amordazar
Spanish
Etymology
From a- + mordaza + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /amoɾdaˈθaɾ/ [a.moɾ.ð̞aˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /amoɾdaˈsaɾ/ [a.moɾ.ð̞aˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧mor‧da‧zar
Verb
amordazar (first-person singular present amordazo, first-person singular preterite amordacé, past participle amordazado)
- (transitive) to gag
- (transitive) to muzzle
- Synonyms: callar, silenciar
Conjugation
Conjugation of amordazar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | amordazar | ||||||
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gerund | amordazando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | amordazado | amordazada | |||||
plural | amordazados | amordazadas | |||||
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 | amordazo | amordazastú amordazásvos | amordaza | amordazamos | amordazáis | amordazan | |
imperfect | amordazaba | amordazabas | amordazaba | amordazábamos | amordazabais | amordazaban | |
preterite | amordacé | amordazaste | amordazó | amordazamos | amordazasteis | amordazaron | |
future | amordazaré | amordazarás | amordazará | amordazaremos | amordazaréis | amordazarán | |
conditional | amordazaría | amordazarías | amordazaría | amordazaríamos | amordazaríais | amordazarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | amordace | amordacestú amordacésvos2 | amordace | amordacemos | amordacéis | amordacen | |
imperfect (ra) | amordazara | amordazaras | amordazara | amordazáramos | amordazarais | amordazaran | |
imperfect (se) | amordazase | amordazases | amordazase | amordazásemos | amordazaseis | amordazasen | |
future1 | amordazare | amordazares | amordazare | amordazáremos | amordazareis | amordazaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | amordazatú amordazávos | amordace | amordacemos | amordazad | amordacen | ||
negative | no amordaces | no amordace | no amordacemos | no amordacéis | no amordacen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of amordazar (c-z 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 amordazar | |||||||
dative | amordazarme | amordazarte | amordazarle, amordazarse | amordazarnos | amordazaros | amordazarles, amordazarse | |
accusative | amordazarme | amordazarte | amordazarlo, amordazarla, amordazarse | amordazarnos | amordazaros | amordazarlos, amordazarlas, amordazarse | |
with gerund amordazando | |||||||
dative | amordazándome | amordazándote | amordazándole, amordazándose | amordazándonos | amordazándoos | amordazándoles, amordazándose | |
accusative | amordazándome | amordazándote | amordazándolo, amordazándola, amordazándose | amordazándonos | amordazándoos | amordazándolos, amordazándolas, amordazándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative amordaza | |||||||
dative | amordázame | amordázate | amordázale | amordázanos | not used | amordázales | |
accusative | amordázame | amordázate | amordázalo, amordázala | amordázanos | not used | amordázalos, amordázalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative amordazá | |||||||
dative | amordazame | amordazate | amordazale | amordazanos | not used | amordazales | |
accusative | amordazame | amordazate | amordazalo, amordazala | amordazanos | not used | amordazalos, amordazalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative amordace | |||||||
dative | amordáceme | not used | amordácele, amordácese | amordácenos | not used | amordáceles | |
accusative | amordáceme | not used | amordácelo, amordácela, amordácese | amordácenos | not used | amordácelos, amordácelas | |
with first-person plural imperative amordacemos | |||||||
dative | not used | amordacémoste | amordacémosle | amordacémonos | amordacémoos | amordacémosles | |
accusative | not used | amordacémoste | amordacémoslo, amordacémosla | amordacémonos | amordacémoos | amordacémoslos, amordacémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative amordazad | |||||||
dative | amordazadme | not used | amordazadle | amordazadnos | amordazaos | amordazadles | |
accusative | amordazadme | not used | amordazadlo, amordazadla | amordazadnos | amordazaos | amordazadlos, amordazadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative amordacen | |||||||
dative | amordácenme | not used | amordácenle | amordácennos | not used | amordácenles, amordácense | |
accusative | amordácenme | not used | amordácenlo, amordácenla | amordácennos | not used | amordácenlos, amordácenlas, amordácense |
Further reading
- “amordazar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014