
	preterite	abdiquere	abdiqueres	abdiquet	abdiquem	abdiquetz	abdiqueron
	future	abdicarai	abdicaràs	abdicará	abdicarem	abdicaretz	abdicarán
	conditional	abdicariá	abdicariás	abdicariá	abdicariam	abdicariatz	abdicarián
	conditional 2nd form1	abdiquèra	abdiquèras	abdiquèra	abdiqueram	abdiqueratz	abdiquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	abdique	abdiques	abdique	abdicassiam	abdicassiatz	abdicon
	imperfect	abdiquesse	abdiquesses	abdiquesse	abdiquessiam	abdiquessiatz	abdiquesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			abdica		abdicassiam	abdicatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		abdicar			aver abdicat
gerund		abdicant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		abdicat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	abdiqui	abdicas	abdica	abdicam	abdicatz	abdican
	imperfect	abdicavi	abdicavas	abdicava	abdicàvam	abdicàvatz	abdicavan
	preterite	abdiquèi	abdiquès	abdiquè	abdiquèm	abdiquètz	abdiquèn
	future	abdicarèi	abdicaràs	abdicarà	abdicaram	abdicaratz	abdicaràn
	conditional	abdicarí	abdicarés	abdicaré	abdicarem	abdicaretz	abdicarén
	conditional 2nd form1	abdiquèra	abdiquèras	abdiquèra	abdiqueram	abdiqueratz	abdiquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	abdiqui	abdiques	abdique	abdiquem	abdiquetz	abdiquen
	imperfect	abdiquèssi	abdiquèsses	abdiquèsse	abdiquèssem	abdiquèssetz	abdiquèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			abdica		abdiquem	abdicatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		abdicar			aver abdicat
gerund		abdicant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		abdicat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	abdique	abdicas	abdica	abdicam	abdicatz	abdican
	imperfect	abdicava	abdicavas	abdicava	abdicàvam	abdicàvatz	abdicavan
	preterite	abdiquei	abdiqueras	abdiquet	abdiquèram	abdiquèratz	abdiqueran
	future	abdicarai	abdicaràs	abdicará	abdicarem	abdicaretz	abdicarán
	conditional	abdicariá	abdicariàs	abdicariá	abdicariam	abdicariatz	abdicarián
	conditional 2nd form1	abdiquèra	abdiquèras	abdiquèra	abdiqueram	abdiqueratz	abdiquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	abdique	abdiques	abdique	abdiquem	abdiquetz	abdiquen
	imperfect	abdiquèsse	abdiquèsses	abdiquèsse	abdiquèssem	abdiquèssetz	abdiquèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			abdica		abdiquem	abdicatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		abdicar			aver abdicat
gerund		abdicant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		abdicat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	abdique	abdiques	abdica	abdicam	abdicatz	abdican
	imperfect	abdicavi	abdicavas	abdicava	abdicàvem	abdicàvetz	abdicavan
	preterite	abdiquère	abdiquères	abdiquèt	abdiqueriam	abdiqueriatz	abdiquèron
	future	abdicarai	abdicaràs	abdicarà	abdicarem	abdicaretz	abdicaràn
	conditional	abdicariáu	abdicariás	abdicariá	abdicariam	abdicariatz	abdicarián
	conditional 2nd form1	abdiquèra	abdiquèras	abdiquèra	abdiqueram	abdiqueratz	abdiquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	abdique	abdiques	abdique	abdiquem	abdiquetz	abdican
	imperfect	abdiquèsse	abdiquèsses	abdiquèsse	abdiquessiam	abdiquessiatz	abdiquèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			abdica		abdiquem	abdicatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• abdicacion

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2026, page 4

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin abdicāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.bi.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [a.bi.d͡ʒiˈka(h)], /ab.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [ab.d͡ʒiˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.bi.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [a.bi.d͡ʒiˈka(h)], /ab.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [ab.d͡ʒiˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.bi.d͡ʒiˈka(ɾ)/, /ab.d͡ʒiˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.bi.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [a.bi.d͡ʒiˈka(χ)], /ab.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [ab.d͡ʒiˈka(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /a.bi.d͡ʒiˈka(ɻ)/, /ab.d͡ʒiˈka(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐb.diˈkaɾ/ [ɐβ.ðiˈkaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐb.diˈkaɾ/ [ɐβ.ðiˈkaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐb.diˈka.ɾi/

• Audio (Brazil):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ab‧di‧car

Verb

abdicar (first-person singular present abdico, first-person singular preterite abdiquei, past participle abdicado)

1. (intransitive or transitive) to abdicate [with de or transitive ‘a position, e.g. the throne’]

   Synonym: renunciar

   O imperador Dom Pedro I abdicou. ― The emperor Peter I abdicated.

2. (transitive) to give up [with direct object ‘something’ and em favor de ‘in favour/favor of someone’]

   Synonyms: ceder, renunciar, desistir

   Abdiquei meu direito à herança em favor de meus filhos. ― I have given up my right to heir in favour of my sons.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abdicar (c-qu alternation) (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	abdicar
Personal	abdicar	abdicares	abdicar	abdicarmos	abdicardes	abdicarem
Gerund
	abdicando
Past participle
Masculine	abdicado			abdicados
Feminine	abdicada			abdicadas
Indicative
Present	abdico	abdicas	abdica	abdicamos	abdicais	abdicam
Imperfect	abdicava	abdicavas	abdicava	abdicávamos	abdicáveis	abdicavam
Preterite	abdiquei	abdicaste	abdicou	abdicamos1, abdicámos2	abdicastes	abdicaram
Pluperfect	abdicara	abdicaras	abdicara	abdicáramos	abdicáreis	abdicaram
Future	abdicarei	abdicarás	abdicará	abdicaremos	abdicareis	abdicarão
Conditional	abdicaria	abdicarias	abdicaria	abdicaríamos	abdicaríeis	abdicariam
Subjunctive
Present	abdique	abdiques	abdique	abdiquemos	abdiqueis	abdiquem
Imperfect	abdicasse	abdicasses	abdicasse	abdicássemos	abdicásseis	abdicassem
Future	abdicar	abdicares	abdicar	abdicarmos	abdicardes	abdicarem
Imperative
Affirmative		abdica	abdique	abdiquemos	abdicai	abdiquem
Negative (não)		não abdiques	não abdique	não abdiquemos	não abdiqueis	não abdiquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• abdicação

Further reading

• “abdicar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “abdicar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “abdicar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “abdicar”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “abdicar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “abdicar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *déyḱs

Proto-Italic *-diks

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -dicōbf.

Latin dicō

Latin abdicārelbor.

Spanish abdicar

Learned borrowing from Latin abdicāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abdiˈkaɾ/ [aβ̞.ð̞iˈkaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ab‧di‧car

Verb

abdicar (first-person singular present abdico, first-person singular preterite abdiqué, past participle abdicado)

1. (transitive) to abdicate, relinquish

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abdicar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			abdicar
gerund			abdicando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		abdicado		abdicada
		plural		abdicados		abdicadas
		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	abdico	abdicastú abdicásvos	abdica	abdicamos	abdicáis	abdican
	imperfect	abdicaba	abdicabas	abdicaba	abdicábamos	abdicabais	abdicaban
	preterite	abdiqué	abdicaste	abdicó	abdicamos	abdicasteis	abdicaron
	future	abdicaré	abdicarás	abdicará	abdicaremos	abdicaréis	abdicarán
	conditional	abdicaría	abdicarías	abdicaría	abdicaríamos	abdicaríais	abdicarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	abdique	abdiquestú abdiquésvos2	abdique	abdiquemos	abdiquéis	abdiquen
	imperfect (ra)	abdicara	abdicaras	abdicara	abdicáramos	abdicarais	abdicaran
	imperfect (se)	abdicase	abdicases	abdicase	abdicásemos	abdicaseis	abdicasen
	future1	abdicare	abdicares	abdicare	abdicáremos	abdicareis	abdicaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		abdicatú abdicávos	abdique	abdiquemos	abdicad	abdiquen
	negative		no abdiques	no abdique	no abdiquemos	no abdiquéis	no abdiquen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of abdicar (c-qu 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 abdicar	dative	abdicarme	abdicarte	abdicarle, abdicarse	abdicarnos	abdicaros	abdicarles, abdicarse
	accusative	abdicarme	abdicarte	abdicarlo, abdicarla, abdicarse	abdicarnos	abdicaros	abdicarlos, abdicarlas, abdicarse
with gerund abdicando	dative	abdicándome	abdicándote	abdicándole, abdicándose	abdicándonos	abdicándoos	abdicándoles, abdicándose
	accusative	abdicándome	abdicándote	abdicándolo, abdicándola, abdicándose	abdicándonos	abdicándoos	abdicándolos, abdicándolas, abdicándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative abdica	dative	abdícame	abdícate	abdícale	abdícanos	not used	abdícales
	accusative	abdícame	abdícate	abdícalo, abdícala	abdícanos	not used	abdícalos, abdícalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative abdicá	dative	abdicame	abdicate	abdicale	abdicanos	not used	abdicales
	accusative	abdicame	abdicate	abdicalo, abdicala	abdicanos	not used	abdicalos, abdicalas
with formal second-person singular imperative abdique	dative	abdíqueme	not used	abdíquele, abdíquese	abdíquenos	not used	abdíqueles
	accusative	abdíqueme	not used	abdíquelo, abdíquela, abdíquese	abdíquenos	not used	abdíquelos, abdíquelas
with first-person plural imperative abdiquemos	dative	not used	abdiquémoste	abdiquémosle	abdiquémonos	abdiquémoos	abdiquémosles
	accusative	not used	abdiquémoste	abdiquémoslo, abdiquémosla	abdiquémonos	abdiquémoos	abdiquémoslos, abdiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative abdicad	dative	abdicadme	not used	abdicadle	abdicadnos	abdicaos	abdicadles
	accusative	abdicadme	not used	abdicadlo, abdicadla	abdicadnos	abdicaos	abdicadlos, abdicadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative abdiquen	dative	abdíquenme	not used	abdíquenle	abdíquennos	not used	abdíquenles, abdíquense
	accusative	abdíquenme	not used	abdíquenlo, abdíquenla	abdíquennos	not used	abdíquenlos, abdíquenlas, abdíquense

Related terms

• abdicación
• abdicativo

Further reading

• “abdicar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026