ahijar

== Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin adfiliare, affiliare (“to adopt as a son”), from Latin ad + filius (“son”). Compare Portuguese afilhar, Asturian afiar, Italian affiliare. Doublet of afiliar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aiˈxaɾ/ [ai̯ˈxaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: ahi‧jar === Verb === ahijar (first-person singular present ahíjo, first-person singular preterite ahijé, past participle ahijado) (transitive) to adopt someone's child (transitive) to misattribute credit or blame (intransitive) to procreate (intransitive) to sprout ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “ahijar”, 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