ensecar
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin exsiccāre (“to dry”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /enseˈkaɾ/ [ẽn.seˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: en‧se‧car
Verb
ensecar (first-person singular present enseco, first-person singular preterite ensequé, past participle ensecado)
- (archaic, transitive) to dry
Conjugation
Conjugation of ensecar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | ensecar | ||||||
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gerund | ensecando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | ensecado | ensecada | |||||
plural | ensecados | ensecadas | |||||
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 | enseco | ensecastú ensecásvos | enseca | ensecamos | ensecáis | ensecan | |
imperfect | ensecaba | ensecabas | ensecaba | ensecábamos | ensecabais | ensecaban | |
preterite | ensequé | ensecaste | ensecó | ensecamos | ensecasteis | ensecaron | |
future | ensecaré | ensecarás | ensecará | ensecaremos | ensecaréis | ensecarán | |
conditional | ensecaría | ensecarías | ensecaría | ensecaríamos | ensecaríais | ensecarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | enseque | ensequestú ensequésvos2 | enseque | ensequemos | ensequéis | ensequen | |
imperfect (ra) | ensecara | ensecaras | ensecara | ensecáramos | ensecarais | ensecaran | |
imperfect (se) | ensecase | ensecases | ensecase | ensecásemos | ensecaseis | ensecasen | |
future1 | ensecare | ensecares | ensecare | ensecáremos | ensecareis | ensecaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | ensecatú ensecávos | enseque | ensequemos | ensecad | ensequen | ||
negative | no enseques | no enseque | no ensequemos | no ensequéis | no ensequen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of ensecar (c-qu 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 ensecar | |||||||
dative | ensecarme | ensecarte | ensecarle, ensecarse | ensecarnos | ensecaros | ensecarles, ensecarse | |
accusative | ensecarme | ensecarte | ensecarlo, ensecarla, ensecarse | ensecarnos | ensecaros | ensecarlos, ensecarlas, ensecarse | |
with gerund ensecando | |||||||
dative | ensecándome | ensecándote | ensecándole, ensecándose | ensecándonos | ensecándoos | ensecándoles, ensecándose | |
accusative | ensecándome | ensecándote | ensecándolo, ensecándola, ensecándose | ensecándonos | ensecándoos | ensecándolos, ensecándolas, ensecándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative enseca | |||||||
dative | ensécame | ensécate | ensécale | ensécanos | not used | ensécales | |
accusative | ensécame | ensécate | ensécalo, ensécala | ensécanos | not used | ensécalos, ensécalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative ensecá | |||||||
dative | ensecame | ensecate | ensecale | ensecanos | not used | ensecales | |
accusative | ensecame | ensecate | ensecalo, ensecala | ensecanos | not used | ensecalos, ensecalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative enseque | |||||||
dative | enséqueme | not used | enséquele, enséquese | enséquenos | not used | enséqueles | |
accusative | enséqueme | not used | enséquelo, enséquela, enséquese | enséquenos | not used | enséquelos, enséquelas | |
with first-person plural imperative ensequemos | |||||||
dative | not used | ensequémoste | ensequémosle | ensequémonos | ensequémoos | ensequémosles | |
accusative | not used | ensequémoste | ensequémoslo, ensequémosla | ensequémonos | ensequémoos | ensequémoslos, ensequémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative ensecad | |||||||
dative | ensecadme | not used | ensecadle | ensecadnos | ensecaos | ensecadles | |
accusative | ensecadme | not used | ensecadlo, ensecadla | ensecadnos | ensecaos | ensecadlos, ensecadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative ensequen | |||||||
dative | enséquenme | not used | enséquenle | enséquennos | not used | enséquenles, enséquense | |
accusative | enséquenme | not used | enséquenlo, enséquenla | enséquennos | not used | enséquenlos, enséquenlas, enséquense |
Related terms
- secar
Further reading
- “ensecar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014