ahijar
Spanish, verb/aiˈxaɾ/
ahijar is spelled A-H-I-J-A-R (6 letters). Ahijar is a Spanish verb meaning “to adopt someone's child” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tomar como hijo propio al hijo de otros padres”.
What does ahijar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to adopt someone's child
- 2
to misattribute credit or blame
- 3
to procreate
- 4
to sprout
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tomar como hijo propio al hijo de otros padres. 2. Tratándose de bestias, tomar la cría ajena, acogerla y alimentarla como propia.
verb: 1. Procrear, tener hijos. 2. Producir nuevos retoños una planta.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ahijar
- ahíjo first-person present singular
- ahijé first-person preterite singular
- ahijado participle past
- i-í alternation
- ahijando gerund
- ahijada feminine participle past
- ahijados masculine participle past
- ahijadas feminine participle past
- ahíjas indicative informal present
- ahijás indicative informal present
- ahíja indicative present singular
- ahijamos first-person indicative plural
- ahijáis indicative plural present
- ahíjan indicative plural present
- ahijaba first-person imperfect indicative
- ahijabas imperfect indicative second-person
- ahijábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- ahijabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ahijar?
- /aiˈxaɾ/
- [ai̯ˈxaɾ]
- [ajˈxaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ahijar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.