aludís

Aludís is a conjugated form of the Spanish verb aludir, meaning to allude or to refer indirectly to something. In contemporary Spanish, aludís is the present indicative form used for the second person in dialects that employ the vos form (voseo) and, in the traditional vosotros paradigm, for the second person plural. The form is spelled with an accent on the í to indicate stress on the last syllable.

Etymology and related forms: aludir comes from Latin alludere, from ad- “toward” plus ludere “to play” in a figurative sense of referring or implying. The noun alusión is used to denote the act or result of alluding. Other related forms include aludo (yo), aludes (tú), alude (él/ella/Ud.), aludimos (nosotros), aluden (ellos/ellas/Uds.).

Regional usage: aludís appears in regions that use the voseo (such as parts of Argentina and Uruguay) as the second-person singular present tense. In dialects that use the traditional vosotros form (notably Spain), aludís is the second-person plural present indicative. In many Latin American varieties that use ustedes for “you all,” the corresponding form is aluden (third person plural), e.g., Ustedes aluden a ese tema. The pronoun choice (vos, vosotros, ustedes) influences the surrounding sentence structure, but the verb form aludís itself remains the same in these contexts.

Usage notes: aludir is typically followed by a preposition such as a, e.g., aludir a algo. The term alusión is common in academic and literary language when referring to a hint or indirect reference. Examples: “Aludís a un tema ya discutido.” “Hizo alusión a los datos sin citarlos directamente.”

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