concientizar
Spanish
Etymology
From consciente + -izar, with spelling influenced by concienciar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /konθjentiˈθaɾ/ [kõn̟.θjẽn̪.t̪iˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /konsjentiˈsaɾ/ [kõn.sjẽn̪.t̪iˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: con‧cien‧ti‧zar
Verb
concientizar (first-person singular present concientizo, first-person singular preterite concienticé, past participle concientizado)
- (transitive) to raise awareness
- 2015 September 15, “De casa en casa para salvar la lengua nasa yuwe”, in El País:
- Nosotros lo que hacemos es concientizar de que nuestro idioma es importante y que la gente piense como nasa”, asegura.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- Synonym: concienciar
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Conjugation
Conjugation of concientizar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | concientizar | ||||||
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gerund | concientizando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | concientizado | concientizada | |||||
plural | concientizados | concientizadas | |||||
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 | concientizo | concientizastú concientizásvos | concientiza | concientizamos | concientizáis | concientizan | |
imperfect | concientizaba | concientizabas | concientizaba | concientizábamos | concientizabais | concientizaban | |
preterite | concienticé | concientizaste | concientizó | concientizamos | concientizasteis | concientizaron | |
future | concientizaré | concientizarás | concientizará | concientizaremos | concientizaréis | concientizarán | |
conditional | concientizaría | concientizarías | concientizaría | concientizaríamos | concientizaríais | concientizarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | concientice | concienticestú concienticésvos2 | concientice | concienticemos | concienticéis | concienticen | |
imperfect (ra) | concientizara | concientizaras | concientizara | concientizáramos | concientizarais | concientizaran | |
imperfect (se) | concientizase | concientizases | concientizase | concientizásemos | concientizaseis | concientizasen | |
future1 | concientizare | concientizares | concientizare | concientizáremos | concientizareis | concientizaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | concientizatú concientizávos | concientice | concienticemos | concientizad | concienticen | ||
negative | no concientices | no concientice | no concienticemos | no concienticéis | no concienticen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of concientizar (c-z alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive concientizar | |||||||
dative | concientizarme | concientizarte | concientizarle, concientizarse | concientizarnos | concientizaros | concientizarles, concientizarse | |
accusative | concientizarme | concientizarte | concientizarlo, concientizarla, concientizarse | concientizarnos | concientizaros | concientizarlos, concientizarlas, concientizarse | |
with gerund concientizando | |||||||
dative | concientizándome | concientizándote | concientizándole, concientizándose | concientizándonos | concientizándoos | concientizándoles, concientizándose | |
accusative | concientizándome | concientizándote | concientizándolo, concientizándola, concientizándose | concientizándonos | concientizándoos | concientizándolos, concientizándolas, concientizándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative concientiza | |||||||
dative | concientízame | concientízate | concientízale | concientízanos | not used | concientízales | |
accusative | concientízame | concientízate | concientízalo, concientízala | concientízanos | not used | concientízalos, concientízalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative concientizá | |||||||
dative | concientizame | concientizate | concientizale | concientizanos | not used | concientizales | |
accusative | concientizame | concientizate | concientizalo, concientizala | concientizanos | not used | concientizalos, concientizalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative concientice | |||||||
dative | concientíceme | not used | concientícele, concientícese | concientícenos | not used | concientíceles | |
accusative | concientíceme | not used | concientícelo, concientícela, concientícese | concientícenos | not used | concientícelos, concientícelas | |
with first-person plural imperative concienticemos | |||||||
dative | not used | concienticémoste | concienticémosle | concienticémonos | concienticémoos | concienticémosles | |
accusative | not used | concienticémoste | concienticémoslo, concienticémosla | concienticémonos | concienticémoos | concienticémoslos, concienticémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative concientizad | |||||||
dative | concientizadme | not used | concientizadle | concientizadnos | concientizaos | concientizadles | |
accusative | concientizadme | not used | concientizadlo, concientizadla | concientizadnos | concientizaos | concientizadlos, concientizadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative concienticen | |||||||
dative | concientícenme | not used | concientícenle | concientícennos | not used | concientícenles, concientícense | |
accusative | concientícenme | not used | concientícenlo, concientícenla | concientícennos | not used | concientícenlos, concientícenlas, concientícense |
Derived terms
- concientización
Further reading
- “concientizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014