amollir
Catalan
Etymology
Verb
amollir (first-person singular present amolleixo, first-person singular preterite amollí, past participle amollit)(transitive)
- to soften
- (figurative) to weaken, to mitigate
- 2020, Josep Vallverdú, Camp de Mart:
- I si jo m'anava a queixar al comandant? Bé, el resultat era que sobtadament amollia el to.
- And if I went to complain to the commander? Well, the result was that he would immediately soften his town.
Conjugation
Conjugation of amollir (third conjugation, with -eix-)
| infinitive | amollir | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | amollint | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | amollit | amollida | |||||
| plural | amollits | amollides | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | amolleixo | amolleixes | amolleix | amollim | amolliu | amolleixen | |
| imperfect | amollia | amollies | amollia | amollíem | amollíeu | amollien | |
| future | amolliré | amolliràs | amollirà | amollirem | amollireu | amolliran | |
| preterite | amollí | amollires | amollí | amollírem | amollíreu | amolliren | |
| conditional | amolliria | amolliries | amolliria | amolliríem | amolliríeu | amollirien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | amolleixi | amolleixis | amolleixi | amollim | amolliu | amolleixin | |
| imperfect | amollís | amollissis | amollís | amollíssim | amollíssiu | amollissin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | amolleix | amolleixi | amollim | amolliu | amolleixin | |
| negative (no) | — | no amolleixis | no amolleixi | no amollim | no amolliu | no amolleixin | |
Synonyms
Derived terms
- amolliment
Further reading
- “amollir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “amollir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.mɔ.liʁ/
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Verb
amollir
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-.
Conjugation of amollir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | amollir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | amollissant /a.mɔ.li.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | amolli /a.mɔ.li/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | amollis /a.mɔ.li/ |
amollis /a.mɔ.li/ |
amollit /a.mɔ.li/ |
amollissons /a.mɔ.li.sɔ̃/ |
amollissez /a.mɔ.li.se/ |
amollissent /a.mɔ.lis/ |
| imperfect | amollissais /a.mɔ.li.sɛ/ |
amollissais /a.mɔ.li.sɛ/ |
amollissait /a.mɔ.li.sɛ/ |
amollissions /a.mɔ.li.sjɔ̃/ |
amollissiez /a.mɔ.li.sje/ |
amollissaient /a.mɔ.li.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | amollis /a.mɔ.li/ |
amollis /a.mɔ.li/ |
amollit /a.mɔ.li/ |
amollîmes /a.mɔ.lim/ |
amollîtes /a.mɔ.lit/ |
amollirent /a.mɔ.liʁ/ | |
| future | amollirai /a.mɔ.li.ʁe/ |
amolliras /a.mɔ.li.ʁa/ |
amollira /a.mɔ.li.ʁa/ |
amollirons /a.mɔ.li.ʁɔ̃/ |
amollirez /a.mɔ.li.ʁe/ |
amolliront /a.mɔ.li.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | amollirais /a.mɔ.li.ʁɛ/ |
amollirais /a.mɔ.li.ʁɛ/ |
amollirait /a.mɔ.li.ʁɛ/ |
amollirions /a.mɔ.li.ʁjɔ̃/ |
amolliriez /a.mɔ.li.ʁje/ |
amolliraient /a.mɔ.li.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | amollisse /a.mɔ.lis/ |
amollisses /a.mɔ.lis/ |
amollisse /a.mɔ.lis/ |
amollissions /a.mɔ.li.sjɔ̃/ |
amollissiez /a.mɔ.li.sje/ |
amollissent /a.mɔ.lis/ |
| imperfect2 | amollisse /a.mɔ.lis/ |
amollisses /a.mɔ.lis/ |
amollît /a.mɔ.li/ |
amollissions /a.mɔ.li.sjɔ̃/ |
amollissiez /a.mɔ.li.sje/ |
amollissent /a.mɔ.lis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | amollis /a.mɔ.li/ |
— | amollissons /a.mɔ.li.sɔ̃/ |
amollissez /a.mɔ.li.se/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “amollir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012