metamorfosear
Spanish
Etymology
metamorfosis + -ear
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /metamoɾfoseˈaɾ/ [me.t̪a.moɾ.fo.seˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: me‧ta‧mor‧fo‧se‧ar
Verb
metamorfosear (first-person singular present metamorfoseo, first-person singular preterite metamorfoseé, past participle metamorfoseado)
- (transitive, reflexive) to metamorphose
- 2015 July 31, “Metamorfosis”, in El País:
- Tiene uno la impresión de que los euros de los ricos, cuando están al borde de la asfixia, se metamorfosean en dólares o en lingotes de oro.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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Conjugation
Conjugation of metamorfosear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | |||||||
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gerund | |||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | |||||||
plural | |||||||
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 | vos | tú||||||
imperfect | |||||||
preterite | |||||||
future | |||||||
conditional | |||||||
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | vos2 | tú||||||
imperfect (ra) | |||||||
imperfect (se) | |||||||
future1 | |||||||
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | vos | tú||||||
negative | no metamorfosees | no metamorfosee | no metamorfoseemos | no metamorfoseéis | no metamorfoseen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of metamorfosear
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 | |||||||
dative | , | , | |||||
accusative | , , | , , | |||||
with gerund | |||||||
dative | , | , | |||||
accusative | , , | , , | |||||
with informal second-person singular tú imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | , | not used | , | ||||
with informal second-person singular vos imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | , | not used | , | ||||
with formal second-person singular imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | , | not used | ||||
accusative | not used | , , | not used | , | |||
with first-person plural imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | not used | , | , | ||||
with informal second-person plural imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | ||||||
accusative | not used | , | , | ||||
with formal second-person plural imperative | |||||||
dative | not used | not used | , | ||||
accusative | not used | , | not used | , , |
Further reading
- “metamorfosear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014