afrancesar

afrancesar

Portuguese

Verb

afrancesar (first-person singular present afranceso, first-person singular preterite afrancesei, past participle afrancesado)

1. to Frenchify

Conjugation

    Conjugation of afrancesar (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	afrancesar
Personal	afrancesar	afrancesares	afrancesar	afrancesarmos	afrancesardes	afrancesarem
Gerund
	afrancesando
Past participle
Masculine	afrancesado			afrancesados
Feminine	afrancesada			afrancesadas
Indicative
Present	afranceso	afrancesas	afrancesa	afrancesamos	afrancesais	afrancesam
Imperfect	afrancesava	afrancesavas	afrancesava	afrancesávamos	afrancesáveis	afrancesavam
Preterite	afrancesei	afrancesaste	afrancesou	afrancesamos1, afrancesámos2	afrancesastes	afrancesaram
Pluperfect	afrancesara	afrancesaras	afrancesara	afrancesáramos	afrancesáreis	afrancesaram
Future	afrancesarei	afrancesarás	afrancesará	afrancesaremos	afrancesareis	afrancesarão
Conditional
	afrancesaria	afrancesarias	afrancesaria	afrancesaríamos	afrancesaríeis	afrancesariam
Subjunctive
Present	afrancese	afranceses	afrancese	afrancesemos	afranceseis	afrancesem
Imperfect	afrancesasse	afrancesasses	afrancesasse	afrancesássemos	afrancesásseis	afrancesassem
Future	afrancesar	afrancesares	afrancesar	afrancesarmos	afrancesardes	afrancesarem
Imperative
Affirmative		afrancesa	afrancese	afrancesemos	afrancesai	afrancesem
Negative (não)		não afranceses	não afrancese	não afrancesemos	não afranceseis	não afrancesem

¹Brazil.
²Portugal.

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Spanish

Etymology

From francés (“French”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /afɾanθeˈsaɾ/ [a.fɾãn̟.θeˈsaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /afɾanseˈsaɾ/ [a.fɾãn.seˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧fran‧ce‧sar

Verb

afrancesar (first-person singular present afranceso, first-person singular preterite afrancesé, past participle afrancesado)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to Frenchify

Conjugation

    Conjugation of afrancesar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			afrancesar
gerund			afrancesando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		afrancesado		afrancesada
		plural		afrancesados		afrancesadas
		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	afranceso	afrancesastú afrancesásvos	afrancesa	afrancesamos	afrancesáis	afrancesan
	imperfect	afrancesaba	afrancesabas	afrancesaba	afrancesábamos	afrancesabais	afrancesaban
	preterite	afrancesé	afrancesaste	afrancesó	afrancesamos	afrancesasteis	afrancesaron
	future	afrancesaré	afrancesarás	afrancesará	afrancesaremos	afrancesaréis	afrancesarán
	conditional	afrancesaría	afrancesarías	afrancesaría	afrancesaríamos	afrancesaríais	afrancesarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	afrancese	afrancesestú afrancesésvos2	afrancese	afrancesemos	afranceséis	afrancesen
	imperfect (ra)	afrancesara	afrancesaras	afrancesara	afrancesáramos	afrancesarais	afrancesaran
	imperfect (se)	afrancesase	afrancesases	afrancesase	afrancesásemos	afrancesaseis	afrancesasen
	future1	afrancesare	afrancesares	afrancesare	afrancesáremos	afrancesareis	afrancesaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		afrancesatú afrancesávos	afrancese	afrancesemos	afrancesad	afrancesen
	negative		no afranceses	no afrancese	no afrancesemos	no afranceséis	no afrancesen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of afrancesar

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 afrancesar
	dative	afrancesarme	afrancesarte	afrancesarle, afrancesarse	afrancesarnos	afrancesaros	afrancesarles, afrancesarse
	accusative	afrancesarme	afrancesarte	afrancesarlo, afrancesarla, afrancesarse	afrancesarnos	afrancesaros	afrancesarlos, afrancesarlas, afrancesarse
with gerund afrancesando
	dative	afrancesándome	afrancesándote	afrancesándole, afrancesándose	afrancesándonos	afrancesándoos	afrancesándoles, afrancesándose
	accusative	afrancesándome	afrancesándote	afrancesándolo, afrancesándola, afrancesándose	afrancesándonos	afrancesándoos	afrancesándolos, afrancesándolas, afrancesándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative afrancesa
	dative	afrancésame	afrancésate	afrancésale	afrancésanos	not used	afrancésales
	accusative	afrancésame	afrancésate	afrancésalo, afrancésala	afrancésanos	not used	afrancésalos, afrancésalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative afrancesá
	dative	afrancesame	afrancesate	afrancesale	afrancesanos	not used	afrancesales
	accusative	afrancesame	afrancesate	afrancesalo, afrancesala	afrancesanos	not used	afrancesalos, afrancesalas
with formal second-person singular imperative afrancese
	dative	afrancéseme	not used	afrancésele, afrancésese	afrancésenos	not used	afrancéseles
	accusative	afrancéseme	not used	afrancéselo, afrancésela, afrancésese	afrancésenos	not used	afrancéselos, afrancéselas
with first-person plural imperative afrancesemos
	dative	not used	afrancesémoste	afrancesémosle	afrancesémonos	afrancesémoos	afrancesémosles
	accusative	not used	afrancesémoste	afrancesémoslo, afrancesémosla	afrancesémonos	afrancesémoos	afrancesémoslos, afrancesémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative afrancesad
	dative	afrancesadme	not used	afrancesadle	afrancesadnos	afrancesaos	afrancesadles
	accusative	afrancesadme	not used	afrancesadlo, afrancesadla	afrancesadnos	afrancesaos	afrancesadlos, afrancesadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative afrancesen
	dative	afrancésenme	not used	afrancésenle	afrancésennos	not used	afrancésenles, afrancésense
	accusative	afrancésenme	not used	afrancésenlo, afrancésenla	afrancésennos	not used	afrancésenlos, afrancésenlas, afrancésense

Derived terms

• afrancesamiento

Further reading

• “afrancesar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014