abjurar

Portuguese

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 *h₂ey-

Proto-Indo-European *-u

Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu

Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwos

Proto-Italic *jowos

Archaic Latin *iowos, *iowez-

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

Archaic Latin -ō

Archaic Latin iovesō

Latin iūro

Latin abiūrārelbor.

Portuguese abjurar

Learned borrowing from Latin abiūrāre (“to abjure”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐb.ʒuˈɾaɾ/ [ɐβ.ʒuˈɾaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐb.ʒuˈɾa.ɾi/

• Audio (Brazil):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ab‧ju‧rar

Verb

abjurar (first-person singular present abjuro, first-person singular preterite abjurei, past participle abjurado)

1. to abjure (to renounce upon oath)

   Synonyms: renunciar, retratar, desertar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abjurar (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	abjurar
Personal	abjurar	abjurares	abjurar	abjurarmos	abjurardes	abjurarem
Gerund
	abjurando
Past participle
Masculine	abjurado			abjurados
Feminine	abjurada			abjuradas
Indicative
Present	abjuro	abjuras	abjura	abjuramos	abjurais	abjuram
Imperfect	abjurava	abjuravas	abjurava	abjurávamos	abjuráveis	abjuravam
Preterite	abjurei	abjuraste	abjurou	abjuramos1, abjurámos2	abjurastes	abjuraram
Pluperfect	abjurara	abjuraras	abjurara	abjuráramos	abjuráreis	abjuraram
Future	abjurarei	abjurarás	abjurará	abjuraremos	abjurareis	abjurarão
Conditional	abjuraria	abjurarias	abjuraria	abjuraríamos	abjuraríeis	abjurariam
Subjunctive
Present	abjure	abjures	abjure	abjuremos	abjureis	abjurem
Imperfect	abjurasse	abjurasses	abjurasse	abjurássemos	abjurásseis	abjurassem
Future	abjurar	abjurares	abjurar	abjurarmos	abjurardes	abjurarem
Imperative
Affirmative		abjura	abjure	abjuremos	abjurai	abjurem
Negative (não)		não abjures	não abjure	não abjuremos	não abjureis	não abjurem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• abjuramento
• abjurante
• abjuratório

Related terms

• abjuração
• abjurador

Further reading

• “abjurar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “abjurar”, 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 *h₂ey-

Proto-Indo-European *-u

Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu

Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwos

Proto-Italic *jowos

Archaic Latin *iowos, *iowez-

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

Archaic Latin -ō

Archaic Latin iovesō

Latin iūro

Latin abiūrārelbor.

Spanish abjurar

Learned borrowing from Latin abiūrāre (“abjure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abxuˈɾaɾ/ [aβ̞.xuˈɾaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ab‧ju‧rar

Verb

abjurar (first-person singular present abjuro, first-person singular preterite abjuré, past participle abjurado)

1. to abjure, renounce, disavow

   Synonym: repudiar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abjurar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			abjurar
gerund			abjurando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		abjurado		abjurada
		plural		abjurados		abjuradas
		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	abjuro	abjurastú abjurásvos	abjura	abjuramos	abjuráis	abjuran
	imperfect	abjuraba	abjurabas	abjuraba	abjurábamos	abjurabais	abjuraban
	preterite	abjuré	abjuraste	abjuró	abjuramos	abjurasteis	abjuraron
	future	abjuraré	abjurarás	abjurará	abjuraremos	abjuraréis	abjurarán
	conditional	abjuraría	abjurarías	abjuraría	abjuraríamos	abjuraríais	abjurarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	abjure	abjurestú abjurésvos2	abjure	abjuremos	abjuréis	abjuren
	imperfect (ra)	abjurara	abjuraras	abjurara	abjuráramos	abjurarais	abjuraran
	imperfect (se)	abjurase	abjurases	abjurase	abjurásemos	abjuraseis	abjurasen
	future1	abjurare	abjurares	abjurare	abjuráremos	abjurareis	abjuraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		abjuratú abjurávos	abjure	abjuremos	abjurad	abjuren
	negative		no abjures	no abjure	no abjuremos	no abjuréis	no abjuren

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

    Selected combined forms of abjurar

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 abjurar	dative	abjurarme	abjurarte	abjurarle, abjurarse	abjurarnos	abjuraros	abjurarles, abjurarse
	accusative	abjurarme	abjurarte	abjurarlo, abjurarla, abjurarse	abjurarnos	abjuraros	abjurarlos, abjurarlas, abjurarse
with gerund abjurando	dative	abjurándome	abjurándote	abjurándole, abjurándose	abjurándonos	abjurándoos	abjurándoles, abjurándose
	accusative	abjurándome	abjurándote	abjurándolo, abjurándola, abjurándose	abjurándonos	abjurándoos	abjurándolos, abjurándolas, abjurándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative abjura	dative	abjúrame	abjúrate	abjúrale	abjúranos	not used	abjúrales
	accusative	abjúrame	abjúrate	abjúralo, abjúrala	abjúranos	not used	abjúralos, abjúralas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative abjurá	dative	abjurame	abjurate	abjurale	abjuranos	not used	abjurales
	accusative	abjurame	abjurate	abjuralo, abjurala	abjuranos	not used	abjuralos, abjuralas
with formal second-person singular imperative abjure	dative	abjúreme	not used	abjúrele, abjúrese	abjúrenos	not used	abjúreles
	accusative	abjúreme	not used	abjúrelo, abjúrela, abjúrese	abjúrenos	not used	abjúrelos, abjúrelas
with first-person plural imperative abjuremos	dative	not used	abjurémoste	abjurémosle	abjurémonos	abjurémoos	abjurémosles
	accusative	not used	abjurémoste	abjurémoslo, abjurémosla	abjurémonos	abjurémoos	abjurémoslos, abjurémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative abjurad	dative	abjuradme	not used	abjuradle	abjuradnos	abjuraos	abjuradles
	accusative	abjuradme	not used	abjuradlo, abjuradla	abjuradnos	abjuraos	abjuradlos, abjuradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative abjuren	dative	abjúrenme	not used	abjúrenle	abjúrennos	not used	abjúrenles, abjúrense
	accusative	abjúrenme	not used	abjúrenlo, abjúrenla	abjúrennos	not used	abjúrenlos, abjúrenlas, abjúrense

Related terms

• abjuración

Further reading

• “abjurar”, 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