degenerar
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English degenerate, French dégénérer, German degenerieren, Italian degenerare, Russian дегенерировать (degenerirovatʹ), Spanish degenerar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.ɡe.neˈrar/
Verb
degenerar (present degeneras, past degeneris, future degeneros, conditional degenerus, imperative degenerez)
- (intransitive) to degenerate
Conjugation
Conjugation of degenerar
 | present | past | future | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | degenerar | degenerir | degeneror | ||||
| tense | degeneras | degeneris | degeneros | ||||
| conditional | degenerus | ||||||
| imperative | degenerez | ||||||
| adjective active participle | degeneranta | degenerinta | degeneronta | ||||
| adverbial active participle | degenerante | degenerinte | degeneronte | ||||
| nominal active participle | singular | degeneranto | degenerinto | degeneronto | |||
| plural | degeneranti | degenerinti | degeneronti | ||||
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin dēgenerāre.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.ʒe.neˈɾa(ʁ)/ [de.ʒe.neˈɾa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.ʒe.neˈɾa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.ʒe.neˈɾa(ʁ)/ [de.ʒe.neˈɾa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.ʒe.neˈɾa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.ʒɨ.nɨˈɾaɾ/
- Hyphenation: de‧ge‧ne‧rar
Verb
degenerar (first-person singular present degenero, first-person singular preterite degenerei, past participle degenerado)
- to degenerate, deteriorate
Conjugation
Conjugation of degenerar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | degenerar | |||||
| Personal | degenerar | degenerares | degenerar | degenerarmos | degenerardes | degenerarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| degenerando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | degenerado | degenerados | ||||
| Feminine | degenerada | degeneradas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | degenero | degeneras | degenera | degeneramos | degenerais | degeneram |
| Imperfect | degenerava | degeneravas | degenerava | degenerávamos | degeneráveis | degeneravam |
| Preterite | degenerei | degeneraste | degenerou | degeneramos1, degenerámos2 | degenerastes | degeneraram |
| Pluperfect | degenerara | degeneraras | degenerara | degeneráramos | degeneráreis | degeneraram |
| Future | degenerarei | degenerarás | degenerará | degeneraremos | degenerareis | degenerarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| degeneraria | degenerarias | degeneraria | degeneraríamos | degeneraríeis | degenerariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | degenere | degeneres | degenere | degeneremos | degenereis | degenerem |
| Imperfect | degenerasse | degenerasses | degenerasse | degenerássemos | degenerásseis | degenerassem |
| Future | degenerar | degenerares | degenerar | degenerarmos | degenerardes | degenerarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | degenera | degenere | degeneremos | degenerai | degenerem | |
| Negative (não) | não degeneres | não degenere | não degeneremos | não degenereis | não degenerem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin dēgenerō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dexeneˈɾaɾ/ [d̪e.xe.neˈɾaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: de‧ge‧ne‧rar
Verb
degenerar (first-person singular present degenero, first-person singular preterite degeneré, past participle degenerado)
- to degenerate
Conjugation
Conjugation of degenerar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | degenerar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | degenerando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | degenerado | degenerada | |||||
| plural | degenerados | degeneradas | |||||
| 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 | degenero | degenerastú degenerásvos | degenera | degeneramos | degeneráis | degeneran | |
| imperfect | degeneraba | degenerabas | degeneraba | degenerábamos | degenerabais | degeneraban | |
| preterite | degeneré | degeneraste | degeneró | degeneramos | degenerasteis | degeneraron | |
| future | degeneraré | degenerarás | degenerará | degeneraremos | degeneraréis | degenerarán | |
| conditional | degeneraría | degenerarías | degeneraría | degeneraríamos | degeneraríais | degenerarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | degenere | degenerestú degenerésvos2 | degenere | degeneremos | degeneréis | degeneren | |
| imperfect (ra) | degenerara | degeneraras | degenerara | degeneráramos | degenerarais | degeneraran | |
| imperfect (se) | degenerase | degenerases | degenerase | degenerásemos | degeneraseis | degenerasen | |
| future1 | degenerare | degenerares | degenerare | degeneráremos | degenerareis | degeneraren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | degeneratú degenerávos | degenere | degeneremos | degenerad | degeneren | ||
| negative | no degeneres | no degenere | no degeneremos | no degeneréis | no degeneren | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of degenerar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive degenerar | |||||||
| dative | degenerarme | degenerarte | degenerarle, degenerarse | degenerarnos | degeneraros | degenerarles, degenerarse | |
| accusative | degenerarme | degenerarte | degenerarlo, degenerarla, degenerarse | degenerarnos | degeneraros | degenerarlos, degenerarlas, degenerarse | |
| with gerund degenerando | |||||||
| dative | degenerándome | degenerándote | degenerándole, degenerándose | degenerándonos | degenerándoos | degenerándoles, degenerándose | |
| accusative | degenerándome | degenerándote | degenerándolo, degenerándola, degenerándose | degenerándonos | degenerándoos | degenerándolos, degenerándolas, degenerándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative degenera | |||||||
| dative | degenérame | degenérate | degenérale | degenéranos | not used | degenérales | |
| accusative | degenérame | degenérate | degenéralo, degenérala | degenéranos | not used | degenéralos, degenéralas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative degenerá | |||||||
| dative | degenerame | degenerate | degenerale | degeneranos | not used | degenerales | |
| accusative | degenerame | degenerate | degeneralo, degenerala | degeneranos | not used | degeneralos, degeneralas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative degenere | |||||||
| dative | degenéreme | not used | degenérele, degenérese | degenérenos | not used | degenéreles | |
| accusative | degenéreme | not used | degenérelo, degenérela, degenérese | degenérenos | not used | degenérelos, degenérelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative degeneremos | |||||||
| dative | not used | degenerémoste | degenerémosle | degenerémonos | degenerémoos | degenerémosles | |
| accusative | not used | degenerémoste | degenerémoslo, degenerémosla | degenerémonos | degenerémoos | degenerémoslos, degenerémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative degenerad | |||||||
| dative | degeneradme | not used | degeneradle | degeneradnos | degeneraos | degeneradles | |
| accusative | degeneradme | not used | degeneradlo, degeneradla | degeneradnos | degeneraos | degeneradlos, degeneradlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative degeneren | |||||||
| dative | degenérenme | not used | degenérenle | degenérennos | not used | degenérenles, degenérense | |
| accusative | degenérenme | not used | degenérenlo, degenérenla | degenérennos | not used | degenérenlos, degenérenlas, degenérense | |
Further reading
- “degenerar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014