adolecer
Spanish
Etymology
Old Spanish dolecer. Compare Galician and Portuguese adoecer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /adoleˈθeɾ/ [a.ð̞o.leˈθeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /adoleˈseɾ/ [a.ð̞o.leˈseɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: a‧do‧le‧cer
Verb
adolecer (first-person singular present adolezco, first-person singular preterite adolecí, past participle adolecido)
- (intransitive, or transitive with de) to suffer
- Synonym: padecer
- adolecer de defectos insubsanables ― to suffer from irreparable flaws
- (intransitive) to fall ill
- Synonym: enfermarse
- (archaic, transitive) to make ill
- Synonym: enfermar
Conjugation
Conjugation of adolecer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | adolecer | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | adoleciendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | adolecido | adolecida | |||||
| plural | adolecidos | adolecidas | |||||
| 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 | adolezco | adolecestú adolecésvos | adolece | adolecemos | adolecéis | adolecen | |
| imperfect | adolecía | adolecías | adolecía | adolecíamos | adolecíais | adolecían | |
| preterite | adolecí | adoleciste | adoleció | adolecimos | adolecisteis | adolecieron | |
| future | adoleceré | adolecerás | adolecerá | adoleceremos | adoleceréis | adolecerán | |
| conditional | adolecería | adolecerías | adolecería | adoleceríamos | adoleceríais | adolecerían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | adolezca | adolezcastú adolezcásvos2 | adolezca | adolezcamos | adolezcáis | adolezcan | |
| imperfect (ra) | adoleciera | adolecieras | adoleciera | adoleciéramos | adolecierais | adolecieran | |
| imperfect (se) | adoleciese | adolecieses | adoleciese | adoleciésemos | adolecieseis | adoleciesen | |
| future1 | adoleciere | adolecieres | adoleciere | adoleciéremos | adoleciereis | adolecieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | adolecetú adolecévos | adolezca | adolezcamos | adoleced | adolezcan | ||
| negative | no adolezcas | no adolezca | no adolezcamos | no adolezcáis | no adolezcan | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of adolecer (c-zc alternation)
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 adolecer | |||||||
| dative | adolecerme | adolecerte | adolecerle, adolecerse | adolecernos | adoleceros | adolecerles, adolecerse | |
| accusative | adolecerme | adolecerte | adolecerlo, adolecerla, adolecerse | adolecernos | adoleceros | adolecerlos, adolecerlas, adolecerse | |
| with gerund adoleciendo | |||||||
| dative | adoleciéndome | adoleciéndote | adoleciéndole, adoleciéndose | adoleciéndonos | adoleciéndoos | adoleciéndoles, adoleciéndose | |
| accusative | adoleciéndome | adoleciéndote | adoleciéndolo, adoleciéndola, adoleciéndose | adoleciéndonos | adoleciéndoos | adoleciéndolos, adoleciéndolas, adoleciéndose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative adolece | |||||||
| dative | adoléceme | adolécete | adolécele | adolécenos | not used | adoléceles | |
| accusative | adoléceme | adolécete | adolécelo, adolécela | adolécenos | not used | adolécelos, adolécelas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative adolecé | |||||||
| dative | adoleceme | adolecete | adolecele | adolecenos | not used | adoleceles | |
| accusative | adoleceme | adolecete | adolecelo, adolecela | adolecenos | not used | adolecelos, adolecelas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative adolezca | |||||||
| dative | adolézcame | not used | adolézcale, adolézcase | adolézcanos | not used | adolézcales | |
| accusative | adolézcame | not used | adolézcalo, adolézcala, adolézcase | adolézcanos | not used | adolézcalos, adolézcalas | |
| with first-person plural imperative adolezcamos | |||||||
| dative | not used | adolezcámoste | adolezcámosle | adolezcámonos | adolezcámoos | adolezcámosles | |
| accusative | not used | adolezcámoste | adolezcámoslo, adolezcámosla | adolezcámonos | adolezcámoos | adolezcámoslos, adolezcámoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative adoleced | |||||||
| dative | adolecedme | not used | adolecedle | adolecednos | adoleceos | adolecedles | |
| accusative | adolecedme | not used | adolecedlo, adolecedla | adolecednos | adoleceos | adolecedlos, adolecedlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative adolezcan | |||||||
| dative | adolézcanme | not used | adolézcanle | adolézcannos | not used | adolézcanles, adolézcanse | |
| accusative | adolézcanme | not used | adolézcanlo, adolézcanla | adolézcannos | not used | adolézcanlos, adolézcanlas, adolézcanse | |
Related terms
- doler
Further reading
- “adolecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014