polemizar
Spanish
Verb
polemizar (first-person singular present polemizo, first-person singular preterite polemicé, past participle polemizado)
- to argue, debate (about a controversial topic)
- to polemicize
Conjugation
Conjugation of polemizar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | polemizar | ||||||
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gerund | polemizando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | polemizado | polemizada | |||||
plural | polemizados | polemizadas | |||||
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 | polemizo | polemizastú polemizásvos | polemiza | polemizamos | polemizáis | polemizan | |
imperfect | polemizaba | polemizabas | polemizaba | polemizábamos | polemizabais | polemizaban | |
preterite | polemicé | polemizaste | polemizó | polemizamos | polemizasteis | polemizaron | |
future | polemizaré | polemizarás | polemizará | polemizaremos | polemizaréis | polemizarán | |
conditional | polemizaría | polemizarías | polemizaría | polemizaríamos | polemizaríais | polemizarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | polemice | polemicestú polemicésvos2 | polemice | polemicemos | polemicéis | polemicen | |
imperfect (ra) | polemizara | polemizaras | polemizara | polemizáramos | polemizarais | polemizaran | |
imperfect (se) | polemizase | polemizases | polemizase | polemizásemos | polemizaseis | polemizasen | |
future1 | polemizare | polemizares | polemizare | polemizáremos | polemizareis | polemizaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | polemizatú polemizávos | polemice | polemicemos | polemizad | polemicen | ||
negative | no polemices | no polemice | no polemicemos | no polemicéis | no polemicen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of polemizar (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 polemizar | |||||||
dative | polemizarme | polemizarte | polemizarle, polemizarse | polemizarnos | polemizaros | polemizarles, polemizarse | |
accusative | polemizarme | polemizarte | polemizarlo, polemizarla, polemizarse | polemizarnos | polemizaros | polemizarlos, polemizarlas, polemizarse | |
with gerund polemizando | |||||||
dative | polemizándome | polemizándote | polemizándole, polemizándose | polemizándonos | polemizándoos | polemizándoles, polemizándose | |
accusative | polemizándome | polemizándote | polemizándolo, polemizándola, polemizándose | polemizándonos | polemizándoos | polemizándolos, polemizándolas, polemizándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative polemiza | |||||||
dative | polemízame | polemízate | polemízale | polemízanos | not used | polemízales | |
accusative | polemízame | polemízate | polemízalo, polemízala | polemízanos | not used | polemízalos, polemízalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative polemizá | |||||||
dative | polemizame | polemizate | polemizale | polemizanos | not used | polemizales | |
accusative | polemizame | polemizate | polemizalo, polemizala | polemizanos | not used | polemizalos, polemizalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative polemice | |||||||
dative | polemíceme | not used | polemícele, polemícese | polemícenos | not used | polemíceles | |
accusative | polemíceme | not used | polemícelo, polemícela, polemícese | polemícenos | not used | polemícelos, polemícelas | |
with first-person plural imperative polemicemos | |||||||
dative | not used | polemicémoste | polemicémosle | polemicémonos | polemicémoos | polemicémosles | |
accusative | not used | polemicémoste | polemicémoslo, polemicémosla | polemicémonos | polemicémoos | polemicémoslos, polemicémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative polemizad | |||||||
dative | polemizadme | not used | polemizadle | polemizadnos | polemizaos | polemizadles | |
accusative | polemizadme | not used | polemizadlo, polemizadla | polemizadnos | polemizaos | polemizadlos, polemizadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative polemicen | |||||||
dative | polemícenme | not used | polemícenle | polemícennos | not used | polemícenles, polemícense | |
accusative | polemícenme | not used | polemícenlo, polemícenla | polemícennos | not used | polemícenlos, polemícenlas, polemícense |
Related terms
- polémica
Further reading
- “polemizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014