dilucidar
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin dilūcidāre, present active infinitive of dilūcidō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /diluθiˈdaɾ/ [d̪i.lu.θiˈð̞aɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /dilusiˈdaɾ/ [d̪i.lu.siˈð̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: di‧lu‧ci‧dar
Verb
dilucidar (first-person singular present dilucido, first-person singular preterite dilucidé, past participle dilucidado)
- (transitive) to elucidate, clarify
- Synonym: elucidar
- (transitive) to clear up
Conjugation
Conjugation of dilucidar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | dilucidar | ||||||
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gerund | dilucidando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | dilucidado | dilucidada | |||||
plural | dilucidados | dilucidadas | |||||
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 | dilucido | dilucidastú dilucidásvos | dilucida | dilucidamos | dilucidáis | dilucidan | |
imperfect | dilucidaba | dilucidabas | dilucidaba | dilucidábamos | dilucidabais | dilucidaban | |
preterite | dilucidé | dilucidaste | dilucidó | dilucidamos | dilucidasteis | dilucidaron | |
future | dilucidaré | dilucidarás | dilucidará | dilucidaremos | dilucidaréis | dilucidarán | |
conditional | dilucidaría | dilucidarías | dilucidaría | dilucidaríamos | dilucidaríais | dilucidarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | dilucide | dilucidestú dilucidésvos2 | dilucide | dilucidemos | dilucidéis | diluciden | |
imperfect (ra) | dilucidara | dilucidaras | dilucidara | dilucidáramos | dilucidarais | dilucidaran | |
imperfect (se) | dilucidase | dilucidases | dilucidase | dilucidásemos | dilucidaseis | dilucidasen | |
future1 | dilucidare | dilucidares | dilucidare | dilucidáremos | dilucidareis | dilucidaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | dilucidatú dilucidávos | dilucide | dilucidemos | dilucidad | diluciden | ||
negative | no dilucides | no dilucide | no dilucidemos | no dilucidéis | no diluciden |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of dilucidar
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 dilucidar | |||||||
dative | dilucidarme | dilucidarte | dilucidarle, dilucidarse | dilucidarnos | dilucidaros | dilucidarles, dilucidarse | |
accusative | dilucidarme | dilucidarte | dilucidarlo, dilucidarla, dilucidarse | dilucidarnos | dilucidaros | dilucidarlos, dilucidarlas, dilucidarse | |
with gerund dilucidando | |||||||
dative | dilucidándome | dilucidándote | dilucidándole, dilucidándose | dilucidándonos | dilucidándoos | dilucidándoles, dilucidándose | |
accusative | dilucidándome | dilucidándote | dilucidándolo, dilucidándola, dilucidándose | dilucidándonos | dilucidándoos | dilucidándolos, dilucidándolas, dilucidándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative dilucida | |||||||
dative | dilucídame | dilucídate | dilucídale | dilucídanos | not used | dilucídales | |
accusative | dilucídame | dilucídate | dilucídalo, dilucídala | dilucídanos | not used | dilucídalos, dilucídalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative dilucidá | |||||||
dative | dilucidame | dilucidate | dilucidale | dilucidanos | not used | dilucidales | |
accusative | dilucidame | dilucidate | dilucidalo, dilucidala | dilucidanos | not used | dilucidalos, dilucidalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative dilucide | |||||||
dative | dilucídeme | not used | dilucídele, dilucídese | dilucídenos | not used | dilucídeles | |
accusative | dilucídeme | not used | dilucídelo, dilucídela, dilucídese | dilucídenos | not used | dilucídelos, dilucídelas | |
with first-person plural imperative dilucidemos | |||||||
dative | not used | dilucidémoste | dilucidémosle | dilucidémonos | dilucidémoos | dilucidémosles | |
accusative | not used | dilucidémoste | dilucidémoslo, dilucidémosla | dilucidémonos | dilucidémoos | dilucidémoslos, dilucidémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative dilucidad | |||||||
dative | dilucidadme | not used | dilucidadle | dilucidadnos | dilucidaos | dilucidadles | |
accusative | dilucidadme | not used | dilucidadlo, dilucidadla | dilucidadnos | dilucidaos | dilucidadlos, dilucidadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative diluciden | |||||||
dative | dilucídenme | not used | dilucídenle | dilucídennos | not used | dilucídenles, dilucídense | |
accusative | dilucídenme | not used | dilucídenlo, dilucídenla | dilucídennos | not used | dilucídenlos, dilucídenlas, dilucídense |
Related terms
- dilucidación
Further reading
- “dilucidar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014