evanescer
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin evanesco, evanescere. Doublet of the inherited desvanecer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ebanesˈθeɾ/ [e.β̞a.nesˈθeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ebaneˈseɾ/ [e.β̞a.neˈseɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: e‧va‧nes‧cer
Verb
evanescer (first-person singular present evanesco, first-person singular preterite evanescí, past participle evanescido)
- (transitive or reflexive) to fade out, vanish (slowly disappear)
- Synonyms: desvanecer, esfumar
Conjugation
Conjugation of evanescer (hard-soft alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | evanescer | ||||||
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gerund | evanesciendo | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | evanescido | evanescida | |||||
plural | evanescidos | evanescidas | |||||
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 | evanesco | evanescestú evanescésvos | evanesce | evanescemos | evanescéis | evanescen | |
imperfect | evanescía | evanescías | evanescía | evanescíamos | evanescíais | evanescían | |
preterite | evanescí | evanesciste | evanesció | evanescimos | evanescisteis | evanescieron | |
future | evanesceré | evanescerás | evanescerá | evanesceremos | evanesceréis | evanescerán | |
conditional | evanescería | evanescerías | evanescería | evanesceríamos | evanesceríais | evanescerían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | evanesca | evanescastú evanescásvos2 | evanesca | evanescamos | evanescáis | evanescan | |
imperfect (ra) | evanesciera | evanescieras | evanesciera | evanesciéramos | evanescierais | evanescieran | |
imperfect (se) | evanesciese | evanescieses | evanesciese | evanesciésemos | evanescieseis | evanesciesen | |
future1 | evanesciere | evanescieres | evanesciere | evanesciéremos | evanesciereis | evanescieren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | evanescetú evanescévos | evanesca | evanescamos | evanesced | evanescan | ||
negative | no evanescas | no evanesca | no evanescamos | no evanescáis | no evanescan |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of evanescer (hard-soft 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 evanescer | |||||||
dative | evanescerme | evanescerte | evanescerle, evanescerse | evanescernos | evanesceros | evanescerles, evanescerse | |
accusative | evanescerme | evanescerte | evanescerlo, evanescerla, evanescerse | evanescernos | evanesceros | evanescerlos, evanescerlas, evanescerse | |
with gerund evanesciendo | |||||||
dative | evanesciéndome | evanesciéndote | evanesciéndole, evanesciéndose | evanesciéndonos | evanesciéndoos | evanesciéndoles, evanesciéndose | |
accusative | evanesciéndome | evanesciéndote | evanesciéndolo, evanesciéndola, evanesciéndose | evanesciéndonos | evanesciéndoos | evanesciéndolos, evanesciéndolas, evanesciéndose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative evanesce | |||||||
dative | evanésceme | evanéscete | evanéscele | evanéscenos | not used | evanésceles | |
accusative | evanésceme | evanéscete | evanéscelo, evanéscela | evanéscenos | not used | evanéscelos, evanéscelas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative evanescé | |||||||
dative | evanesceme | evanescete | evanescele | evanescenos | not used | evanesceles | |
accusative | evanesceme | evanescete | evanescelo, evanescela | evanescenos | not used | evanescelos, evanescelas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative evanesca | |||||||
dative | evanéscame | not used | evanéscale, evanéscase | evanéscanos | not used | evanéscales | |
accusative | evanéscame | not used | evanéscalo, evanéscala, evanéscase | evanéscanos | not used | evanéscalos, evanéscalas | |
with first-person plural imperative evanescamos | |||||||
dative | not used | evanescámoste | evanescámosle | evanescámonos | evanescámoos | evanescámosles | |
accusative | not used | evanescámoste | evanescámoslo, evanescámosla | evanescámonos | evanescámoos | evanescámoslos, evanescámoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative evanesced | |||||||
dative | evanescedme | not used | evanescedle | evanescednos | evanesceos | evanescedles | |
accusative | evanescedme | not used | evanescedlo, evanescedla | evanescednos | evanesceos | evanescedlos, evanescedlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative evanescan | |||||||
dative | evanéscanme | not used | evanéscanle | evanéscannos | not used | evanéscanles, evanéscanse | |
accusative | evanéscanme | not used | evanéscanlo, evanéscanla | evanéscannos | not used | evanéscanlos, evanéscanlas, evanéscanse |
Related terms
- vano
Further reading
- “evanescer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014