desertizar
Spanish
Etymology
desierto + -izar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /deseɾtiˈθaɾ/ [d̪e.seɾ.t̪iˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /deseɾtiˈsaɾ/ [d̪e.seɾ.t̪iˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: de‧ser‧ti‧zar
Verb
desertizar (first-person singular present desertizo, first-person singular preterite deserticé, past participle desertizado)
- (transitive) to desertify
- Synonym: desertificar
Conjugation
Conjugation of desertizar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | desertizar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | desertizando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | desertizado | desertizada | |||||
| plural | desertizados | desertizadas | |||||
| 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 | desertizo | desertizastú desertizásvos | desertiza | desertizamos | desertizáis | desertizan | |
| imperfect | desertizaba | desertizabas | desertizaba | desertizábamos | desertizabais | desertizaban | |
| preterite | deserticé | desertizaste | desertizó | desertizamos | desertizasteis | desertizaron | |
| future | desertizaré | desertizarás | desertizará | desertizaremos | desertizaréis | desertizarán | |
| conditional | desertizaría | desertizarías | desertizaría | desertizaríamos | desertizaríais | desertizarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | desertice | deserticestú deserticésvos2 | desertice | deserticemos | deserticéis | deserticen | |
| imperfect (ra) | desertizara | desertizaras | desertizara | desertizáramos | desertizarais | desertizaran | |
| imperfect (se) | desertizase | desertizases | desertizase | desertizásemos | desertizaseis | desertizasen | |
| future1 | desertizare | desertizares | desertizare | desertizáremos | desertizareis | desertizaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | desertizatú desertizávos | desertice | deserticemos | desertizad | deserticen | ||
| negative | no desertices | no desertice | no deserticemos | no deserticéis | no deserticen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of desertizar (c-z 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 desertizar | |||||||
| dative | desertizarme | desertizarte | desertizarle, desertizarse | desertizarnos | desertizaros | desertizarles, desertizarse | |
| accusative | desertizarme | desertizarte | desertizarlo, desertizarla, desertizarse | desertizarnos | desertizaros | desertizarlos, desertizarlas, desertizarse | |
| with gerund desertizando | |||||||
| dative | desertizándome | desertizándote | desertizándole, desertizándose | desertizándonos | desertizándoos | desertizándoles, desertizándose | |
| accusative | desertizándome | desertizándote | desertizándolo, desertizándola, desertizándose | desertizándonos | desertizándoos | desertizándolos, desertizándolas, desertizándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative desertiza | |||||||
| dative | desertízame | desertízate | desertízale | desertízanos | not used | desertízales | |
| accusative | desertízame | desertízate | desertízalo, desertízala | desertízanos | not used | desertízalos, desertízalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative desertizá | |||||||
| dative | desertizame | desertizate | desertizale | desertizanos | not used | desertizales | |
| accusative | desertizame | desertizate | desertizalo, desertizala | desertizanos | not used | desertizalos, desertizalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative desertice | |||||||
| dative | desertíceme | not used | desertícele, desertícese | desertícenos | not used | desertíceles | |
| accusative | desertíceme | not used | desertícelo, desertícela, desertícese | desertícenos | not used | desertícelos, desertícelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative deserticemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | deserticémoste | deserticémosle | deserticémonos | deserticémoos | deserticémosles | |
| accusative | not used | deserticémoste | deserticémoslo, deserticémosla | deserticémonos | deserticémoos | deserticémoslos, deserticémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative desertizad | |||||||
| dative | desertizadme | not used | desertizadle | desertizadnos | desertizaos | desertizadles | |
| accusative | desertizadme | not used | desertizadlo, desertizadla | desertizadnos | desertizaos | desertizadlos, desertizadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative deserticen | |||||||
| dative | desertícenme | not used | desertícenle | desertícennos | not used | desertícenles, desertícense | |
| accusative | desertícenme | not used | desertícenlo, desertícenla | desertícennos | not used | desertícenlos, desertícenlas, desertícense | |
Derived terms
- desertización
Further reading
- “desertizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014